True freedom comes from knowing yourself. Ever consider the 12 Steps may just be the way to begin your journey within? I pray you're willing to take that first step to inner peace and freedom. Don't discount yourself. You're worth the effort! "Then you will know the...

God’s Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful (Galatians 5:22...

Our bodies are composed of four distinct parts—physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Of the four, the most underdeveloped component is ...? A. Physical B. Mental. C. Emotional D. Spiritual If you guessed D spiritual development is the element in need of an...

Do you know the difference? The challenge is to strike a healthy balance between compassionate caring and compulsive controlling. Keep life manageable, stay in Step. Beginning with Step 1, Fess up! Admit! Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that...

May is Better Hearing & Speech Month. The theme for 2019 is, "Communication Across the Lifespan" (ASHA American Speech-Language-Hearing Association). This information interests me because at nine months of age I underwent a mastoidectomy behind my left ear. Over the...

Living with someone who was not working a12-Step program---those were my anxiety-training years. One of the lessons I tried to master during this frantic-fitness training was to control my wild thoughts as I waited for the police to call and tell me my alcohol abuser...

Do I really need to go? Have to go? Maybe I should just stay home and watch Law and Order reruns. It's your life, live it to the fullest. Take the first Step and Go! Life Recovery@North Creek - Monday evening, 7PM - 8PM, North Creek Presbyterian Church, 4601 NW 71st...

As of January 2018, there were more than 61,000 Alcoholics Anonymous groups in the United States. Worldwide, the number is over 68,000, with a total of 2,000,000 plus members "working the Steps." https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/smf-53_en.pdf Back in 1935, however, I...

Alcohol Awareness Month is a public health program organized by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence as a way of increasing outreach and education regarding the dangers of alcoholism and issues related to alcohol. The program was started in April...

No greater Power, no greater sacrifice, no greater compassion than Moses' love for his people. No greater Power, no greater sacrifice, than Jesus' love for His people. Reaching beyond ourselves to trust as Moses did, to love as Jesus loved. . Moses continued, “The...