Lisa Neumann

It’s officially starting today. I am packing the RV to head to the Colorado River. I have learned if I...

Inspiration and Choice

June 21, 2012 Lisa Neumann

Sober Identity

(Excerpt pages 52-53) When we feel inspired to do or achieve something, we go for it. If we’re not sure...

All that is left—is to choose anything but that

June 16, 2012 Lisa Neumann

At the end, my only solution had been to drink. I had long since relinquished my ability to choose. No...

You’re giving yourself excuses to get un-sober

June 10, 2012 Lisa Neumann

For Addicts

No thought leaves me unaffected. If I am struggling to maintain my sobriety it is because I have willingly allowed...

It’s not happening to me, it’s just happening

June 4, 2012 Lisa Neumann

For Everyone, Sober Identity

We own everything that happens around us as if the universe was out to mock, assault or, at the very...

Everything turns out good in the end. And if it’s not good, it’s not the end.

May 22, 2012 Lisa Neumann

I have plenty of days when I am not up for “the journey.” I want the reward—now. It’s really that simple....

Nobody makes me feel anything I don’t already feel

May 18, 2012 Lisa Neumann

Sober Identity

I am wondering how humankind got it that “others” make us feel a definite way. This is classic behavior for...

My standards were so low I didn’t trust me

May 15, 2012 Lisa Neumann

Have I succeeded in establishing and living by my own standards or do I simply, or at times blindly, follow...

The Battles We Fight Are Within

May 10, 2012 Lisa Neumann

For Addicts

We almost take comfort in the (presumed) fact that we are battling alcoholism. We prefer to think of alcoholism as...

Reminder to self: I’m important too

May 7, 2012 Lisa Neumann

My life coach brought me my running socks and dropped them at my feet. It was the second time in...