The program of Alcoholics Anonymous is described in many ways, as a simple program, an honest program, a Twelve Step program, or a recovery program. I believe that it is also a kind program. In God’s universe, no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. In AA...
In the chapter “Into Action” AA tells us that the recovery of family life is going to be slow. Page 83 says “There is a long period of reconstruction ahead.” The suggestion is that we ask our Creator every morning to show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness,...
I was at Hazelden in 2012, and held the position of Director of Spiritual Guidance, one of several clinical directors in Center City, Minnesota. Hazelden was approached with a generous grant for research into the value of a new drug, Suboxone, for the treatment of...
I have had a misunderstanding about Bill Wilson’s “White Light” experience in Towns Hospital in 1934. I got my impression of that evening from watching a movie with an actor portraying Bill W’s experience. In the movie, there is a supernatural experience, complete...
For many decades, alcohol treatment programs focused on our drinking problems and the consequences of our actions while drunk. Then they offered instruction in the AA and NA programs of recovery. Most people got well and stayed sober over time. A few simply took this...
