I have always like the phrase in AA’s “Big Book”, (a/k/a Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th edition, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2001) that refers to “The Road of Happy Destiny.” It is found in a line in page 164. It reads: Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him …
As part of the “personalization” of this blog, I figured I’d “reboot” and reintroduce myself. Hi, I’m Paul, and I’m an alcoholic. (Well, no kidding.) I am also a faithful Catholic Christian and blogger and in 2007 I combined them all. I write this and another blog: The Four Last Things. Both of them are …
Tribute Books has asked me to review another book they are publishing, this time it is “Framing Faith” written by Sarah Piccini with photography by Ivana Pavelka and “ARTS Engage!” To quote from the synopsis: “Framing Faith tells the story of the faith of immigrants and their descendants, spotlighting ten Catholic churches in the Diocese …
The 9th anniversary of my sobriety date seems like a good opportunity to announce some changes to this blog. Over on Plurk I asked someone for advice on changes to this blog. Along with some design suggestions, some of which I had already considered and am planning on doing, she suggested that I get more …
Today, May 22, 2011 marks my 9th sober anniversary. I did a little reflecting on the 9 years and thought “what a long, strange trip it’s been.” (Apologies to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.) I think I’ve made the best of it. I sobered up in time to care for my Mom before she …
As many readers know, there is a Catholic social network entitled “Recovery for Christ” found here: http://www.recoveryforchrist.com. It is a successor to a previous network: “Catholic Recovery” (or Catholics in Recovery”, the original name.) The network had Facebook components, which are undergoing changes. Here is a copy of an email I sent to all Facebook …
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