33 Bible Verses About Stress – Let’s Start With The 4 Methods To Reduce It I often locate insightful solutions to emotional difficulties in the Bible. Maybe I draw out truths like a scholarly exegete, or more likely I just see a reflection of myself … Read More

AA Slogans…just superficial sobriety blabber? Pardon the awful alcoholic alliteration…damn I did it again! Slogans, cigarettes, and coffee – that’s what Alcoholics Anonymous does!  The newcomer is bombarded with a bunch of steps, traditions, and concepts not to mention all the names of people they … Read More

The Power Of Connection…step one is acknowledging the disconnection Step One: We Admitted We Were Powerless Over Alcohol – That Our Lives Had Become Unmanageable It’s funny. Every time I find someone wrestling with Step One it invariably has to do with these two concepts: … Read More

What Is Emotional Sobriety? The Sobriety Baseball Diamond Let’s get real, no one gets sober to feel like shit. That’s the reason we get high.  If we take this “realness” a step further, we will also admit that without emotional sobriety long-term sobriety is a … Read More

Steps To Forgiveness…lets start with a workable definition The late Lewis Smedes once declared that “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” You might be thinking, “Sure, Dr. Smedes. I can capture the idea you’re trying to … Read More

Atheist 12 Steps…can they work for you if you’re an unbeliever? A large number of atheists venture into the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous on a daily basis.  Just like everyone else, they are desperate and dying from addiction.  The disease doesn’t discriminate, regardless of personal … Read More