“One must first learn to live with one’s self before one blames others.” Feodor Dostoyevsky Blaming another person can become a way of positioning the self as a victim. When children are young and see their parents as the entire world, they are extremely vulnerable and dependent upon their parents’ opinions. If their parent belittles [...]
Continue Reading...This book is a transcription of Seminars in 1968 by the author. It was first published in 1986 and has been re-printed for the first time in 2010. Allen Reid McGinnis’ experience, strength and hope were an inspiration to thousands of recovering alcoholics in California during the 1960′s. The book is available in its entirety [...]
Continue Reading...The Chapters will be divided into 1 0r 2 parts depending on their length. Each session was followed by a Q & A which will be included as separate posts. Please comment on the content as well as the format. Remember these workshops were conducted in 1968 and the language, like our Big Book, may [...]
Continue Reading...Over the next month I am going to publish on this website a reprint of the book that was put into print in 1986 from the transcription of tapes recorded in 1968. My introduction to the book was posted a few weeks ago as an explanation of the re-printing. The following is the Dedication and [...]
Continue Reading...Excerpt From The Spirituality of Imperfection Being-at-home involves, first, coming home to ourselves-being able to accept our own imperfect humanness. This is the first and, really, the only coherent meaning of another concept: self-forgiveness. Self-forgiveness, as a spiritual act, is quite simply the opening of one’s self to “experiencing forgiveness,” which begins with allowing another [...]
Continue Reading...By Dan Griffin I remember when I was very young and my mother and I were in a car accident and she was pinned under the car and as the flames were spreading everywhere I could hear her screaming and I tried desperately to lift the car off of her…oh wait, sorry that was the [...]
Continue Reading...How to Build an Intimate Relationship with Jesus By Jack Zavada As Christians grow in spiritual maturity, we hunger for an intimate relationship with Jesus, but at the same time we feel confused over how to go about it. How do you get closer to the invisible God? How do you hold a conversation with [...]
Continue Reading...By John Taylor “My name is John, and I am an addict.” These words used to mean so much more when I was active in a 12-step program and in my own recovery. They used to mean more than just another part of my self-description. Nearly eight years have passed since the first time I [...]
Continue Reading...On Depression and Getting Help By Rob Delaney I deal with suicidal, unipolar depression and I take medication daily to treat it. Over the past seven years, I’ve had two episodes that were severe and during which I thought almost exclusively of suicide. I did not eat much and lost weight during these episodes. I [...]
Continue Reading...By Dan Griffin For most of my life I wanted to be fearless. Since I was a child I seemed to experience an abnormal amount of fear. Whether it is a genetic anomaly, neurological misfiring, a spiritual malady or all of the above, I cannot say. What I do know is that I was always [...]
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