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Sobriety, Spirituality Linked for Teens in Treatment
Principal Investigator Dr. Maria Pagano, associate professor of psychiatry at [Case Western Reserve University's] School of Medicine, suggests that “changes in spirituality during treatment may serve...
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Spirituality and Recovery: An Insider’s Guide
From the Sunrise Detox Blog: ‘…we who have struggled with the monkey on our back know things about addiction that no one else knows. That’s not to say that we’re any smarter about it, it just means...
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Comments on the “conflict” between science and religion
It has always seemed to me that, philosophically speaking (and logically, for that matter), there can — by their very nature — be no conflict between science and metaphysical issues. Science, as a...
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Concerning A Higher Power
I heard another newcomer at a meeting complaining about how she’d had God shoved down her throat by her parents, and she wasn’t having any part of this Higher Power stuff, blah, blah, blah. I find...
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Resentment, Forgiveness and Acceptance
Two traveling monks came to a muddy stream, where they observed a woman who was hesitant about crossing. The older monk approached the woman, bowed, then picked her up and carried her across the...
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Rowboat
One of my favorite Buddhist teachings was given by the late Charlotte Joko Beck in her wonderful book “Everyday Zen”. It goes something like this. Imagine that you live by a lake, and you have a...
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Came To Believe
The Second Step reads “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” It gets a lot of attention because of that “power greater than ourselves” part, but not so much...
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There, but for the grace of God…
Down here in Southeast Florida we have a lot of panhandlers. Our moderate weather makes the living endurable, if not easy, so not only our own homeless but those from other states tend to migrate south...
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Traffic Management By Dunkin’ Donuts
There’s a D’n’D just up the street from my wife’s workplace that often causes a traffic backup in the right lane. I’ve gotten in the habit of staying in the left lane, then changing lanes ahead of the...
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Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others. This might not be obvious, especially when there are aspects of your life that seem in need of...
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