by Chris | Aug 24, 2022 | General, Service
When I came into the rooms of recovery many years ago, I was told I had to “Trust God, Clean House, and Help Others.” In addition to the step work and building a relationship with God, I had to give the solution away to others and serve if I wanted to have a...
by Chris | Aug 17, 2022 | 12-Step Meetings, 12-Step Sponsorship, Community, Service, The Twelve Steps
Each year that passes of my sobriety I’m reminded of my blessings and the gratitude that I owe to the people in the fellowship of AA who shared how they remained sober and pointed me back to God. I also think often about a phrase that was used in some of my early AA...
by Chris | Jul 27, 2022 | Mercy, Spiritual Tools
I’m definitely not the first person to compare sin to weeds in a garden. But a recent weekend of helping pull weeds at my in-laws led me to contemplate just how apt the analogy is to our own spiritual lives and recovery. Sins are like weeds in our lives because they...
by Chris | Jul 20, 2022 | God
There are several reasons why we might begin to wane in our faith. On some level, this is part of the spiritual life. We may not always feel close to God when we’re suffering or in a particularly difficult season. But if we’re sincerely striving after Him, even if we...
by Chris | Jul 8, 2022 | Loved One of an Addict, Personal Testimonies, Personal Testimony
I was a cradle Catholic raised as the oldest of four children. Being part of a large extended Irish-Catholic family, we had lots of celebrations where beer and liquor were always plentiful. When I was 10 years old my world fell apart, my father was a detective and he...
