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With this short, simple book the author presents the spiritual philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He uses as his primary source the journaling that Emerson did in 1833 upon returning …

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 …

Host Tom Dutta asked Michael Gordon to write why he should be on The Quiet Warrior Show. Micha poured onto his paper a page and a half of writing, and …

On Tuesday, February 20 at 12:30 I will again be a guest on Tom Dutta’s Quiet Warrior podcast. The first visit was on December 11, 2 months ago. It can …

  Tom Dutta has written a book which is a component of a method of achieving success in business, but more than that, a way of achieving success in life. …

On December 11, 2023, Dr. Gordon was interviewed by Duane Osterlind on his Addicted Mind Podcast. Click on the link to listen. It is Podcast #262. The Addicted Mind Podcast

Dr. Gordon will be interviewed tomorrow morning, December 15, from 11:00AM until 11:15 about his new book on the Morning Show with Bob Langstaff, on WAMV-AM, Amhearst, Virginia. Tune in …

I have some radio interviews and podcasts coming up. Here is the schedule at this point. November 21, 9:30-9:40AM Eastern time zone, Warren in the Morning, live on WKNY, Kingston, …

Review of The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery, by Dr. Michael Cowl Gordon This book presents a welcome, highly useful contribution to the struggle for recovery from …

Dr. Gordon had an interview about his book, The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery today on the Hollis Chapman Show featured on Blog Talk Radio. We will …

On November 11, 2023, we are having a signing of my new book, The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery. It will be held at The Berman Center, …

Michael Cowl Gordon, a specialist in addiction medicine with extensive personal experience in recovery, offers a captivating book that combines clinical insight with the power of the 12-step program. Through …

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, Franciscan Media, 2011, 2021 Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the Roman Catholic church …

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 …

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 …

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 …

(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 …

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 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 …

Father Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish priest who died a martyr in Auschwitz in 1941. Born in Poland in 1894, he had a vision of the Virgin Mary at age …

From time to time I may write a review of a book which I have read and which I believe may be of interest to my readers. Much has been …

Growing up in Chicago during the fifties, I was captivated by baseball. As a Cub fan, my favorite player was Ernie Banks, the Cub shortstop. I was a Cub fan, …

There was an article in the paper today about an attempt to secure a pardon for Homer Adolphe Plessy. The Louisiana Board of Pardons has unanimously approved the measure, and …

I suppose that one could say that my inspiration for the writing of The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery came from a lifetime of experience, both personal …

I just finished reading John Thompson’s autobiography, I Came as a Shadow. His is an excellent example of the Heroic Journey, of overcoming monumental difficulties in achieving success in life. …

Noah is generally credited, if that is the right term, with being the first alcoholic in the Bible. It is possible that he was, but the evidence is scant. This …

A few weeks ago I received a booklet from Oglala Lakota College (OLC) entitled Woksape Wokikta – Awakening to Wisdom. I receive these gems because of the small financial support …

I have a great personal and professional interest in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, and I find the history of the origins of this movement to be fascinating. There are …