by Chris | Nov 1, 2020 | Personal Testimonies
When Chantal was in the 9th grade she had her first drink: her father’s peppermint schnapps. For her, it was the response to the turmoil brewing within her family, her father’s controlling and suffocating strictness and his drinking. She would move onto smoking when...
by Chris | Oct 27, 2020 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, The Twelve Steps
“Same dances in the same old shoes Some habits that you just can’t lose There’s no telling what a man might use After the thrill is gone” – The Eagles A few months ago, I was going back and forth in a text conversation with a friend from my home...
by Chris | Oct 20, 2020 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections
Each of us has an ache in our hearts: an emptiness and need to feel complete. We are wounded because, for many of us, our earthly fathers never effectively communicated the message each of us needs desperately to hear: “You are my beloved son in whom I am well...
by Chris | Oct 6, 2020 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
Most of my adult life was spent complaining when it came to any kind of pain or suffering—even though the majority of this pain was self-induced and in the form of terrible hangovers. I would whine and complain, asking “Why me?” And when I became ill or was injured I...
