Paramount Recovery Services

Beginning where we are in our personal development is especially important for alcoholics and addicts. Too many people today have an idea of what their desired outcome for attaining their goals looks like and end up getting stuck in the mental visualization of their success while failing to do what is necessary to actually get there. This can have deadly consequences for the person in early recovery because, for them, to not reach their goal of long-term sobriety often results in serious consequences or even death. Learning to relax and take it easy while being engaged in each moment of the process of early recovery is of paramount importance to the addict and alcoholic. Understand, and truly believe, that all of our dreams and desires are only possible by focusing on the here and now and attending to the recovery process. My name is Bryan Hullihen and I am an alcoholic with several years of continuous sobriety and I can tell you, from experience, that everything good I have in my li

As an alcoholic I have made so many mistakes over the years. I have landed in jails, prisons, and countless treatment centers. I have found myself homeless and, at times, too ashamed to call those who still love me for help. I have created so much wreckage in my past due to my alcoholism that even with several years of sobriety I haven't been able to make all of my amends yet. It's not that I haven't tried it just that there were so many I haven't been able to do them all yet. One night, not long ago, I was reflecting on my life and with years of sobriety and a moderate level of success in helping others improve their lives I began thinking about how I wanted others to see me. With that subtle character defect of mine working to creep back into my life a flood of fear and lack of acceptance followed. One of my primary defects of character is caring too much what others think of me. One of my favorite quotes is from Tom Brady - the QB for the New England Patriots - when