New Years Resolutions

This is the time of year when people start to think of New Year resolutions. I had a great and wonderful 2009 and I sincerely hope that my readers did too. I have been thinking about what I would like to accomplish in 2010. I have accomplished a lot in 2009. I am pleased and happy about what I did accomplish. I have lived the whole year in recovery and have been successful at the goals and objectives I had in 2009.

There are some things I would like to achieve this year. I would like to do more research this year than I did last year. One of things I would like to research more is the Christian Religion. Some day I would like to be a successful paid published free lance Christian writer. Another thing I would like to research more is science. I want to develop a real good working knowledge of science. Some day I would like to become a successful paid published free lance science writer. As far as my writing career these are the two subjects I want to write about.

I never had the opportunity to do any public speaking in 2009. I am hoping that this will change in the new year. I want to do a fair amount of public speaking this year. I want to share my experience, strength, and hope with others concerning my recovery from mental illness, addiction, and alcoholism. I want to share my story and give others that faith, hope, and courage that recovery is truly possible. If I can recover anybody can. I was once a hopeless, helpless, and useless human being as a result of my concurrent disorders. For many years I accomplished nothing in my life. My life was a total waste. Now things are different. I have been living in recovery and have been very successful at all my secular adventures. I have also made progress in my spiritual life as well. Things just keep getting better and better in my life. Most importantly I have found Kim my wife and we have been having a great and wonderful relationship together. Without Kim I would be like a little lost sheep in the wilderness just wandering around not knowing where I am going in life. I am living a life of meaning, purpose, and being a productive member of society. I am maintaining my marriage, working at three part time jobs, writing for my blogs and web sites, having a wonderful social life, and I play video games and go fishing for rest and relaxation. Life just couldn't get any better.

I wish my readers a great and wonderful 2010 and may you be successful at all the things you would like to accomplish in the new year. Just have faith, hope, courage, believe in yourself, and seek after recovery with your whole being. You just might find it. I have.

Merry X-mas and Happy New Year

I would like to wish all my readers and great and wonderful x-mas and a happy New Year. May your hearts be filled with much joy and happiness throughout the year. May you be successful at everything you attempt to do in 2010. I am looking forward to a great and successful new year myself. I am working on my goals and objectives that I want to achieve in 2010. I personally believe that if we fail to plan we plan to fail. I have been working on what goals and objectives I would like to achieve in my life. Short term goals (next few months), Mid term goals (next three years), and Long term goals (three to five years). I got this idea from the recovery support group put on by the Schizophrenia Society (our local Kings County Chapter). If my reader is a consumer I highly recommend that if given the opportunity take this course. You will be given a recovery workbook to work on to achieve your own personal recovery. It is full of real good information and there are questions to answer pertaining to your recovery. I haven't finished all the questions yet but I am working on it. I am going to finish all the questions and continue to go through my workbook on a regular basis. Eventually I want every available spot in my book to be filled with notes pertaining to my own personal recovery. Recovery is a journey that never ends. We need to work on our recovery continually until we leave this world. Even though I have been in recovery for about 10 years now I still learn new things about it on every new day. I never stop learning new things and I am always advancing in my recovery. I am planning on having a great and wonderful New Year and I sincerely hope that my readers will have a great and wonderful New Year as well.

Mental Illness, Addicton, and Recovery

Here is an excellent article on recovery from mental illness and addiction. It compares the system that treats addiction and the system that treats mental illness. It discusses different self-help groups that are designed to treat addiction and mental illness. It talks about the lessons learned from the addictions field to treat mental illness and the lessons learned from the mental health field to treat addiction. It is an excellent read.

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/recovery/recovery.pdf

Busy

Hello everyone! I have been very busy with my work and our business. I barely have any free time whatsoever. This is a blessing. There was a time when I couldn't do anything. I just drank coffee, smoked cigarettes, and paced the floor for hours and hours. When I tried to read I would only last five minutes and had to stop. When I tried to do any house work I only lasted five minutes and had to stop. Everything that I attempted to do only lasted five minutes and I had to stop. I literally done nothing for a period of 15 to 20 years. I am very grateful and thankful that I am able to do things and keep so busy that I barely have any spare time. I am living a full and productive life. I have my marriage, my work, our business, my blogs that I write for, and I play video games for R & R. Kim and I also have a great and wonderful social life. We love to have folks over to entertain. We are always having parties and people over for dinner. Kim and I also love to travel when we have the car. We often go out for dinner at fancy restaurants. I am simply enjoying life, and having a ball. I love life and I love being alive. All because of God's love, compassion, grace, and mercy He pours out blessing after blessing upon me. I am so grateful and thankful that I cannot express it in words. Recovery is truly possible. I am a living example that this is very true. I am living in recovery and I love to share my experience, strength, and hope with others to help them with their recovery and give them that faith, hope, and courage that we consumers need to carry on with life despite our mental illness. Once again recovery is truly possible and we can live lives of meaning, purpose, and become productive members of society. Good luck in your own recovery.