decisions Archives - Year Of The Johnny https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/tag/decisions/ Year of the Johnny an addiction blog that gives hope & no bullshit approach to reaching new highs heroin-free! Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:45:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.13 https://i0.wp.com/www.yearofthejohnny.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-10556343_10205756775226198_5357122596763986884_n.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 decisions Archives - Year Of The Johnny https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/tag/decisions/ 32 32 5 Ways To Find Fulfillment and Satisfaction Sitting Quietly Alone. https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/fulfillment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fulfillment Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:41:07 +0000 https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/?p=469 5 Ways To Find Fulfillment and Satisfaction Sitting Quietly Alone. Feeling fulfilled is the Answer to Becoming Truly Successful in Life How To Win Friends and Influence People. In this recent return to my recovery, being fulfilled in my daily activities and present life situation has emerged as the true answer I’ve been seeking. Heroin […]

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]]> Finding Fulfillment: Learning to Enjoy the Time you spend Alone. https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/fullment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fullment Sun, 22 Oct 2017 11:14:10 +0000 https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/?p=462 The zen of fulfillment, spending quiet time alone, is where you find satisfaction in your life. Sitting quietly with yourself is a skill. Once developed you won’t need to look outside of yourself to find a distraction.  Being my best friend was hard to do. I’m glad I learned to love me for all my faults […]

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]]> What I remembered about my addiction watching TV’s Shameless. https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/shameless-no-regrets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shameless-no-regrets Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:57:30 +0000 https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/?p=401 Life in this building is freezing and wet, if I once had a brain then I seem to forget ‘Cos just when I caught it, it slipped through the net, now we sedate ourselves slowly no time for regret…Amebix   Showtime’s Shameless resonates with a place inside of me because of the years spent struggling with […]

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]]> How Prison Helped me Learn to Live without Heroin https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/prison-heroin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prison-heroin Sun, 30 Apr 2017 06:34:24 +0000 https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/?p=271 NYSDOC saved my life or at least allowed me to take a second look dow the road I was traveling. Prison life was inevitable. I spent many years living as a street addict in NY State and this life led me to my experience with Shock Incarceration. I was always a prisoner. In the NYS […]

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]]> How to not let Frustration Derail your Serenity https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/frustration-derail-serenity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frustration-derail-serenity Wed, 26 Apr 2017 08:29:09 +0000 https://www.yearofthejohnny.com/?p=266 This post first appeared on Linkedin~https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-let-frustration-derail-your-serenity-john-makohen- “What is it, babe?” “I’m feeling frustrated.” Sunday afternoon is rolling around and feel yourself start to become anxious. Your partner notices your frustrated, snappy, and he just feels that you have lost interest in the moment. “Hey? What is bothering you he asks?” “It’s 4:00 pm on Sunday […]

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