Some time last year I made the comment to Judy, my dear wife, that I don’t think I experience joy. She found this disturbing, and bought me The Book of …
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A review of Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps by Richard Rohr
Posted on February 26, 2023
A review of Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps by Richard Rohr, Franciscan Media, 2011, 2021 Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the Roman Catholic church …
Transition
Posted on February 19, 2023
After somewhat in excess of fifty years, I am finally giving up the clinical practice of medicine. I closed my private practice in 2019, but have continued as the Medical …
The Death Train Called Alcoholism
Posted on October 29, 2022
Heard at an A.A. meeting. “I was on the death train called alcoholism. I wanted to get off, but I didn’t know how.” The Heroic Journey starts with the call …
Fear No Evil: A Memoir by Natan Sharansky
Posted on July 9, 2022
I have just finished reading Fear No Evil by Natan Sharansky, and I am in awe of his courageous and heroic battle for survival against the “evil empire” of the …
I’m Just Another Bozo on the Bus
Posted on May 10, 2022
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 …
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 …
The Care of God
Posted on January 28, 2022
The Third Step of the Twelve Steps in the AA program reads: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we …