Step Two – Principle 4 of 5: Letting Go of Self-Reliance Letting go doesn’t mean giving up responsibility. It means acknowledging limits and accepting help 15 June 2025
Why Your Higher Power Might Need to be More Than a Light Bulb In recovery, Step Two invites us to believe in a Power greater than ourselves. But what kind of power are we talking about? I invite you to consider three qualities that, in my experience, make a Higher Power meaningful and transformative. 14 June 2025
People Collisions: The Spiritual Physics of Connection Why You Can’t Grow Spiritually Alone 14 June 2025
Step Two – Principle 2 of 5: A Power Greater Than Ourselves “…that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” 13 June 2025
The First Battle – Surviving the White Knuckle Days "Before the desire to drink is lifted, you must survive the storm.” 13 June 2025
Defining The Adversary The disease is outside doing one-armed push-ups just waiting for you, waiting to get you alone, because alone, you lose to the disease.”— Matthew Perry 13 June 2025
The Joy Was Worth the Pain: Finding Purpose in Suffering At the intersection of Romans 5:3–5 and a lyric by Ed Sheeran: Sometimes, something happens that feels like more than coincidence. A convergence. A divine echo. 12 June 2025
A Thoughtful Pushback on the "One Day at a Time" Mantra “One Day at a Time”: I’ve always struggled with this mantra—not because I don’t value presence, but because it feels oppressive and I believe it can unintentionally limit vision. 08 June 2025
When Determination Becomes Combustible: A Memoir of Self-Will Run Riot I thought I could control everything, including myself. I didn’t realize that the very trait that helped me succeed was also laying the groundwork for my downfall. 08 June 2025
Step Two – Principle 1 of 5: Willingness to Believe “One Day at a Time”: I’ve always struggled with this mantra—not because I don’t value presence, but because it feels oppressive and I believe it can unintentionally limit vision. 08 June 2025
