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
Two powerful lessons from Acts of the Apostles 2:1–11 Two powerful lessons from Acts of the Apostles 2:1–11 resonate deeply with the journey of alcohol recovery. 05 June 2025
What Is AA’s Secret Sauce? As a former venture capitalist and now an active business and management consultant, I often find myself applying this lens to organisations and movements outside the commercial world. Recently, I asked myself: What is AA’s secret sauce? 03 June 2025
Step Two – A Summary of the Key Principles to be Practiced “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” 03 June 2025
Navigating Sensitivity to Criticism: Insights from AA, Psychology, and Neuroscience Why many recovering alcoholics need to add managing sensitivity tools to their sobriety toolbox 02 June 2025
Mapping the Trinity Lens Alcohol Recovery to Fr Rohr's Breathing Underwater Richard Rohr’s Breathing Under Water, which explores the deep spiritual parallels between the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the teachings of the Gospel 01 June 2025
Mapping the 12 AA Footholds to the Trinity Lens of Alcohol Recovery Mapping the 12 AA Steps into three foundational principles of Trinity Lens of Alcohol Recovery 01 June 2025
The Grainfield Gospel and the Hand That Heals Gospel: Mark 2:23–3:6. This Gospel unfolds in two scenes—one in a grainfield, the other in a synagogue. Both are confrontations. Both are clarifications. And both speak directly to the recovering alcoholic who’s learning to live by grace, not by grind. 01 June 2025
Treasure in the Clay 2nd Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:6–11 - Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4:6–11 are a paradox of power and fragility. He speaks of light shining in darkness, of treasure held in jars of clay, of death at work—and life rising in its place 01 June 2025
Rest That Rewires Deuteronomy 5:12–15 commands the observance of the Sabbath—a day of rest, remembrance, and reverence. For the alcoholic in recovery, this isn’t just a religious ritual. It’s a spiritual necessity. Rest is not laziness. It’s recalibration. 01 June 2025
No Regrets, Just Lessons: What AA Taught Me About Moving Forward Regret is a heavy burden. It anchors us to the past, often when we most need to move forward 31 May 2025
