Today I review the seven day mental diet and share some more of my past and how a change in attitude has been the foundation of my success.

My attitude has be the core and foundation of my success in getting clean and sober and maintaining my sobriety for over 23 years. I am going to share with you a great exercise and I'm going to do it with you to show it can be done and because I know that I'll benefit from the exercise.

Namaste!

In AA they taught me to have an attitude of gratitude. To accomplish this was easy all I needed to do was write down 5 things everyday I could be grateful for. After 5 days the list was 25 things long and I understood their point and it change my whole out look on life. I've been doing this for so long now it's a part of who I am and makes me feel like I am the luckiest person you'll ever meet!

AA is founded on teaching an attitude of gratitude and a large part of why it works. That and the work of step 4 and 5 began to change me and the path that I was on.

Today I just share a little about what it was like when I first got out of detox and had my bad habits almost sabotage my success.

As a listener you'll know that I'm new to podcasting but after 60 episodes I think I'm finding my stride. I feel the rhythm that the universe is guiding me into as I become a guest speaker, trainer and an influential voice.

Thank you for listening and please leave a comment.

AA's step 2 states "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." I used to read God in that step but I learned in the beginning that the power was in the institutions, other people and books, etc. Really the power was in asking for help and then using that help and what they taught me.

Today I begin this week talking about how I begin my days with a few simple good influences to get me going on the right foot. I also share just a little more about what happened when I finally acknowledged my powerlessness and un-manageability.

In the tradition of AA and the 12 Steps speakers will share what it was like, what happened and what it's like now. This is what happened for me. Three little words changed the course of my life.

I was trapped within a vicious circle of my own making and then along came a baby and more and more events were causing me to evaluate my life and the un-manageability I was causing.