I'm a long-time member of Al-Anon which is where I continue to recover from the effects of living with alcoholism in family members. It is where I've learned to love myself and make serenity my main goal in life, no matter what is going on. I now have a Greater Power of my own understanding who has helped me along the way, mostly through members of Al-Anon who I call "God with skin" -...
I'm a born-again runner. Okay, that sounds corny. Let's just say that I use to hate running with a passion. In my pre-running life, given the choice between running for an hour or hitting myself in the head with a hammer for an hour, I would have readily reached for the hammer. Now, I run. Marathons, mostly, but pretty much any other distance that comes along. Having just completed my main...
At age 42 & 50 pounds overweight, Michael saw a 5-part series covering obesity. Each day throughout the week, CBS linked obesity to a different condition for which he was taking daily medications: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux and asthma. On Friday they summed it up by saying that obesity was 'socially contagious' and that if you were obese it was ‘OK’...
In early 2005, I was 28 years old and just beginning to break into a career as an opera singer. I had received contracts for three main stage productions, a culmination of ten years of work toward my goal of making opera my life's work. I was at a turning point; these performances could make or break my budding career.
One morning in March of that year, I woke, stood up, and passed out,...
I am a 41yr old man. I've been an electrician for 22yrs, most of which i've been a workaholic. "A walking forklift", I've been called. In May of 2007 I lifted my toolbag wrong (which I found out later weighed 80lbs) and felt a sudden sharp pain in my lower back that almost put me to my knees. I reported this but kept on working (old mindset "just work...
I’ve suffered from Candida for years. About 12 years ago I went to a naturopath for chronic thrush and she diagnosed me. She started me off on an anti-candida diet, but unfortunately she started me off on anti fungals right from the word go.
My body went into total shock. I got terrible cold sores and then my whole face swelled up like a gigantic...
