Saturday, August 23, 2008
Here are a few quotes I found as I sought a few that relate directly to the topic of a recent post: sharing my meta media, and my belief that the spiritual quest and its ultimate goal are the journey itself, during which we maintain open minds, and not a […]
Filed under: Points of View, Religion on August 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
Monday, August 18, 2008
After some research into tapering off of the drug Suboxone (Buprenorphine + Naloxone), I was reminded of what I had learned when I first started taking it in January of 2007: you better wean off very, very slowly and carefully.
I am looking into this, NOT because I am about to quit Suboxone […]
Filed under: Nashville AA Meetings, Points of View, Stephen's Journal, Drugs, MDBG on August 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
The fact that you sent that email to me, knowing (or at least having a sneaking suspicion ) that I no longer fit into the category I was raised to be in — Fundamentalist Christianity – serves to reinforce what I already knew: that you are a very good, kind, caring, and well-meaning individual. […]
Filed under: Points of View, Stephen's Journal, God, Religion, spirituality, Love, Depression, Evil, ego on July 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Lately, the most important thing to me has been my spiritual growth. Yet despite its professed importance to me, I don’t believe I could put together the words to provide a completely satisfactory, 100% correct definition of what spirituality IS or what spiritual growth really means. At the same time, I do not feel […]
Filed under: Points of View, Stephen's Journal, spirituality on June 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
In my opinion, the stages of spiritual development represent must-know information for the true seeker. Seeker of what? Seeker of enlightenment, of heaven, of God, of the peace that passes all understanding, of love, of the Higher Power of my own understanding, or whatever you’d care to call it.
If you are a true […]
Filed under: Points of View, Stephen's Journal, Religion, spirituality, Books on June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I find myself right smack in the middle of a particular phase, one which I am somewhat accustomed to going though. It comes up every few years. It has been a part of my life since childhood, and it continues to present itself regardless of whether or not I am in recovery, […]
Filed under: Points of View, God, Religion, spirituality, Character Defects, Wisdom on January 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll make an educated guess that one of the most common issues confronting dynamic, growing groups of Alcoholics Anonymous is that of ensuring adequate blending of newcomers and oldtimers.
What’s a newcomer, anyway? Someone with less than a year? I just got my first year, so naturally that was my first guess! Seriously though, […]
Filed under: Nashville AA Meetings, Points of View, Group Conscience, MDBG, Community on January 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Not long ago when I was thinking about choices and our ability to make them, I realized that recovery is, in large part, a restoration of our ability to choose. Freedom of choice is certainly a major benefit of my recovery so far.
When I was addicted to mood alterers, I was trapped. For all […]
Filed under: Points of View, Thoughts, choice on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
As I am slowly coming to realize, I’m entering a new stage of recovery, or a new life ‘phase’. One of the most striking changes is a relatively fresh desire to find an appropriate, suitable, enjoyable, educational, and inspirational community of like-minded folks, or a sangha.
Another way to say this is that, after years […]
Filed under: Eastern Spirituality, Points of View, Stephen's Journal, Religion, spirituality, Buddhism, Isolation, Church on January 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NOTE: I received this via email from Rick R. on October 19. I did not write it, but I did clean it up a little bit.
This letter is for all those interested in the future of our fellowship.
What Happened? That question is being asked by a lot of alcoholics lately. What happened to our high […]
Filed under: Points of View, Traditions, 12 Steps, Group Conscience on November 12th, 2007 | No Comments »