by Scott Weeman | Jul 26, 2016 | The Twelve Steps
A few weeks ago I was speaking with the principal of a local high school about rising alcohol and drug issues that his school is experiencing. Upon my second visit with this young man, he took a moment to share with me that his half-brother, at only thirty years old,...
by Scott Weeman | Jul 18, 2016 | Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps
I wrote the outline for this post about two weeks ago following a vacation, in a moment when I felt myself diving into a spiritual “trough”, or low point in one’s spiritual life where God’s presence seems to withdraw. I plotted out the following points, mostly...
by Scott Weeman | Apr 5, 2016 | Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”[1] I hear these words read aloud nearly every day, to the point that it sometimes hums through my ears unnoticed like the sound of the wind. When I first got sober and was realizing how...
by Scott Weeman | Mar 17, 2016 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
For the longest time I hid from everything. I would hide myself from the reality that my life was unmanageable and that drugs and alcohol had taken everything meaningful away from me. I hid from the outside world, from my responsibilities, and from human interaction....