Tag: Recovery

• June 10, 2022

  Who cares to admit?

  Most people who struggle with destructive patterns will tell you they want to change. And many of them believe it. They go to meetings. They read the books. They talk…

• September 27, 2015

  Raising the bottom

  There is a phrase in recovery circles: “raise your bottom.” The idea is simple but profound. Most people only become willing to do the hard work of real change after…

• March 22, 2015

  What it means to be reborn

  

  At some point in the journey of recovery and spiritual growth, you may arrive at a strange and terrifying moment: you look at your life and realize you no longer…

• March 15, 2015

  The way to feel God

  

  There is a simple gauge for whether you are connected to God: how you feel. When you feel genuinely good — peaceful, grateful, aligned — that is what it feels…

• August 18, 2014

  Living in Humility and the Keynotes

  Humility is not weakness. It is not self-deprecation or endless apology. True humility is the willingness to look honestly at yourself — deeper than the surface behaviors, down to the…