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The quick answer to the question posed in the above headline is no. The 12 steps are a spiritual program developed through Bill W and others’ experiences of being… read more…
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Fear stalks our world, brazen and shameless. I expect fear to occasionally sneak in and out of alleys, but to see it parade through public streets as though a… read more…
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I grew up in a house with both parents and my older brother. Overall, I was a happy kid who liked school. But there was an undercurrent of pain,… read more…
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Not my typical morning ruminations, but this morning I woke up wondering about people in cars in ditches. Here’s the context: I’m on a trans-continental road trip with my… read more…
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It was the last day of a graduate class I was teaching on the Spirituality of the Twelve Steps. I asked the class what was most striking to them… read more…
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“Wealth is the number of things we can do without.” Leo Tolstoy More and more people aren’t managing their money well. Often their money is managing them if not… read more…
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I hate the holidays. I know that seems like a strong statement, but — even at nearly six years sober — I still find the holidays incredibly challenging. It’s… read more…
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When we want somebody else to change we often make mistakes. We either get too passive and expect change to happen without any effort on our part. Out of… read more…
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Recently I had some catch up time with a supportive person at our regular meeting spot. While chatting she told me that she and her husband were out driving… read more…
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Baby Boomers, the generation that is 77 million strong, born between 1946 and 1964, have always assumed that they would live longer and healthier than their parents’ generation. The… read more…
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