Essential for Survival
Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Control
| When we take control of our lives and undertake a process of transformative personal change—such as recovery from addiction We give people in our lives a remarkable, unique gift The gift of our transforming selves It’s not a perfect gift! Whether people in our lives choose to appreciate it, is beyond our control Roots of Addiction Addiction is a behavior intended to reverse a profound, intolerable sense of helplessness. This helplessness is always rooted in something deeply important to the individual. —Lance Dodes, MD |