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 …
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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 …
The Patron Saint of Drug Addicts
Posted on January 8, 2022
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 …
Noah a Drunk? Not so Much, but What About Lot?
Posted on September 28, 2021
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 …
Some A.A. History
Posted on September 28, 2021
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 …