What is your concept of God?  Usually, it is influenced by your religious and spiritual upbringing, your culture, your society…  I have found that unconsciously my limiting beliefs of God were influenced by important male figures in my past who had let me...

         In the modern Western world, we are taught that the rational mind is the source of intelligence.  We seek answers through the scientific method of formulating a hypothesis, testing that hypothesis by gathering...

Intellectual Influences on the Twelve Steps Rose Bruce, EdD, PhD It is well known that the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (1) were developed by Bill W (William Griffith Wilson), (2)  Doctor Bob (Bob Smith,) (3) and 100...

In Alcoholics Anonymous we learn to live in what is referred to in the Big Book as the fourth dimension. This is a powerful shift in consciousness.  When I came into AA I was full of fear.  The past was over, the present included profound grief over the loss...

Surrender is that moment when we realize and acknowledge to our innermost selves that we cannot stop drinking, that the option to “not drink” has been removed, that will power and desire to stop drinking have no effect to change our behavior.  We may use...

Combat your anxiety, melancholy, and despair with these simple prayers. Depression is a serious medical disease of the inner self. Though it’s treatable, it causes an emotional and physical problem. Most depressed individuals find it hard to work and experience the...