I know, I know. I’ve been AWOL. My website is having some buggy-bot-y issues and I have someone working on it. It is above my pay grade. This problem somehow made it so that a fraction of my subscribers get these posts. Please bear with us. Hopefully we will have a resolution soon and you […]
Will you be in the Nashville Tennessee area next weekend? If you will, come join me, Alana White and Julie Cragon–all Nashville Catholic Writers at St. Mary’s Bookstore from 11am -1pm. […]
I have come up with a personal thesis regarding addiction. I say it often and for good reason: I want you to remember it. Addiction is dis-ease, dis-order & disconnection in our relationships to God, self & others. I think the first set (1-3) of steps deal with our relationship to God. The second set […]
September is National Recovery Month. While the stigma still creates plenty of obstacles for recovery, I’m beginning to see some encouraging shifts. For one thing, the fact that we have a national recovery month is huge in and of itself. Highlighting that recovery is possible while showcasing all of the positive programs out there awakens […]
I have a morning routine: Up early. Coffee on the back porch. Then my readings. My parish gives out a book every Christmas that contains each of the daily readings. That’s what I read first. Then I read a passage from Jim Manney’s What Matters Most & Why and finally I read 2024 A Book […]
I’ve been 60 years old for an entire week. This one feels like a seismic shift. I can’t believe I’m looking down the barrel of my 70th decade, if I am so lucky… With this shift, I have a lot of feelings. Let’s face it, I always have a lot of feelings. I’ve spent the […]
You don’t have the power to stop someone from drinking… You don’t have the power to cause someone to drink. How many times have I heard that sentiment in a 12-step room? Too many to count. How many times has my unconscious mind tried to deceivingly grasp onto power by using the ‘for the good […]
I’d finally finished a writing assignment. I plugged my computer in to charge it up and turned on the television to catch one episode of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ before it was time to go to the gym. I felt myself let out a deep breath to relax when the doorbell rang and […]
Do you ever think that you’re pretty solid in your recovery, only to wake up to an overwhelming feeling of frustration and dissatisfaction? That was my experience these last few weeks. Except this time, I knew that the problem was all me –cue Taylor Swift.. “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s meAt tea time, […]
14 years ago, I didn’t think that I had a problem. It was my loved ones who needed help. Not me. Boy was I wrong. If you are new to recovery, this may come as a shock, but we all need recovery. But, what exactly does that look like? Let me share some thoughts, but […]