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Campbell

Posted on September 10, 2025

Joseph Campbell was one of the premier thought leaders of the twentieth century. He popularized the idea of the heroic journey, a way of looking at life as a great …

Canadian Sober Eh – Michael Cowl Gordon

Posted on November 5, 2024

Michael Gordon shares his story of sharing a life lived on the recovery path, from his first AA meeting in 1972, to nearly daily Zoom meetings today. He talks about …

My New Book

Posted on August 14, 2024

It has been less than a year since we released my book, The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery. I already have a contract with AuthorHouse to publish …

Food Junkies Podcast

Posted on March 9, 2024

My interview with Dr. Vera Tarman is now live on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlNg0mLaego&ab_channel=VeraTarmanMD

The Addicted Mind Podcast with Duane Osterlind

Posted on December 17, 2023

On December 11, 2023, Dr. Gordon was interviewed by Duane Osterlind on his Addicted Mind Podcast. Click on the LINK to listen.

Event news

Posted on December 14, 2023

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 …

Upcoming events

Posted on November 7, 2023

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

Dr. Gordon Interviewed on BlogTalk Radio – The Hollis Chapman Show

Posted on October 24, 2023

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 BlogTalk Radio. In the meantime …

A Review by Vera Tarman, MD

Posted on September 13, 2023

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 – …

Announcement

Posted on July 31, 2023

I am pleased to announce that my new book, The Twelve Step Pathway: A Heroic Journey of Recovery, is now scheduled for release by the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield on …

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 …

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 …

Book Review – Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions, by Russell Brand

Posted on December 21, 2021

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 …

Schedule a Talk

Posted on December 5, 2021

On October 10, 2021, I was honored to give the guest sermon to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Boone, North Carolina. My topic was how the Twelve Steps serve as …

My Introduction to the Heroic Journey

Posted on November 2, 2021

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 …

The Heroic Journey – Native American Experience

Posted on September 28, 2021

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

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 …