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A men's sober living home in Boise, Idaho. Faith-rooted, structured, and built on lived experience. Ten years of showing up.

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10/25/2026

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)

Notice it doesn't say if you feel like it. It says if you do not give up.

And notice the timing isn't ours. "At the proper time." His time.

That's the whole deal. My job is to keep doing the next right thing, even tired, even when I don't see anything coming of it. His job is the harvest.

I've never once been sorry I trusted Him with the timing.

Where do you need to keep going, even though you're tired?

— George

10/24/2026

Remember Polaroid pictures? You'd take one, shake it, and stare at a gray square. Nothing there. You'd wonder if it even worked.

Then slowly, the picture came through. It was there the whole time. It just needed time to develop.

If you're watching someone in early recovery and wondering if anything is changing, I know that gray-square feeling. But the work he's doing every day, even the days he doesn't want to, is developing something you can't see yet.

Give it time. Trust the process.

What's helped you stay patient when you couldn't see progress yet?

— George

10/23/2026

Some of the most important days in my recovery were days I didn't want any part of it.

Days I didn't want to go to a meeting. Didn't want to call anybody. Didn't want to be honest about what was going on inside me.

I went anyway. Not because I was strong. Because I'd learned what happened when I listened to that voice telling me to skip it just this once.

I can't tell you which of those days saved my life. But I'm pretty sure one of them did.

I still have those days. Often. That's life. But I still suit up and show up.

What's a day you almost didn't show up, and you're glad you did?

— George

10/21/2026

Nobody in this house wakes up excited to do their chore. Nobody's jumping out of bed for a 7 a.m. meeting.

Although they might jump out of bed to do their UA within the time frame.

You don't have to feel like it. You just have to do it.

For a lot of us, feelings ran our whole lives. If we felt bad, we used. If we felt good, we used to celebrate. Recovery means learning that feelings are real, but they're not in charge.

My boss has a sign on her wall that says "Feelings aren't facts." It's a good reminder for me.

Do the next right thing first. The feelings usually catch up later.

What's something you did this week even though you didn't feel like it?

— George

10/18/2026

The night before the cross, Jesus got down on the floor and washed His disciples' feet.

The dirtiest job in the room. The one nobody wanted. And He did it Himself.

I think about that when I catch myself wanting credit, or wanting to be the guy in charge instead of the guy who serves. If He could kneel down, I can take out the trash without needing anybody to notice.

Serving isn't beneath us. It's where we learn who we really are.

Where is God asking you to serve right now, even if nobody sees it?

— George

10/17/2026

Families always ask me how they'll know he's really changing.

Clean tests matter. Showing up to work matters. But there's a sign I watch for that nobody talks about.

It's the day he calls and asks how you're doing. And then actually listens.

When a man starts thinking about somebody besides himself, something real is happening inside him. That's not a small thing. That's the turn.

What's a sign of change you noticed in someone that nobody else would have caught?

— George

10/16/2026

You can't keep it if you don't give it away.

That's how I learned it, and that's how I still say it.

When I first heard it, it made no sense to me. How do you keep something by handing it to somebody else?

Now I get it. Every time I sit down with a guy who's three days in and scared to death, I remember exactly where I came from. His struggle keeps my memory honest.

That's why I have this house. It keeps me in service, and it helps keep me substance free.

I'm not helping these guys because I'm strong. I'm helping them because it's how I stay sober, which in turn can help them to do the same.

Who's somebody that helped you, without knowing how much it mattered?

— George

10/14/2026

I've got a shirt that says "It's not about me, but it is my story." I wear it a lot.

Both halves matter.

"It's not about me" is the reminder. For years, everything was about me. What I wanted. What I felt. What I thought I was owed. That's what kept me sick. Recovery started when I quit making myself the center of everything.

"But it is my story" is the other half. I don't get to hide from where I've been. The wreckage, the mugshot, the people I hurt. That's mine.

And it turns out my story is one of the most useful things I've got, because it's what helps the next guy believe he can make it too.

Not about me. But still my story to tell.

What part of your story could help somebody else today?

— George

10/11/2026

"Give us this day our daily bread."

Not this week's bread. Not enough to last the year. Just today's.

For a long time I wanted to know how the whole story would turn out before I'd trust God with any of it. That's not how it works. He gives enough for today, and asks me to come back tomorrow.

That's balance too. Not running ahead. Not looking back. Just today, done right.

What do you need to stop carrying past today?

— George

10/10/2026

When your son or husband starts doing better, it's natural to want everything back right away. The job. The car. The trust. Holidays like they used to be.

I get it. You've waited a long time.

But a man who gets all of it handed back before he's found his balance is a man who's about to wobble. Early recovery is the balance-bike stage. Slow. Steady. Not much to look at.

Let him get his feet under him. The pedals can wait.

What's been the hardest part of being patient with someone's progress?

— George

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