Rick on December 3rd, 2008

At this hour of the morning, while a snow storm is piling up beauty and nuisance outside our door, all is quiet as I think on two things that made today a blessing for me, and for others, and I thank God for the work He continues to do in the lives of those who [...]

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Rick on November 29th, 2008

Every now and then something will remind me of paradoxes I’ve wrestled with in a new way, and the thing that can trigger the memory can be trivial. For instance, take the graphic to the right, which I stumbled across while clearing out the deadwood on my system earlier this evening. Mac users can be [...]

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Rick on October 19th, 2008

For anyone familiar with 12 Step recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, listening in on a conversation between members of such a fellowship eventually will hear something about 12th Step work (“Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to [...]

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Rick on August 20th, 2008

June 19th, 1982 - not a terribly significant date in world history, but for my world it was the date that I now mark as my recovery anniversary. My last use of legal and illegal substances was technically the evening before, but it was the next day that I walked into a 12 Step meeting [...]

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