Category Archives: discouragement

What is the Meaning of Life? by Carol

What is the meaning of life? “Why are we here?”, “What is life all about?” “What is the purpose of existence?” Speculation throughout history has been tackled from theologians to scientists regarding conceptions of existence, social ties, consciousness, happiness, symbolic meaning, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, the soul and the afterlife. A 1970’s [...]

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When it Hurts to even Hope…

We can easily understand a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy in life is an adult who is afraid of the light.-Plato Every now and then, it seems like I keep having the same conversation; and lately a number of folks have shared with me their fears about recovery; how they [...]

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