Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who have in common the desire to stop drinking, or to stay stopped. As active alcoholics their stories often include episodes in which …
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The Twelve Step Pathway – A Heroic Journey of Recovery
The Twelve Step Pathway – A Heroic Journey of Recovery reframes addiction recovery as a Heroic Journey. Since 1935 the most successful recovery approach to alcoholism has been the Twelve Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. This book lays out the parameters of the Heroic Journey as described by Joseph Campbell and shows how by following the path of the Twelve Steps one is indeed engaged in a Heroic Journey. Thus, a recovering person can come to understand himself or herself as heroic as opposed to a failure at life, shamed and disgraced. The book develops the spiritual nature of the …
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Autobiography of a Georgia Cat
Autobiography of a Georgia Cat is the story of a Southern African-American family as it struggles with the illness and death of a granddaughter who is married to a Jewish man. Spiritual and family themes are emphasized. The story is narrated by Black Jack, the remarkable family cat, who also tells of his own life as an indoor-outdoor cat in Marietta, Georgia. Much space is devoted to “feline” mythology and spirituality which have a distinctly Native-American flavor. The strands of many cultures are woven into the fabric of this story, leaving the reader with a positive message of hope and of the oneness …
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Gaylord Nelson – An American Hero
Posted on April 23, 2022
(This is from the www.georgiacat.com/blog post of April 23, 2020. It is edited for the michaelcowlgordon.com blog) Yesterday was the 52nd Anniversary of Earth Day, the inspired idea of …
Don’t Call It Obedience
Posted on February 28, 2022
The Twelve Steps provide a formula for the repair and transformation of one’s life. The pathway prescribed is not one that would be followed without adequate need for rescue from …