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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This is where reflection meets recovery. In these writings, Dr. Michael Cowl Gordon explores the inner landscapes of addiction, healing, spirituality, and the Heroic Journey. Whether sharing insights from decades in medicine or pondering life’s deeper questions, each post is an invitation to think, feel, and grow. Grab a cup of coffee, stay a while, and join the conversation.
The Hero’s Journey Through Addiction
Posted on May 5, 2025
Recovery is a heroic journey – a call to transformation that behind with defeat and leads to deep spiritual awakening. Like ancient heroes crossing into the unknown, those battling addition …
Joy
Posted on March 24, 2023
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 …
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 …
Gaylord Nelson – An American Hero
Posted on April 23, 2022
Yesterday was the 52nd Anniversary of Earth Day, the inspired idea of the late Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, a progressive liberal and ardent conservationist. He was born in 1916 and …
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 …