External Goal Achievement vs. Internal Spiritual Growth
Achieving major life goals is an important element of life’s journey. I enjoy it. I enjoy helping people I work with to achieve theirs. However, …
Finding Your Inner Gold: “Doing the Work”
There’s an old joke about a little boy digging his way through a railroad car full of horse manure. Somebody asks him why he’s doing …
Let Go and Let God
What does it mean to “let go and let God”? And, why is it important? Here’s the core issue: Addiction is based in the illusion …
Dealing With Your Inner Critics: The “Itty-Bitty Shitty Committee”
The “Itty-Bitty Shitty Committee” is a humorous, but all too accurate name for the chorus of negative, self-sabotaging, critical voices most folks in recovery carry …
Trudging the Road of Happy Destiny
I don’t know about you, but in my experience, very often verbal sharing and written documents about recovery tend to idealize it; i.e. to focus …
Spiritual Liberation: Get A New God If You Need One
In order for me to recover, I needed to give my spirituality a complete overhaul. The God of my youth darn near killed me. Literally. …