This post is about two separate situations one in each world. In the Faith world, my CR group lost its ministry leader to cancer. I had worked under him for the four and half years we had been doing CR. I am a pastor's kid. I could understand the rigors of the pastor...

At the Junction of faith and Recovery truth is the gold of the realm. And what is most important is which truth is a non-negotiable issue. For recovery troops. The truth is I can not drink or use or I will meet a bad end. And that truth is the center of all decisions....

I have to offer my apology. I try to be what I need to be to please people. I have recently been really thinking about what it means to be on the Spectrum and what that does to my experiences and my attitudes. I rarely think about the social consequences of a train of...

I have spent time talking about the differences between the Recovery group and the Faith group. But what is the same? What is common between the groups? Right now let's talk about denial. Both camps would deny they are in denial. You hear 'yes but' a lot. I have lived...

As I have written posts I find areas that are different and at the same time are the same. AA focuses on just alcohol addiction. Yet their members deal with all the other ism's. Faith-based programs like Celebrate Recovery deal with all the afflictions of their...

I actually like survivor the reality show. It is entertainment. But I have been in recovery for 47 years. This reality show is real and the stakes are high. A few stories without names. When I got sober in my early years there was an older gentleman who got sober. I...

Recently I commented in a small group that I liked AA because it was ok to be different. AA tolerated different and even odd. I liked that because I always felt out of step. In the last years, I have realized there is a bit of the odd in me. I am most likely a bit on...

One of the main things I appreciated about AA in my early days was the Traditions. Their primary purpose was to stay sober and help others to achieve sobriety. In the early days, they had to work thru the guardrails to their focus. On the whole, they did that well and...

Forgive the analogy! Faith and Recovery are very religious. Horrors! Let me explain! If you have an issue leave a comment! A conversation is a good thing. First, here are some concepts to think about. ' Wages of sin is death' Google it! 'The gift of God is eternal...

My purpose is to shed light on the interconnection of these two complicated interconnected groups of humans. And to connect the two with an understanding of their differences and the similarities. I am definitely from two backgrounds. I am a pastor's kid. But I am a...