change therapy

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!it’s been almost a year that i last discussed a step from the 12-step programs a la AA. thankfully, someone made a comment on another 12-step post, and that spurred me on to another post.
while the 12 steps were […]

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a prayer by someone dealing with addiction:

dear higher powers:
thank you for another day of life.
help me to walk closely with you today.
work through me so that i may better help others.
help me when i am weak. help me to reach out to your unending strength.
help me to remain hopeful and inspired.
help me to be humble […]

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one of my twitter friends, ben, has been alerting me to all kinds of interesting links lately. through him i found this here, the 12 steps of liberation, a recovery program from a buddhist view. it’s brought to us by the universal compassion centre.
the 12 steps of liberation
1. the truth of suffering. we […]

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here we have another instalment of our discussion of the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous and other similar groups. unlike the other three steps we discussed, steps 4 and 5 are two steps that can very easily be taken out of the 12-step framework and applied in everyone’s life.
the purpose of these steps is […]

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this post is in response to scott’s comment on my article on step 3, part of my 12-step discussion.
scott’s last line was, “thoughts”?
oh, scott, i’ll always have thoughts – probably too many of them
first of all, thanks, scott, for your kind words regarding my attempt to make step three palatable to people who […]

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this is the third installation of a series of discussion about the 12 steps as conceived in various programs of recovery, from alcoholics anonymous to adult children of alcoholics, from debtors anonymous to naranon.
today i’ll present you with a meditation on step 3:
made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the […]

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today i’m on the run. too many things happening, including helping my very pregnant daughter move (yes! i’m becoming a grandmother! more on that soon.)
so let’s turn this problem into an opportunity and see how you, gentle reader, like it when i just present you with my notes.
it’s a continuation from last […]

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i’ve been interested in the 12 steps for almost as long as i’ve been a counsellor – 15 years now. what first attracted me to them was their fierce commitment to honesty and being real, to be humble, and to follow an ethical and spiritual way of life.
the 12 steps came originally from alcoholics […]

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