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Nov22014

When Petitioned Do I Judge?

Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickNovember 2, 2014Leave a comment

My wife and I are people watchers. It might be are favorite pastime. What I’ve noticed over time is that as crowds pass by on the street, people tend to act like the person a head of them. People are sheep. I too, am often a mindless sheep. “But Rick!” you say, “You have always…

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Oct302014

Be Still: Step Eleven

Embracing Sobriety, Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 30, 2014Leave a comment

Before refrigerators for home use began to proliferate in the 1930s, people used ice boxes to preserve their food. The ice for these ice boxes was store in icehouses that had thick walls, no windows and a tightly fitting door. In the winter, when lakes froze over, large blocks of ice were cut, hauled to…

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Oct282014

The Reason It’s Called “The Present”

Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 28, 2014Leave a comment

It was the end of the workweek. I was exhausted. The long commutes. Too much in my inbox. Not enough sleep. Not enough Twelve Step meetings. There I was, sitting in on a leather recliner in my darkened room, staring blankly at the wall-mounted flat screen TV. As I sat my mind was flooded with…

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Oct252014

The First Principle: Acceptance

Embracing Sobriety, Quest for Sanity, Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 25, 2014Leave a comment

Nothing clarifies my thinking, brings peace of mind or put me in a position to effect positive change like acceptance–acceptance of everything as it is right now; no vain attempts to rewrite the past or worrying about a future that may not materialize. But there is a catch. While acceptance implies that I am fully…

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Oct232014

Big Book Thumpers vs. Living Examples

Embracing SobrietyBy RickOctober 23, 20142 Comments

Go to enough Twelve Step meetings and you’ll encounter them. They know the literature inside and out, quote it frequently and give the page number they are quoting from to underscore their authority. They are the Big Book Thumpers. This, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. For the fourteen years I was…

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Oct192014

A Life Classroom Called Humility

Embracing Sobriety, Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 19, 20141 Comment

When I was a child, I intuitively knew when something was too big for me to handle. If I wanted to go to the beach-some thirty miles from my home-I didn’t try to walk there, I didn’t try to drive there, I asked my mom or dad for a ride. Why, in working on my…

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Oct152014

Thoughts on Spirituality

Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 15, 2014Leave a comment

People who make their living-either in dollars or in purpose-selling their brand of organized religion may take exception to this post, and, for that matter, this whole blog. For spirituality is not about passing the collection plate or winning converts. Spirituality, to me, isn’t about the number of times I attend church or twelve step…

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Oct122014

The Role of Grace in Sobriety

Embracing Sobriety, Spiritual PrinciplesBy RickOctober 12, 2014Leave a comment

My wife turned to me the other day and asked that I write a blog post on grace. That threw me for a a loop. I typically associate “grace” with evangelical Christians. Though spiritual, my wife is not overly religious. What’s more, she’s more of action-oriented, “works” kind of a person. As she works with…

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