Hello Michael

[Sandrea of the light]

I had the pleasure of meeting you on the phone the other day. I was watching The Count of Monte Christo last evening and you remind me of Jim Caviezel, who was also in The Passion, such a good movie, even if he couldn't get over his vengence or resentments.
I'm looking forward to tomarrows webitar. I've watched everyone of your video's that I can find, they are truly so helpful in my new journey in life. I'm a work in progress. I've taken the winter off, my full time job is getting my confidence back after a crushing summer. I've never felt so free. I'm just looking forward to each morning, my gift of life, and how I will strive to be a better person in humanity. Now, how do I get to a place where I can focus on my connection to the universe, and somehow make a living doing the things I love?
Once I have enough sobriety, I want to share with others, this wonderful new way of living, which to me is just getting back to the basic simple life I enjoyed as a child. I live in nature everyday, so its not hard for me to be in touch with the creator, in my surroundings. I live by a lake in the thick woods, I have a serenty pond with a waterfall in my yard. Although my yard is small, its filled with flowers and I grow vegetables in the back yard. I am truly blessed and very greatful for what I have. I just feel like there is something more I need to be doing. I'm very busy trying to figure it out.
I'm learning something new everyday, either online or at the library. I have many talents and skills, I'm just rusty, and the economy is so far down in this tiny tourist community. I moved here to get away from it all, and now I'm so isolated, with no jobs available until spring.
I just don't know how to create my own job, one that will be profitable and that I enjoy.
Have a fantastic weekend.

Lisa Moore

[alcoholrehabcoach]

Hello Lisa,

It was great talking to you on the phone the other day, and thank you for your email. I always love talking to people who are open to learning new things, and eager to put what they learn to use.

If you like, I would be happy to spend some time interacting with you either during or after the webinar tomorrow night, to help you figure out your own next steps for getting the results you want.

Thanks again for the note,

Mike

[Sandrea of the light]

I wish I could have spoken to you on the web, but I didn't have access, and I either couldn't type fast enough, or I wrote my questions to long, and they were cut off. I found your video's a few months past, and have been practicing them in all area's of my life. My life has become so fulfilling, by going back to the simple ways of life. The way I relate to people, the genuine honest person I'm becoming, is the person I was before life got so complicated by the poor choices I made. I am growing in wisdom, I'm learning to listen more, and I think before I react. I'm upbeat, I smile frequently, and I'm getting my sense of humor back. I am light years away from where I was 5months ago. I did need AA to get on my feet. I did need Alanon to get myself to realize how codependent I was. I needed group therapy to see where I never wanted to be again, and I needed my therapist to help me sort things out in my mind. Then I found your video's.
I don't need booze, I don't need medications, I'm not stuffing myself with food.
I'm not a depressed person, I needed focus, and you helped me with that. I am on my way, I am a work in progress, and I'm loving the results, and realizing my full potential. I will never be a victim, and I will never live in fear. I am proud of my progress so far, and I'm just touching the surface. I handle myself with integrity, and I am finding the missing ingredience to become healthy and whole again. I am looking forward to my new journey, bumps on the road included. Thank you again, you've helped me more than you know.
Lisa Moore

[paulm]

Lisa, I can relate to your situation with work, the newness of walking a spiritual way of living. my journal entries for 2/2 are filled with the same sentiment you expressed: becoming one with my creator, asking for guidance, steering clear of fear, (or atleast turning it over once I feel it, as to not become empty, scared and insane) as well as doing something more with my lifep; help more, care more, and become a useful person that God can use in helping others. Thanks, for reminding me I'm not alone..

[alcoholrehabcoach]

...I don't need booze, I don't need medications, I'm not stuffing myself with food. I'm not a depressed person, I needed focus, and you helped me with that. I am on my way, I am a work in progress, and I'm loving the results, and realizing my full potential. I will never be a victim, and I will never live in fear. I am proud of my progress so far, and I'm just touching the surface. I handle myself with integrity, and I am finding the missing ingredience to become healthy and whole again. I am looking forward to my new journey, bumps on the road included. Thank you again, you've helped me more than you know.
Lisa Moore

You're welcome. :smile:

[Sandrea of the light]

I e-mailed you at habit busters, about joining your team. I hope you get it. I could write it here, but its a little lenghthy. Hope to be in touch with you soon.
I've been using a site called WQD We Quit Drinking Warrior's for the past 4 year's, and I have had success in the past. It is a wonderful place too, has no AA connection, just good people reaching out. I am Sandrea of the light there, and thought I'd use it here as well. I love that I can look back through my diary's, and see where I stumbled, where I picked myself up, and the change they see in me. These people are very much a part of my life as well. They also have found hope with my passing on of information from your video's, its getting contagious. Wonderful people from all over the world. We started out with 50, 500 active, and thousands that tryed to quit and left. Now these good warrior's with all there wealth of information, are checking out these new concepts and idea's, and finding them very meaningful.

[Sandrea of the light]

Hello Michael,
I'm hoping your having a wonderful day. It's a heat wave today in northern Minnesota with a high of 52, it feels so good, watching the snow melt.
I went to a group session today, I've skipped a couple lately, I'm tappering off, having therapy overload. Months ago I volunteered to seek any kind of help available, because I'd fallen deep into a black hole. I've alway's kept and open mind, and was searching to find what was missing in myself, what I had lost. I've alway's been a positive person, and my light wasn't shining through, not even a spark.

So I started my adventure of reconnecting with my spirit, looking for a new journey. I found many answers along the way, my intution came back, a clairity long lost, and many signs along the way. In the search I found my lost gift, how well I can relate to anyone, a sixth sense alway's there, buried deep in layers. I can radiate peace, love and comfort to the wounded, and give them hope, even if I don't have all the answers.

Everywhere I go, from the AA meetings I breeze in with a positive attitude, desolve the gloom in the air. Many are court ordered to attend, paying their debt to society, I've been there. I went to meetings at Pine Manor a local treatment center, shedding light there as well, new groups coming in weekly, telling my story of wanting more from this life, never give up, keep pushing forward, find the peace within, even when it seems hopeless. In group, I'm the only one not court ordered also, I can come and go if I want, but I want to be an example of what you can do if you reach out, and at least try to get in touch with the essence of your being, not to just exist, but to thrive. There is such meaning in life if you quit filling the void, with self distruction.

I've spoken often in group about how I connected with the video's I've watched of you, and how everyday I'm using these techniques and strategity's to reach higher, even if I'm not quite sure how, I'm learning along the way. I feel like my destiny, or irresistable course of events are about to unfold for me. I hope I can play some part in your team.

Don the direction of the group session's at Upper Mississippi Mental Health, wants to use your You-Tube video's to start off the therapy sessions, because he loves what I have to say, how I say it, and how excited I am about it, with the messages of a better life. Although it's not profitable, I know I impact the people I meet wherever I go.

I can't even remember how I found the video's, but I know it was no coincidence.

Thank you again,

Lisa Moore

[Sandrea of the light]

P.S. One last thing, the sad and disturbing facts, about what's happening in the treatment center's at least here, is the video's. The video's are all about the tragic or catastophic consenquenses of the diease. What an addict is, watching addicts use, war on drug's, prisoner's in Arizona tents, because there is so many. They show over and over, where you don't want to be, negativity feeding negativity. Where are the video's like your's that inspire you to want something more? To achieve dreams, by setting your goal's higher.

I did see a video year's ago, no-one seems to remember it. It was about a tribe of Ariquois?- indian's who live in Canada on a reservation, where alcohol had devastated the whole community. One man went to treatment, and while he was gone, the tribe remoldled his home. It became the new tradition, until one by one, family by family, the community was restored, helping each other along the way..

I'm happy Don, has decided to start sessions with something more on the positive side, and see what happens. At first I thought he wasn't digging deep enough, letting everyone just slide along, but since I started going, the floormat has changed, by my constant questions, and asking isn't there more.

[alcoholrehabcoach]

Lisa, Thank you for all your kind words and helping me spread the word.

Haven't forgotten about you - just been very busy. I'll be traveling for the next couple of days, heading back home to Colorado this weekend, so if you can call me on monday anytime between 1 and 4 pm mountain time, then we can talk more about working together.

If you are not able to call me at that time on Monday, please send me an email this weekend to tell me your availability and I will call you then.


Thank you for your patience and I look forward to speaking with you again soon,

Mike

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[Sandrea of the light]

Hey Michael,

It was so nice to hear from you, I'm sure you are extemely busy man. I'm looking forward to talking to you on Monday. I will call about 2 o'clock your time, if I can't find you, or you don't answer, please call me at home, I will be here.

I'm also very excited about my WQD site. I had to go through administration, it took 3 days for them to view your video's and message's of goal setting, and other valuable tips, and this morning they let my thread go through. It's now on The Resources and Places, (A moderated board with links and texts pointing at important resourses on-and off line for your quit), for everyone to share. I've got a few messages in my diary, and the responses, all favoriable, are coming in. There are 552 active member's, but thousands more can view the site, with or without joining, for the resourses. If you get a chance, check it out.

I'm just having the best day with all of this. I was chairing a nooner meeting, I was really listening to each and everyone, really watching how the dynamics work, and the hang ups, there in. I mentioned how although I am greatful for all the help and encouragement I have received, and with everything else I've done, and learned along the way, there was a missing ingredient for me. I alway's share what I think, where I'm at, and how I want more. The response was, Lisa, you just don't have enough time in the program, to think on your own, although you are doing quite well. (because I had left them 6 years ago). One guy even addressed me, saying the ones who think they grasp this program so quickly, are doomed to fail.(he who has lived on antibuse, the whole 21 year's of his sobriety) where's the faith in your own program. Oh the skeptics, and the beware of false solutions, almost cult like mentallity, although well intentioned I know.
They really do want to keep you in a box, but I can't be contained in narrow mindedness, that was alway's the case. I went years ago when I was court ordered, and strayed away, and found WQD, and this time my path was to research all things, and I found my answers, in why, it is all is so limited. They focus on the 24 hour day, no thought about the future and what it can bring, just stay sober, one day at a time. Where is the inspiration to strive to be the best you can be? I guess I see in color, and others in black and white.

Your message was the missing ingredient for me, and I'm spreading the new's wherever I go.

Have a fantastic weekend, and I will talk to you on Monday.

Lisa Moore

[Sandrea of the light]

Hi Michael,

What a wonderful morning, I went on WQD and I'm writing back and forth checking on everyone and the journal entry's between the warriors is all so positive:

Rick wrote in his diary this morning:
Rick, having had a really rough week had written.

This morning is better. I am more rested, but the real difference is the new information I have at my disposal--this incredible link Sandrea writes about above(see "The 7 steps to I.M.P.R.O.V.E." in Resourse and Places). It's going to be a beautiful day here and I excited to get out and clean the yard and get the garden somewhat ready for springs regeneration.
Followed by Somerset boy:
Hey Rick, I must go have a look at these seven steps to improve.

The coolest part is, its not just in my diary how they feel, its in the diary's to each other, and spreading the word. I'm just having so much fun with this. WQD has some very intellegent individual's, pilot's, teachers, restraruant owners, musican's, freelance writter's, etc. Its alway's been my safe place to share, learn and grow. I just wanted some human contact as well, and that is an experience in itself.

Have a great weekend,

Lisa

[Sandrea of the light]

Hey Michael,

What a beautiful sunny sunday, with melting temperatures and spring in the air.

The buzz on the WQD site today is almost quiet, everyone is watching all your video's. I can believe it, because they see what I see, the spark has turned into a blaze between diary's, they don't even have time to reply, sharing with each other with excitement and enthusiasum, busy watching, and loving what they hear and see. Me, I'm just happy, I found you and got to pass it along.

Hoping your having a wonderful weekend.

Lisa

P.S. Over 100 have looked up your sites in 3 day's.

[Sandrea of the light]

As of this morning 141 WQD warriors have looked at your video's, every response I have found between diary's is amazingly positive. I'm looking forward to talking to you this afternoon.
Lisa

[Sandrea of the light]

Hey Mike,
I was on the webitar I don't know if you could see what I was typing or not. You started breaking up, and then you were gone. I've been waiting for a possible reconnection. Hope it works out, sorry about the problems.
Lisa
P.S. I was sent right to audio, not given the opportunity to call in.

[Sandrea of the light]

Hi Mike,

I'm hoping everything is going well for you this morning, and you got some rest last night. By next week, I sure you will have ironed out all the problems with the Webitar, and that will give me time to get some warriors online, I'm so looking forward to it..