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and happy
i got a voice mail from my friend tonya last sunday asking me to call her back asap ‘cuz she had some great news for me. i was at the...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


leftovers….
for the motion version of this pic- click here almost friday and life gets more simple and more complicated at the same time. my heart...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


peaches
i worked a birthday party for an 89 year old woman last evening. Her home is a 1949 Craftsman bungalow that has been changed little since...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


affirmation
image credit… alex ibsen Trust life to hear and respond to your positive words. Say these affirmations every day and your whole world...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read
no need to kick tomorrow
i have been acting chair for the planning committee for the afr (advocates for recovery) rally and will emceeing with my friend kisty...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read


wayfaring stranger
image credit… sanjay kothari I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through, this world alone There’s no sickness, toil nor danger...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read


breakfast of champions
life seems to be suddenly picking up the pace. i got a call from the bank yesterday which informed me that the underwriters were going to...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


evolution of recovery.. beyond the status quo
The concept of recovery capital reflects a shift in focus from the pathology of addiction to a focus on the internal and external assets...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20203 min read


camera obscura… through a glass darkly
It doesn’t hurt me. Do you want to feel how it feels? Do you want to know, know that it doesn’t hurt me? Do you want to hear about the...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


stepping through doorways
image credit…. vadim piskaryov it occurred to me today that i have spouted the phrase that is the title of this post so many times that...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read


pieces of me
image credit.. damien blottiere Common to my recovery advocacy work and my work in recovery management is the proposition that there are...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Shirley Horn – "Quietly There"
i have this cd playing in my car right now. every time i slip behind the wheel and start the ignition, i am whisked away to a magical...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read


life reclaimed
Life Reclaimed- A Community Discussion yesterday i had the opportunity to share some experience i have collected over the years around...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read


somebody that i used to know
image credit… giampaolo sgura Now and then I think of when we were together Like when you...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read


recovery is my double helix
i wanted to just give an update on the things happening in my life. i have realized that this blog has become a bit watered down. i...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read


the anonymous people
image- greg williams.. the anonymous people i came across this vid on kickstarter by a guy named greg williams. it is a testament to the...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read


living the promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
we rallied
i spent 4 months married to the production of a 4 hour event (pics from recovery rally above) and i am completely pooped. i still have...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read


mirage
superior mirage of the boats painting mi·rage noun 1. an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, bywhich the image of...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20204 min read
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