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The universe has its own justice, I guess: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past – Telegraph
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Ahmadinejad holding up his identity papers
This explains a lot.
A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots.
via Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past – Telegraph.
Technorati Tags: Iran, Judaism, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Religion and Spirituality
Source: white pebble - October 4, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Tags: Current Affairs Iran Judaism Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Religion and spirituality Source Type: blogs
Spirituality In Addiction RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague.
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It has been said that addicts who enter into recovery are actually fortunate for they are forced to take a look at themselves and their spirituality. By self-examination, recovering addicts are able to realize that their lack of spirituality is partly the cause of their distress.
It seems that many people are incapable of tolerating themselves because they have a negative feelings about themselves. They start to have a distorted self image which leads them to go to great lengths to escape or deny their identity as they perceive it. All of these things make discovering spirituality impossible.
I have always called it self-i...
Source: What Winners Do - October 4, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Erin Tags: spirituality Source Type: blogs
Are All Your Goals Materialistic Ones?Email this article to a colleague.
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If you’re reading Pick the Brain, it’s a fair bet that you have goals. You might even have written them down. Perhaps you read them every day, or have them pinned to a notice-board.
How many of those goals are materialistic ones? How many are focus on a dollar amount or a particular purchase?
I’ve been reading a book by Jack Canfield recently, and while I’ve found plenty of good advice in it, I’ve also been a little disturbed at times by his seeming equation of “success” with money and material goods:
Here are the life purpose statements of some of my friends. It is important to n...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 18, 2009 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Ali Hale Tags: self improvement ali hale creativity goals money motivation pickthebrain spirituality Source Type: blogs
Psychic Development Video InterviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you’ve been following Erin’s blog, then you’ve already seen this, but if not…
Erin and I recently did a 35-minute video interview for the Alison and Jaye Show (see below). Most of the Q&A focuses on psychic development and communicating with spirit guides, including the benefits and pitfalls of receiving guidance from non-physical entities. We also discuss overcoming blocks to financial abundance near the end of the interview.
If you’re convinced there’s no such thing as psychic abilities, you can safely skip this interview because it won’t likely do much for you. This vi...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 10, 2009 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Consciousness & Awareness Metaphysics Psychic Development spirituality Wealth & Money abundance death spirit guides Source Type: blogs
“Spiritus contra spiritum” – an old favouriteEmail this article to a colleague.
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Even though I related to them both in isolation, until today I had never made a personal connection between “spiritus contra spiritum” and one of my favourite psalms. It’s as if I am the last to find out (in my agnostic theist sort of way).
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 6, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: autobiography mental health recovery spirituality Bill W. Carl Jung Source Type: blogs
“You seem like a good fit for the (therapy) group.” Cue pin-drop!Email this article to a colleague.
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During an intake interview for a therapy group I was stopped cold by the question, “Do you have a best friend?” This was asked in the context of establishing what existing supports I had, past relationships, etc. Perfectly understandable.
I was absolutely stuck to name someone and, equally telling perhaps, I was very surprised [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - August 28, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: autobiography personal journal spirituality Source Type: blogs
Updated (with link to video): John Marks reminds me of my struggles with faith – and that we don’t have to be rightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Here’s a recent video of author John Marks being interviewed on The Bully Pulpit. It’s a great way (if you’ll take the 45 minutes or so to watch) to get a sense of where he’s coming from in his book and why I was so fascinated by it.
The Bully! Pulpit Show: John Marks from [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - July 14, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV United Church of Canada YouTube activism autobiography blog therapy coming out of the closet family homosexuality mental health personal journal politics social conservatives social justice spirituality Christian Source Type: blogs
PrideEmail this article to a colleague.
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CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?”
Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - June 5, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Human Rights activism autobiography family homosexuality media personal journal recovery sexual orientation spirituality Source Type: blogs
I answer CP24’s question, “What does Pride mean to you?”Email this article to a colleague.
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CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?”
Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - June 5, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Human Rights activism autobiography family homosexuality media personal journal recovery sexual orientation spirituality Source Type: blogs
It’s been twenty yearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Because I do not know the exact date in May this seems as good a time as any to mark the twentieth anniversary of my HIV-positive diagnosis.
It was March of 1990 when I received definitive word at which time suspicious blood samples from the previous May were tested for HIV specifically and they were also [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - May 25, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Craig Chaplin autobiography church faith family grief health-care humour life and death personal journal recovery sexual orientation spirituality Source Type: blogs
A 7 km walk with only last-block fatigueEmail this article to a colleague.
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It was one of those evenings – lots of people on the patios, classic cars and convertibles buzzing up and down the streets – a perfect night to walk home from my meeting.
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I have only done this entire walk on one other occasion, an evening which turned rainy, so I thought I’d see [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - May 21, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: mental health recovery spirituality Source Type: blogs
Seeking Spiritual EnlightenmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Way Path dark and narrow Bordered closely by cow crap Direction one way Peace, Doc Copyright © 2009, Thomas A. Blood, Ph.D. "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Technorati Tags: poetry,haiku,spirituality,cow crap
Source: Solo Shrink - May 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: cow crap haiku spirituality poetry newtag Source Type: blogs
Celebrating Craig and a walk (now with map) from Le Plâteau to Outremont and back (Montréal)Email this article to a colleague.
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Mom and I arrived at Claude’s on Monday for the second annual presentation Wednesday of the Craig Chaplin Memorial Award to Darryl Macdonald. It was a wonderful convocation ceremony and service, and it was terrific to meet Darryl and his husband Chris.
Now Craig’s dream has been realized twice, with many more such occasions to [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - May 8, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Chaplin Memorial Fund (United Theological College) Craig Chaplin Montréal Québec United Church of Canada activism faith family homosexuality photography sexual orientation spirituality travelogue Rev. Darryl Macdonald Source Type: blogs
In God’s imageEmail this article to a colleague.
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I know I’ve checked with Ron about this before - we apparently are not related - but I come from a Chaplin family rooted in Perth and Glen Tay. (I now reside in Toronto.) The story reads like it could have been written about either my late brother Craig or me. I [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - April 30, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV activism church faith family homosexuality life and death sexual orientation social justice spirituality Source Type: blogs
Just Swell.Email this article to a colleague.
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I don't have much to say about my life lately. It's all going well. It's all just swell.There are things that could be better, of course. I could make some more money. My husband could get a job. I could work out some kinks in important family relationships.But overall, I'm happy. I am in love with my husband, and I feel loved by him. I have great friends. I have wonderful tools, and I'm learning to take better care of myself every day. There are fun things on my horizon...friends visiting, weddings, events. I am looking forward to these things. I am even thinking that my husband might be able to participate...which is exc...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - April 7, 2009 Category: Addiction Tags: gratitude recovery spirituality Source Type: blogs
Mixing analogies with Easter sensibilitiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Perhaps it is the season but it has been interesting to see the number of hits my night-time photo of Almuth Lutkenhaus-Lackey’s “Crucified Woman” has been getting at my photo blog photosbykenn.
The dramatic sculpture sits in a courtyard of the University of Toronto’s Emmanuel College, the local theological college of The United Church of Canada. [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - March 31, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Creative Arts activism church faith photography spirituality United Church of Canada Crucified Woman theology Source Type: blogs
The Genius of DnyaneshwariEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have always been impressed by doctors who do not limit themselves to practising medicine and look for new horizons to conquer. Being a doctor gives you insights into life which few other people get to see . Unlike judges, who usually see the seamier side of life and tend to have a prejudiced view of mankind ( because they have to deal with disputes day in and day out), doctors are usually much more optimistic and upbeat, because they deal with inspiring patients, who fight their disease bravely and live their lives courageously. Unfortunately, few doctors are blessed with the ability to write well - and even fewer have t...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - March 22, 2009 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Dnyaneshwari Religion and spirituality Hinduism Maharashtra Bhagavad Gita Krishna Religious Texts God Source Type: blogs
A poetic prayerEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Peace Prayer of St. Francis
by an anonymous Norman c. 1915 A.D. Peace Prayer
Lord make me an instrument of your peace
Where there is hatred,
Let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, Joy.
O Divine Master [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - March 21, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: faith spirituality Prayer of St. Francis Source Type: blogs
Darryl Macdonald to receive the second Craig Chaplin memorial awardEmail this article to a colleague.
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The recently-installed (February) minister of Roxboro United Church in western Montréal, Rev. Darryl Macdonald, has been selected to be this year’s recipient of the prize named for my late brother, Craig, when the United Theological College holds its convocation in May.
Rev. Macdonald was educated at the Presbyterian College adjacent to UTC.
This is where the story gets [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - March 21, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Chaplin Memorial Fund (United Theological College) Craig Chaplin church faith family homosexuality sexual orientation spirituality Source Type: blogs
Role of AA SponsorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: The roles identified broadly corresponded with the AA literature delineating the duties of a sponsor. This non-random sample of sponsors was highly engaged in AA activity but only had a past history of moderate alcohol dependence.
Research report; Paul J. P. Whelan, E. Jane Marshall, David M. Ball and Keith Humphreys. The Role of AA Sponsors: A Pilot Study. Alcohol and Alcoholism March 18, 2009
See also;
12 Step Sponsor
AA and Treatment Work Better Together
Twelve-Step Programs as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology
Double Trouble in Recovery for Alcoholics
From Denial to Recovery: Counse...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - March 19, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help spirituality 12-step sponsor Source Type: blogs
Ostracized? I Don’t Think So!Email this article to a colleague.
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I walked into a sandwich shop for lunch today and ran into a young man who had been coming to meetings at my home group for a short while a couple of months ago. He’d been “out” before after a few weeks but had stayed dry this time for a couple of months. I hadn’t seen him recently.
Ordered my sandwich and soda and had a seat with him. It’s funny but I know he didn’t like me when we initially met but we’d grown on each other. We made small talk briefly then I asked him where he’d been going to meetings.
He isn’t. He went out again and now meetings are a source of mental...
Source: A Dozen Steps - March 7, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: Reality spirituality Source Type: blogs
What We Take for GrantedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Listening to a guided meditation today, I was struck by a statement reminding me about what happens each morning when we wake up. Every morning of our lives, we open our eyes and completely take for granted that our heart is still beating, our lungs are breathing without a second thought from us, our kidneys are churning out urine, and the blood and lymph and other vital fluids of our body are busily going about their work as we rub our eyes and set feet to the floor.I, for one, am so often lost in the daily deluge of email, phone calls, papers, appointments and "things to do" that I completely forget what's happening righ...
Source: Digital Doorway - February 16, 2009 Category: Nurses Tags: personal life spirituality Source Type: blogs
Reason, Season, And A LifetimeEmail this article to a colleague.
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With all due respect and consideration to our friend JJ, this feels timely and I’m not sure why…
Originally found at Silkworth.net where it is published without a clear attribution I can find;
Reason, Season, And A Lifetime
People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go..
Some people become friends and stay awhile…
leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts…
and we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend!!!
When someone is in your life for a REASON,...
Source: A Dozen Steps - January 24, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: Did You Know spirituality Source Type: blogs
Prayers Cluttered With Wishful ThinkingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Which can result in the Big Lie…
From “The Language of the Heart,” page 263;
“There are, nevertheless, certain occasions where reckless truth-telling may create widespread havoc and permanent damage to others. Whenever this seems possible, we are likely to find ourselves in a bad jam indeed. We shall be torn between two temptations. When conscience agonizes us enough, we may well cast all prudence and love to the winds. We may try to buy our freedom by telling the brutal truth, no matter who gets hurt or how much. But this is not the usual temptation. It is far more probable that we shall veer to the ot...
Source: A Dozen Steps - January 11, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: First Step alcoholics-anonymous ego humility spirituality twelve-steps Source Type: blogs
Fried.Email this article to a colleague.
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I am fried. I'm not writing well. It's sucky.I have a huge project that I'm trying to finish that was due on Monday, and it's been eating my brains. I have decided that today, I'm going to work on other projects and let the big, soul-sucking one lie for a bit. I hope this helps.I'm not sleeping well. I'm not going to yoga. I'm not doing much besides sitting in front of my laptop in a questionable state of sanitation, writing.One thing I have been doing in the midst of it all is keeping up my meditation practice, and it has served me well. Having a few minutes to be quiet and to notice my state has helped me to stay aware a...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - December 18, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: recovery writing spirituality meditation Source Type: blogs
Our mental barriersEmail this article to a colleague.
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sometimes I feel like the dog in this video... it is when I realize that reality is much bigger than my dream of it
Source: Positive Technology Journal - December 9, 2008 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Technology & spirituality Source Type: blogs
Act With HumilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Which is, imho, one of the deepest challenges for us alkies…
Just a few sentences from today’s Daily Reflection - “Love With No Price Tag”
“Carrying the message is a gift of myself, no matter how many years of sobriety I may have accumulated.”
“My dreams can become reality.”
“My wish to help another drunk is the key to my spiritual health.”
“I never forget that Got acts through me. I am only His instrument.”
“To act, to never grow weary in my Twelfth Step work, is the key.”
“If I am capable of laughing today, let me not forget those d...
Source: A Dozen Steps - December 9, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: spirituality The Twelfth Step Source Type: blogs
12 Symptoms of a Spiritual AwakeningEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you Google it you’ll find it yet I still couldn’t determine who to attribute this to - one more thanks to my friend Alex.
12 Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening
1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
2. Frequent attacks of smiling.
3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature.
4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experience
6. An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
7. A loss of ability to worry.
8. A loss of interest in conflict.
9. A loss of interest in interpret...
Source: A Dozen Steps - December 9, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: spirituality The Twelfth Step Source Type: blogs
Addiction: The Opposite of SpiritualityEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have been talking to a nice lady who has a heart-wrenching blog, where she talks about the pain that addiction has caused her family, and about the Faith that has helped her and is now helping others. I placed a link to her blog in the Blogroll; I encourage you to check it outt and see addiction through a mother’s eyes.
After reading some of her posts, I was thinking tonight about Faith and about the 12 steps– in 1993 my desire to use stopped abruptly after the realization that I had to ‘let go’ and stop running things, and rather, start listening and believing. I remember thinking back then...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 4, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: 12 steps addiction buprenorphine other blogs recovery terminal uniqueness AA Faith opiates spirituality Suboxone Source Type: blogs
Prayer and Meditation.Email this article to a colleague.
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I have been focusing on meditation after having a really wonderful experience meditating a few weeks ago, but I have had less success with being able to pray. I have had a few different kinds of prayers over the last few years while struggling with my reactions to my husband's addiction. Most often, my prayers are centered around the themes, "Help me! Help me! Help me!" or "Please help my husband!" Sometimes, I have prayed in gratitude when I've broken through some barrier, and after working the steps the first time, my prayers have frequently reworded the 11th step..."God, please show me your will for me and give me the p...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - December 1, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: recovery spirituality prayers meditation Source Type: blogs
SpiritualityEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I was growing up, we didn’t really attend church on a regular basis. My mother is a very spiritual person and taught me about God and religion, but my father at that time was not a big believer. In high school and at the beginning of college, I declared myself an agnostic. I am not sure if I ever really truly was agnostic of if I just went along with the idea because I thought it was cool. It wasn’t until after a few years with Crohn’s that I really became in touch with my spirituality and my religion.
It wasn’t like I came down with the disease and suddenly came to God. It was a very slow process with me not...
Source: Life with Crohn's - November 12, 2008 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ginac Tags: Crohn's disease Crohn's disease community Crohn's disease support Uncategorized prednisone spirituality crohns God religion Source Type: blogs
Spiritual Shopping Spree.Email this article to a colleague.
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Today was my second meeting with my guru, and I am very excited about one particular suggestion of his to enhance my meditation practice. He recommended that I get a set of clothes that I use only for meditation, which sent me on a giddy shopping spree for my perfect white light outfit. I had $25, so I headed to a discount store to see what I could come up with.I started out in the exercise section, but nothing was quite right. Fortunately, though, the exercise section was right by the pajama area. I never wear pajamas, preferring either to go naked or to wear an old t-shirt to spending money on sleeping clothes...but ther...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - November 4, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: shopping guru spirituality Source Type: blogs
Spirituality: Simple, Disciplined - Four Basic MovementsEmail this article to a colleague.
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So, you are having trouble getting the “spiritual part” of the recovery program outlined in the Twelve Steps eh? First Things First, you might want to consider that, as I was taught and learned, there is no “spiritual part” of the program, it is spiritual. Spirituality isn’t difficult to explain either. Bill Lash offers one explanation;
“Spirituality is a simple disciplined way of living. It seems there are four basic movements that recovering people need to make to put their lives on a positive spiritual basis. The first of these is a movement from fear to trust; the second, from self-p...
Source: A Dozen Steps - November 4, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: spirituality Source Type: blogs
The World Of The SpiritEmail this article to a colleague.
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“We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.”
We have a good friend who asks this question at meetings - “how do I know that AA is working?” The answer?
I’ve never had it so good!
There are times like right now that I must bring this to the forefront of my mind. I’m on the right track. God has me exactly where he wants me. How do I know? Because I’ve never had it so good!
I could spend hours picking out all the negatives and fears in my life each day....
Source: A Dozen Steps - October 20, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: The Tenth Step 10th-step alcoholics-anonymous Recovery sobriety spirituality Source Type: blogs
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Martin Nicolaus notices a not yet published study on the impact of spiritual guidance as part of treatment. There was no impact. In fact, the group with spiritual guidance by certified spiritual directors had worse outcomes on measures of depression and anxiety, though a group receiving spiritual guidance from their counselor did just as well as the other groups.What's especially interesting about this study is that Bill Miller, the lead author, is very friendly to spirituality as an tool for facilitating change. He seems stumped but isn't questioning the study itself.There is reason for confidence in the findings of this ...
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - October 17, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: recovery spirituality treatment Source Type: blogs
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Two controlled trials of the effect of spirituality on addiction recovery showed no improvement for the patients given spiritual guidance as part of the usual treatment regimen, either in their addiction recovery or in their spiritual practices. In fact, in one trial, the patients provided with spiritual guidance made less progress in overcoming depression and anxiety than the patients not given spiritual treatment.Details are in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, July 25 2008. The abstract is here. Thanks to David Kaiser Ph.D. for flagging the item.
Source: New Recovery - October 17, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: Mental Illness Research Recovery spirituality Source Type: blogs
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I was meditating tonight in the bathtub. I like to meditate there. It's safe and warm and quiet. There aren't dogs around poking me with cold noses or wet kisses. I always visualize things in the bath tub. I'm not sure why.Tonight, I couldn't focus on the quiet. I kept hearing the words to songs, kept wanting to sing along, kept thinking about how much I'm hurting and how afraid I am. The voice that sometimes speaks from the quiet, still place said to me, "Go ahead. Sing. Think. Feel. I'll still be here."So I did. I thought about my worst fears. I thought about what it would feel like if my husband were to die. I thought a...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - October 10, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: recovery addiction spirituality Source Type: blogs
If you can't accept it or enjoy it, stop doing it.Email this article to a colleague.
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I just finished Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth last night. I've been reading it for a while, kind of in between other things I've been reading, and through the peaks and valleys, I've found a lot of things that helped me re-think my choices and re-view my life. In many ways, it felt like reading familiar material put into new words...and not in a bad way.You can find the rest at The Second Road.
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - September 29, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: Eckhart Tolle acceptance reading spirituality The Second Road Source Type: blogs
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I was certain Pathways to Prayer (Cover Story, October) would be interesting and I was not disappointed. The link to the October issue is not up yet.) However, grieving the sudden death of my brother some eighteen months ago, I was left feeling a little empty when the article did not include the story of [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: 005 Craig Chaplin Chaplin Memorial Fund (United Theological College) faith family grief life and death spirituality Source Type: blogs
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In this second go-round with the Steps, I've had something of a discovery of my understanding of what this lesson with addiction might be teaching me.So I have this Higher Power, and I've been learning to turn my fear, my distrust, and my pain over to this Higher Power. In exchange, I have found some new space within myself for peace. I have found comfort in being alone and the sure sense that no matter what happens to my marriage or to my husband, I am going to be ok. Through this sense of peace, I have found a portal to get away from pain. If I truly get centered in myself...truly let go of all my desires for things, for...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - September 27, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: 12 steps recovery second step spirituality Source Type: blogs
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A Few Basic Facts About AA
Alcoholics Anonymous is well-known as an organization for people who want to stop drinking. At the same time, there are some points about A.A. that may be unclear to the general public and even to professionals working to help problem drinkers.
Founded in the United States in 1935, when one alcoholic discovered he could stay sober by helping another alcoholic, Alcoholics Anonymous now has more than two million members in some 180 countries.
A.A.’s sole purpose is helping people recover from the disease of alcoholism, and it has no affiliation with any other group or organization. Members anywhe...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 12, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholism FAQ’s spirituality Source Type: blogs
Parents drug abuse and kids anxietyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions; These findings provide compelling evidence that adult children of parents with substance use disorders are more likely to have relapses of social phobia and panic disorders.
Clinicians who treat adults with anxiety disorders should assess parental substance use disorders and dependence histories. Such information may facilitate treatment planning with regards to their patients’ level of vulnerability to perceive scrutiny by others in social situations, and ability to maintain a long-term panic-free state.
Research; Impact of parental history of substance use disorders on the clinical course of anxiety di...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 12, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Family Relapse prevention Research spirituality Source Type: blogs
The Brief-TSF ModelEmail this article to a colleague.
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What does the Brief-TSF model look like?
How does the Brief-TSF model work?
Defining the Brief-TSF processes
This model brings together three people to achieve sobriety in one of them. These are the;
experiential contributor (AA Peer Sponsor) and
professional care (Twelve Step Facilitator) to collaborate in facilitating self help recovery for the
alcoholic (normally known as the patient or client).
Each of the three people brings to the intervention knowledge’s and functions known as ‘domains of praxes’. Within each domain are the constituents of experience, training, perceptions, goals and capabilities.
Funct...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 12, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Disease of addiction Mutual-help Self-help spirituality Source Type: blogs
Symptoms of alcoholismEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Symptoms of Alcohol Dependence or Alcoholism
What symptoms of alcoholism does adjunctive Brief-TSF address?
Brief-TSF and the symptoms of alcohol abuse.
Medical, psychosocial and spiritual professional healthcare workers are regularly presented with symptoms of alcohol abuse that are readily assessed or which may be masked by other symptoms; or denied.
The Brief-TSF course explores the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence and provides screening and assessment tools along with best practice evidence based application of their use.
Medical symptoms of alcoholism.
The medical symptoms of alcoholism are; Hang...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 12, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Disease of addiction FAQ’s spirituality Symptoms of addiction Source Type: blogs
I Stand At The DoorEmail this article to a colleague.
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“I Stand At The Door” is the title of a piece written by Sam Shoemaker from the Oxford Group. It begins;
I stand by the door.
I neither go to far in, nor stay to far out.
The door is the most important door in the world -
It is the door through which men walk when they find God.
There is no use my going way inside and staying there,
When so many are still outside and they, as much as I,
Crave to know where the door is.
And all that so many ever find
Is only the wall where the door ought to be.
They creep along the wall like blind men,
With outstretched, groping hands,
Feeling for a door, knowing there must be a...
Source: A Dozen Steps - August 30, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Tags: Did You Know spirituality aa Oxford-Group Recovery Sam-Shoemaker Source Type: blogs
My BellEmail this article to a colleague.
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My very special blog BFF recently sent me a present. It's a beautiful Japanese bell, quite like the one in the picture. When you bang it with the pretty wooden stick, it makes a wonderful, resonant sound, and it reminds me of the way there are angels that seem to sing when people say "Om" together before a yoga class.I was showing it off to my husband, and you can read the rest of the story at The Second Road!
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - August 22, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: MPJ JW=BFF recovery addiction spirituality Source Type: blogs
Geese.Email this article to a colleague.
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I had another evening of sitting by the lake tonight, and I found myself surrounded by geese. Apparently, my break time is also dinner time for geese. They came all around me, and they were making these quiet, gurgling noises.I'd always been a little afraid of geese. An ex of mine was afraid of them because of a bad experience as a child. He'd been chased and bitten. All my previous interactions with geese left me anxious. Some of them hiss. Their beaks are black and strong.Tonight, though, I insisted that my fear be quiet. I sat still, and the geese came all around, rumbling in their throats. They ate grass, and they look...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - August 6, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: birds totem animals recovery wild geese spirituality Source Type: blogs
Living Like WaterEmail this article to a colleague.
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The best of man is like water,which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,which flows in places others disdain, in harmony with the Way;It is the substance of all things, though it does not control them,a mystery beneath...
Source: Diabetes Daily - July 30, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Beth Sobel diabetes Karen Drucker Lao Tze open-heartedness spirituality water Source Type: blogs
Comfortable with UncertaintyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just the other day, I had tea with a good friend and talked about life, love, and our own pursuits, both professional and personal. This friend, with whom we have reconnected very strongly in the last year or so, is a man of great insight, knowledge, sensitivity and kindness. While I historically don't usually enjoy the company of men a great deal (and consequently have few good male friends) this person feeds my soul in a way that is unique and enlivening.Without going into details, I will simply relate that my friend lives a life much different than mine, having neither employment nor living arrangements which are perman...
Source: Digital Doorway - July 25, 2008 Category: Nurses Tags: personal life spirituality Source Type: blogs
