Fixed By Nature

01/19/2026

Why Long-Term Freedom Requires More Than Willpower

Yesterday, I shared where Empowered Sobriety began.
Today, I want to show you how it works.

For years, I tried to “white-knuckle” sobriety— thinking if I could just be stronger, more disciplined, more afraid of consequences, I’d stay clean.

That approach never lasted.
What finally changed everything was realizing this truth:

Addiction isn’t just a behavior problem. It’s a misalignment problem.

Real recovery requires healing the mind, body, and spirit together—not in isolation.

That’s why Empowered Sobriety is built on a clear, repeatable framework.

The Empowered Sobriety Recovery Framework

7 Science-Backed Principles for Lifelong Freedom

• Awaken the Mind
Break the mental cycle of addiction through awareness, accountability, and identity reconstruction.

• Nourish the Body
Heal from the inside out with whole-food nutrition, hydration, and natural support.

• Reclaim Nature as Medicine
Use God’s creation—sunlight, soil, fresh air, movement—to calm the nervous system and restore balance.

• Master Daily Rituals
Build simple habits that rewire the brain: journaling, breathwork, hydration, movement, and positive self-talk.

• Rebuild with Gratitude & Belief
Train the brain to focus on hope instead of shame—abundance instead of fear.

• Transform Through Connection & Purpose
Replace isolation with service, community, and spiritual identity.

• Stay Free Through Alignment
Sustained sobriety comes from aligning thoughts, actions, nutrition, and faith—not willpower alone.

This framework wasn’t created in theory. It was lived—slowly, imperfectly, and consistently—over years of recovery.

This is how sobriety became stable, not fragile.

✝️ Scripture
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
— Romans 12:2

Transformation—not suppression—is the biblical model for freedom.

🧠 Science / Book Insight

Neuroscience confirms that lasting change happens through neuroplasticity—
the brain rewires through repeated thoughts, behaviors, and environments.

Addiction is not a moral failure.
It’s a learned survival pattern.
And learned patterns can be replaced—when the whole system is supported.

✍️ Action Step (Today)
Choose one pillar above—not all seven.
Ask yourself:
“Which area is most out of alignment right now?”

Then take one small action today to support it.

Small steps, repeated daily, create permanent change.

This is the foundation of Empowered Sobriety.

Not willpower.

Not shame.

Alignment with God’s perfect design.

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Stay Balanced by Nature.

01/18/2026

I want to pause and say thank you.

In its first week, Empowered Sobriety has quietly reached Top 200 in Addiction & Recovery on Amazon — without ads, hype, or heavy promotion.

What matters more to me than rankings is this:

people are opening the book… and they’re actually reading it.

This book was written for anyone who feels stuck, tired, or quietly wondering if healing is still possible. It’s rooted in lived experience, faith, and the belief that recovery happens one aligned step at a time — often in stillness, not spotlight.

If you’ve read even a few pages and something resonated, thank you for being part of this early chapter. And if you’re still considering it, know this: you’re not late, broken, or behind. You’re right on time.

Grace and gratitude. 🌱

01/18/2026

Day 1 — Preface | Empowered Sobriety Begins Here

Sunday · January 18, 2026

For over a decade, I lived dependent on prescription opioids.
Not chasing a high—just trying to feel normal.

I followed the rules.
Trusted the system.

And quietly, my life kept shrinking.

What finally changed wasn’t willpower or fear of consequences.

It was alignment.

I stopped fighting my body and started learning how it was designed to heal.

I stopped asking, “How do I stop using?”

And started asking, “How was I designed to heal?”

That single question changed everything.

Empowered Sobriety was written from lived experience—
not theory, not judgment, not hype.

Just truth, tested through pain, faith, science, and daily practice.

This journey isn’t about short-term abstinence. It’s about building a life that supports long-term sobriety,
so freedom becomes sustainable—not fragile.

✝️ Scripture

Freedom starts with truth—about who we are, how we’re wired, and what we were made for.

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32

Sobriety that lasts is built on truth—
Truth about the body, the mind, and the spirit working together in God’s perfect design.

🧠 Science / Book Insight

Neuroscience confirms what Scripture has always shown:
the brain rewires through habit, belief, and environment

(neuroplasticity).

Addiction isn’t a moral failure—it’s a learned survival pattern.
And learned patterns can be replaced.

Recovery works when we stop fighting the body and start partnering with how we were designed.

✍️ Action Step (Today)

Write this sentence down—by hand:

“My body was designed to heal, and I am learning how to support that design.”

Place it somewhere you’ll see it tomorrow.

This isn’t positive thinking—it’s direction setting.

🤍 Relapse is not failure.

🌳 Consistency—not intensity—builds freedom.

Amazon link 👇

https://a.co/d/9nAy4lz

This is Empowered Sobriety—built for long-term freedom.

Stay Balanced by Nature.

01/16/2026

Staying on the Path

Working in pest control, I had a customer who was a really nice woman—but every visit took longer than it should have.

Her yard was full of native plants and pollinator attractors—zinnias, dandelions, ferns, all the things most people would call weeds.

We shared a common interest in organic gardening and native plants, so she always liked to walk the yard with me, pointing things out and talking.

That meant what should have been a 15-minute stop often turned into 30 minutes of conversation, followed by another 20 minutes of clearing spider webs from her lanai—my least favorite part of the job.

One Friday, tired and just wanting the day to be over, I headed toward her house hoping she wouldn’t be home. As I got close, I saw her and her son walking down the road toward her place.

So I drove past.

I turned the corner, parked a few blocks away, and debated what to do. If I waited until she went inside, maybe I could slip in, do the service quickly, and move on.

But then a thought crossed my mind.

Maybe there was a reason I saw her.

Maybe there was a reason she was out walking.

Maybe I should just do what the schedule told me to do instead of trying to work around it.

So I turned around.

When I pulled into her driveway, she was standing there waiting for me. We talked longer than usual, and during the conversation she casually mentioned that her husband had just died.

That changed everything.

She didn’t need pest control that day.
She didn’t need spider webs removed.

She needed an adult to talk to.

Someone to listen.

We talked about her yard, her plants, and how getting her hands back in the soil could help restore some of the energy she felt she had lost. I reminded her how grounding it can be—how nature has a way of lifting our spirit when life feels heavy.

She smiled. And when I left, I knew I had been exactly where I was supposed to be.

Looking back, I believe that was God’s perfect design at work.

Sometimes God places people—or situations—on our path that feel inconvenient or uncomfortable.

And if we face them instead of avoiding them, something meaningful can come from it.

It’s not flashy.

It's not dramatic.

It’s simply the Golden Rule lived out: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

And sometimes, staying on the path—rather than trying to get around it—is the sign itself.

01/16/2026

You don’t need a big breakthrough today.

You don’t need a perfect plan.

You don’t need to “fix everything.”

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is pause…
and notice one small thing that’s still working.

Gratitude doesn’t have to be dramatic to be effective.

Science shows even brief moments of appreciation can calm the nervous system, lower stress hormones, and gently shift the brain out of survival mode.

That’s something I return to again and again — especially in recovery.
Not gratitude as denial.

Gratitude as grounding.

If today feels heavy, here’s a simple invitation: Name one small thing you’re thankful for right now. Nothing more. Nothing forced.
That single moment can change the direction of the day.
And if you’re walking a recovery or rebuilding journey, Empowered Sobriety was written to meet you exactly where you are — not where you think you should be.

One step still counts. Take it.

01/14/2026

🐐 WHY GOAT MEAT MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED FOODS ON EARTH

Most people assume beef is the gold standard of protein.

But goat meat quietly outperforms it in ways most never hear about.
Here’s the truth👇

• Goat meat is a complete protein (just like beef)
• Less than half the fat of beef
• Lower cholesterol than beef, chicken, pork, or lamb
• High in iron & B12 — essential for energy, blood, and brain health
• More nutrients per calorie, without the heaviness.

This is why goat meat has been a staple food for thousands of years across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Mediterranean.

It builds strength without burdening the body. In many traditional cultures, goat wasn’t considered “alternative” food —
it was restorative food.

This is what keeps showing up again and again when we look closely at nature:

👉 The foods closest to their original design tend to nourish us best.
Less manipulation.
Less excess.
More balance.

That’s not a diet trend —
that’s wisdom we forgot to listen to.

🌿 Fixed by Nature means learning to look backward sometimes…
so we can move forward stronger.

01/14/2026

End of Launch Day Reflection — Empowered Sobriety

As this launch day comes to a close, I want to pause for a moment of gratitude—and intention. Thank you for joining me on this journey!

Today wasn’t about rankings or numbers. It was about opening a door.

Empowered Sobriety was written for people who are tired of fighting themselves…

people who want healing that lasts…

people who sense there must be a better way than willpower alone.

📖 Scripture
“I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth…”
— Genesis 1:29

From the beginning, God pointed us back to nature, alignment, and design—not force, not shame, not endless striving.

🧠 Science (in plain language)

Modern neuroscience confirms what many of us feel in our bones:
The brain rewires itself based on what we repeatedly focus on, believe, and practice.

When recovery only targets behavior, relapse is common.

When recovery includes the mind, body, and spirit, the nervous system calms, habits loosen, and real change becomes possible.

That’s why Empowered Sobriety focuses on alignment, and God’s Perfect Design, not punishment.

🌱 Tonight’s Action Step (simple and doable)

Before bed tonight:
Take one slow, deep breath.
Place a hand on your chest.
Ask yourself: “What is one small step I can take tomorrow that aligns with God’s perfect design for my life?”

Write it down. Just one step.

No fixing everything.

No pressure.

Just alignment.

📘 Empowered Sobriety is now available as an ebook

💲Only $4.99

📱 Free with Kindle Unlimited

https://a.co/d/3zgDmk6

If today reached even one person who needed hope, this launch has already done its job.

And if you’re reading this and wondering if it’s “too late” for you—

it isn’t.

01/13/2026

What do you do if you relapse?

Most people don’t fail because they don’t care.

They fail because they don’t have a response when the moment hits.

Relapse doesn’t usually start with a decision. It starts with a spiral — shame, fear, isolation — and before you know it, you’re gone again.

That’s why I created a simple response system — not to replace anyone’s program, not to preach, but to give people something practical in the exact moment they need it most.

Relapse Response System

*Stop the spiral.
*Tell the truth.
*Move your body.
*Refocus your mind.
*Recommit — out loud.
*Create one small win.

That’s it.

No shame. No labels. No starting over.

Today is launch day for Empowered Sobriety, and this image comes straight from the heart of that work — but more importantly, it comes from lived experience.

If this helps even one person pause… breathe… and choose differently today — it’s worth sharing.

💬 I’m curious — what helps you interrupt the spiral when things go sideways?

Empowered Sobriety link 👇

https://a.co/d/1Ub92bO

01/13/2026

If this image stopped you…
there’s a reason.

Because these questions aren’t weakness.

They’re signals.

Why am I still struggling even after I quit?
Why does sobriety feel harder than it should?
Why do I feel like something is still missing?

Most people are told sobriety is about willpower.

Trying harder.

White-knuckling through.

But here’s the truth I had to learn the hard way:
Behavior change without alignment leads to burnout.

When the body is dysregulated…

when the mind is stuck in survival mode…

when the spirit is ignored…

Sobriety can feel just as exhausting as addiction.

That’s why Empowered Sobriety exists. This book isn’t about fighting yourself.

It’s about returning to God’s perfect design for healing—
aligning body, mind, and spirit so recovery can finally hold.

📘 Empowered Sobriety is officially live
💲 $4.99 ebook
📱 FREE with Kindle Unlimited

If you’ve ever felt like quitting substances wasn’t the same as finding peace…

this message is for you.

And if you know someone quietly struggling—

sharing this could matter more than you realize.

01/13/2026

Today, something important goes live.

Not because it’s my birthday.
Not because it’s launch day.
But because someone reading this needs it.

Empowered Sobriety is officially available today.

This book exists for one reason:
Too many people are trying to heal
by fighting themselves.

If you’re exhausted from white-knuckling sobriety…
If you’ve quit substances but still don’t feel whole…
If you’re tired of being told to “just try harder”…

This is not that message.

Empowered Sobriety is about alignment, not willpower.
About restoring the body, mind, and spirit to God’s perfect design.
About building strength from the roots up — not just breaking habits.

This isn’t theory.
It’s lived experience.

Written honestly, without hype or judgment.

📘 Ebook available now
💲 $4.99
📱 Free with Kindle Unlimited

If this resonates, take the step.
And if you know someone who’s struggling, sharing this could matter more than you realize.

Sometimes the smallest decision
is the one that changes everything.

📘 Inside this book, you’ll discover:

01/12/2026

Tomorrow, this becomes real.
Not someday.

Not “one day when things line up.”
Tomorrow.
Empowered Sobriety
goes live January 13.

This book wasn’t written for people who “just need more discipline.”

It was written for people who are tired of fighting themselves.

If you’ve ever thought:
– Why am I still struggling even after I quit?
– Why does sobriety feel harder than it should?
– Why do I feel like something is still missing?

This message is for you.

Empowered Sobriety isn’t about willpower.

It’s about alignment — body, mind, and spirit — restored to God’s perfect design.

No hype.
No shaming.
No pretending healing is instant.

Just a steady, honest path forward…
written by someone who’s been there.

📘 Ebook releases TOMORROW

💲 ONLY $4.99

📱 Free with Kindle Unlimited

If this resonates even a little…
check back tomorrow — or be ready to grab it when it goes live.
Sometimes the smallest step
is the one that changes everything.

Amazon link 👇
https://a.co/d/8s2vIgH

📘 Inside this book, you’ll discover: