Spirituality and AddictionFreedom to Choose Life and Love (Blog) Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Fr. Richard Rohr, OFMAuthor and psychotherapist Gerald May (1940–2005) was a friend and early mentor of Father Richard. In this passage, May explores how addiction keeps us from living with the full love and freedom for which we were created: It seems…
Allen BergerCounselor Magazine, Weekly Digest, August 19, 2020 Recovery counseling is based on a new paradigm for alcohol and drug counseling. Before I explain this new concept, let’ s discuss the model that has dominated the field for over eighty years. The paradigm that has dominated the field views people suffering from alcoholism and other…
Allen Berger Counselor Magazine, Weekly Digest, August 19, 2020 October 22, 2015Recovery counseling is based on a new paradigm for alcohol and drug counseling. Before I explain this new concept, let’s discuss the model that has dominated the field for over eighty years. The paradigm that has dominated the field views people suffering from alcoholism…
A Tribute to Terence Gorski Bob Tyler April 1, 2021 As I was training on motivational interviewing the other day via Zoom, I referenced relapse prevention in the context of the maintenance stage of change and had to pause for a moment. I was overcome with emotion as I remembered that my most revered and…
I recently read an article concerning a dialogue between Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg and Rosanne Cash (Johnny Cash’s daughter) that I am sure will profoundly change my life. In this dialogue, Salzberg makes an important distinction between remorse and guilt. In her words, “In Buddhist psychology, there’s a difference between remorse and guilt. Remorse is…
“The Book That Started it All“The Original Working Manuscript of AA Read the original unedited version of the 12 Steps. Decipher the five layers of editorial comments in black, green and red pencil page after page which reveal the opinions, debates and discussions that went into creating the Big Book. This rendition includes essays by…
Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation Based on the true story of the tested but enduring bond between Bill and Lois Wilson respective co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon Family Groups. Starring Winona Ryder (“The Age of Innocence”, “Little Women”) and Barry Pepper (“61*”). In 1914, Lois Burnham, a young woman from an affluent family, fell…
Bill Wilson’s Gospelby David BrooksNew York Times Op-Ed ColumnistPublished June 28, 2010 On Dec. 14, 1934, a failed stockbroker named Bill Wilson was struggling with alcoholism at a New York City detox center. It was his fourth stay at the center and nothing had worked. This time, he tried a remedy called the belladonna cure…
excerpted from article in News Report by Benjamin Chambers The original manuscript of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Big Book was published for the first time, along with edits that changed its references to religion, the Washington Post reported on Sept. 22. The first AA manual, called: “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men…
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