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Unshakeable Foundations in Recovery with Tyler D.: A Foundation Built on Pain
26 juli 2023 · 51 min
Father Bill begins a series of interviews with spiritual recovery teacher and guide Tyler D. from Dallas, Texas. Long active in 12 Step recovery, Tyler is a registered yoga instructor and mindfulness teacher as well as a recent graduate in Spiritual Direction from SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. In this opening episode Tyler shares her story and sets the theme for the series built around the rewards a solid foundation can bring. Tyler genuinely “walks the walk” in 12 Step recovery and invites you to join her on this journey. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Contact and information for Tyler D. http://tylerdawn.com/
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Recovery Writing: Experiencing the Rewards of Writing
19 juli 2023 · 55 min
In this final episode of the series, Dr. James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing, Lees meer
leads listeners through a series of writing exercises that include an extended version of “The Conduct Inventory,” a second exercise titled “The Resilient Heart,” and finally a set of questions known as “The Audre Lorde Questionnaire to Oneself.” We hope this series inspires you to pick up your pen and join Dr. Ryan in journeying deeper into the fullness and richness of recovery.
Show Notes:
∙ Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan.
∙ www.StepStudy.org
∙ Audrey Lorde’s Four Questions: https://divyavictor.com/the-audre-lorde-questionnaire-to-oneself/
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Recovery Writing: Discovery & Healing
12 juli 2023 · 59 min
Fr. Bill and Dr. James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing finish up their discussion of how writing can be an aid in finding and building a deeper relationship with the Divine. Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan.
∙ Step Study website: www.StepStudy.org
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Recovery Writing: Finding God in Writing Part 2
5 juli 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Fr. Bill and Dr. James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing finish up their discussion of how writing can be an aid in finding and building a deeper relationship with the Divine. Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan
∙ Step Study website: www.StepStudy.org
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Recovery Writing: Finding God in Writing
28 juni 2023 · 56 min
Fr. Bill continues his interviews with James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing. The series explores effective writing techniques used in 12 Step and other recovery modalities. James is in long term recovery with a strong interest in spirituality and in the Pioneer program of Alcoholics Anonymous. His website www.StepStudy.org provides links to books and articles helpful for those ready to go deeper into AA history and recovery spiritually. James worked for several years in the addiction treatment field and now teaches writing at the University of Alaska. In this fourth episode, James shares from his research how writing can aid in connecting an addict with the realm of the divine. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan
Step Study website: www.StepStudy.org
The Voices Within and How We Talk to Ourselves by Charles Fernyhough (Lots of used copies available)
More than Real: A History of the Imagination in South India by David Shulman (Worth reseaching sources – this book is pricey)
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Recovery Writing: Rigorous Honesty on Paper
21 juni 2023 · 56 min
Fr. Bill continues his interviews with James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing. The series explores writing techniques that have proved effective in 12 Step and other recovery modalities. James is in long term recovery with a strong interest in spirituality and in the Pioneer program of Alcoholics Anonymous. His website titled www.StepStudy.org provides links to books and articles helpful for many wanting to go deeper into AA history and recovery spiritually. James worked for several years in the addiction treatment field and now teaches writing at the university level. In this third episode, James begins to explore the four major “take-aways” from his research beginning with “How Writing Helps Us Get Honest.” Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan.
∙ Step Study website: www.StepStudy.org
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Recovery Writing: Getting Honest on Paper
14 juni 2023 · 58 min
Fr. Bill interviews James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing. The series explores writing techniques that have proved effective in 12 Step and other recovery modalities. James is in long term recovery with a strong interest in spirituality and in drawing insights from the Pioneer program of Alcoholics Anonymous. His website titled www.StepStudy.org provides links to books and articles helpful for many wanting to delve deeper into AA history and recovery spiritually. Clinically, James worked for several years in the addiction treatment field and now teaches writing at the university level. In this second episode, James continues sharing his recovery story and how it shaped his interest in writing. Focus is on how writing benefits honesty. Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps by James Ryan.
∙ Step Study: www.StepStudy.org
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Recovery Writing: Desperate Enough to Write
7 juni 2023 · 47 min
Fr. Bill begins a new series on the benefits of writing in recovery. His guest is James Ryan, PhD author of a new book titled Recovery Writing. The series will explore several writing techniques that have proved effective in 12 Step and other recovery modalities. James is in long term recovery himself with a strong interest in spirituality and in the Pioneer program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Over the years, he’s grown a website titled www.StepStudy.org providing links to books and articles helpful for many wanting to delve deeper into AA history and recovery spiritually. James worked for several years in the addiction treatment field and now teaches writing at the university level. In this first episode, James shares his recovery story and early interest in writing. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Recovery Writing: Discovery and Healing in the Twelve Steps, by James Ryan.Here's the Book's website: https://www.recoverywriting.org/
(it includes a contact form where people can share their stories about recovery writing practices that are valuable to them)and The Blog: https://recoverywriting.substack.com/
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What is the Oxford Group? Part 2
31 mei 2023 · 54 min
Jean Brown, a life-long member of the Oxford Group (now known as Initiatives of Change) sheds more light on the program and principles that gave birth to Alcoholics Anonymous. In this episode, Jean describes the original Quiet Time and Two Way Prayer practices of the Oxford Group that underlie the 11th Step. Jean is the author of “A Serious Guide to Remaking the World.” A free copy of this informative pamphlet is available in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
· A Serious Guide to Remaking the World, 2007 - by Jean Brown
· The Listening to God Pamphlet by Chaplain John Batterson
· How to Practice Two Way Prayer
· Initiativesof Change https://iofc.org/en
· If this episode has been helpful to you, please share and consider making a donation.
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What is the Oxford Group: Part 1
24 mei 2023 · 55 min
Jean Brown from Adelaide, Australia traces her life-long connection to the Oxford Group back for three generations. The Group later became known as Moral Rearmament and still operates as Initiatives of Change. In this two-part interview, Jean shares her personal story of change while shedding light on the original principles and practices that gave birth to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Jean is the author of “A Serious Guide to Remaking the World.” A free copy of this informative pamphlet is available below. Lees meer
Show Notes:
· A Serious Guide to Remaking the World, 2007 - by Jean Brown
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: Experiencing the Now
17 mei 2023 · 55 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California leads Fr. Bill and listeners through a series of brief meditations focused on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. Several one-minute exercises bring the teachings alive in ways you won’t want to miss. A guide to the exercises is included in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - Purchase or find an online pdf version available free.
Contact Dr. Bruce at: powerofnowtherapist@gmail.com
Power of Now Lab Notes from Dr. Bruce
Overview:
(1) The Purpose of these Practices
(2) The Obstacles to Practice
(3) The Benefits of the Practices
(4) The Duration and Use of These Practices in Daily Life
One-Minute Thoughtless Awareness Practices
(1) Observing the Breath without thought
(2) Observing an Inner Body Sensation without thought
(3) Listening without thought
(4) Seeing without thought
Self Observation Practices
“Am I at ease?”
“Am I treating this moment as a means to an end?”
“Have I been thinking of the future or the past?”
“Am I wanting to be somewhere other than Where I am now?”
The Welcoming Prayer for Presence: Request a copy from Dr. Bruce
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: Painful Emotions Healed in the Now
10 mei 2023 · 54 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California helps relate the works of Eckhart Tolle with the world of 12-Step recovery. Negative emotions are problems for many people but perhaps especially for addicts. AA co-founder Bill Wilson struggled with depression for many years after getting sober. His letter sharing his experience on the subject is in the Show Notes. Dr. Bruce explores the troubling world of emotions offering us a solution to our pain through accessing the Power of Now. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Bill Wilson’s 1953 letter on Emotional Sobriety
Eckhart Tolle Key Quotes on Emotions:
Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind. I am talking here primarily of emotional pain…Resentment, hatred, self-pity guilt, anger, depression, jealousy, and so on, even the slightest irritation, are all forms of pain.
There are two levels to your pain: the pain you create now and the pain from the past that still lives on in your mind and body.
As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of past pain that lives on in you. It merges with the pain from the past, which was already there, and becomes lodged in your mind and body. This includes the pain you suffered as a child, caused by the unconsciousness of the world into which you were born. This accumulated pain is a negative energy field that occupies your mind and body.
The emotional pain-body has two modes of being: dormant and active. It may be dormant 90 percent of the time. In a deeply unhappy person it can be active 10 percent of the time. Some people only experience it in certain situations such as intimate relationships, or situations linked with past loss or abandonment, physical or emotional hurt, and so on.
Anything can trigger it, particularly if it resonates with a pain pattern from your past…even a thought or an innocent remark made by someone close to you can activate it.
Some pain bodies are obnoxious but r…
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: Relationships Grounded in Now
3 mei 2023 · 54 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California helps blend the works of Eckhart Tolle with the world of 12-Step recovery. Addicts aren’t alone in struggling with relationships. Often, we search for and marry a prince or a princess thinking they’ll save us only to see them before long turn into a frog – and sometimes even worse. Dr. Bruce explores the world of relationships offering us a way out through the Power of Now. Lees meer
Show Notes
Eckhart Tolle Relationship Quotes:
Unless and until you access the frequency of presence, all relationships, and particularly intimate relationships, are deeply flawed and dysfunctional.
They may seem perfect for a while, such as when you are “in love” but invariably that apparent perfection gets disrupted as arguments, conflicts, dissatisfaction and emotional or even physical violence occur with increasing frequency Love can turn into savage attack, feelings of hostility, of complete withdrawal of affection at the flick of a switch. And this is considered normal.
Relationships do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you. We use relationships or somebody to cover up our pain.
For love to flourish, the light of your presence needs to be strong enough so that you no longer get taken over by the thinker or emotional pain body and mistake them for who you are.
Can you change an addictive relationship into a true one? Yes, by intensifying your presence by taking your attention more deeply into the Now.
The greatest catalyst for change in a relationship is complete acceptance of your partner as he or she is, without needing to judge or change them in any way.
For presence to become deeply rooted, it must be tested in the fire of relationships.
Listening is the greatest thing you can do for your partner. Listening gives the other space to be.
Love as a continuous state is as yet very rare---as rare as conscious human beings. Brief and elusive glimpses of love, however, are …
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: In Step Two We Meet the Now
26 april 2023 · 57 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California helps blend the works of Eckhart Tolle with the world of 12-Step recovery. Many addicts struggle to find a concept of a Higher Power that can work successfully for them. Step Two becomes easier when an elusive search for “a Power greater than ourselves” shifts to “accessing the Power of Now.” In this episode Dr. Bruce describes how the terms God and Now may be synonymous and how a simple shift in consciousness into the “fourth dimension of existence” may be more easily accessible than you THINK. In fact, not THINKING might speed things up considerably! Lees meer
Show Notes:
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle / You may also be able to find free pdf versions online.
Contact Dr. Bruce at: powerofnowtherapist@gmail.com
Be sure to visit us our YouTube Channel: Two Way Prayer @twowayprayer1335 – episodes generally post within a couple days following the podcast. You can meet Father Bill’s dog Maggie around minute 56 or so.
Here are the Tolle quotes used on this episode:
1. “The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds. The Now is the only point that can take you beyond the limited confines of your
mind. It is your only point of access into the timeless presence of God.”2. “(When) the realm of Being, accessed through the portal of the Now, opens up, suddenly, a great stillness arises within you, an unfathomable peace. And within that peace, there is great joy. And within that joy, there is love. And at the innermost core, there is the Sacred, that which cannot be named.”
3. “As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of present moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love---even the most simple action.”
4. “When the compulsive striving away from the Now ceases, the joy of Being flows into everything you do. The moment your attention turns to the Now, you f…
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: The Problem's in the Mind
19 april 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California helps blend the works of Eckhart Tolle with the world of 12-Step recovery. The Big Book tells us our “problem is in the Mind.” This episode takes a deep dive into the source of our compulsive thinking, first as it relates directly to physical addiction, but then as it traps us in a fearful state of separateness from God, from others, and from our True Selves. The Good News is escape is possible. Listen and start to find out HOW! Lees meer
3 Quotes Related to THINKING from Eckhart Tolle that relates to "Unmanageable" thoughts and addiction:
I would say about 80-90% of most people's thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but beacuase of its dysfunctional and negative nature, much of it is harmful. Observe your mind and you will find this to be true.
This kind of cumpulsive thinking as actually an addiction. What characterizes an addiction? Quite simply this: you no longer feel nyou have the ability to stop.
Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction atarts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever you're addicted to (includes all involuntary compulsive mental-emotional habits and reactive patterns) you are using to cover up your pain.
Unmanageable (compulsive) thoughts related to everything else:
The more you are identified with your thinking, your likes and dislikes, judgments and interpretations, which is to say the less present your are as the wathching consciusness, the stronger the emotional charge (pain) will be whether you are aware of it or not.
The greatest obstacle to experiencing peace and the radiant joy of being is identification with your mind, which causes thought to become compulsive. Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction... this incessant mental noise prevents you from finding the realm of inner stillness, peace, and joy.
The compulsive thinker, which means almost everyone, lives in a state of separateness, in an …
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Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: Introduction
12 april 2023 · 52 min
Psychologist Dr. Bruce P. from Los Angeles, California helps blend the works of Eckhart Tolle with the world of 12 Step recovery. Like the Big Book, The Power of Now has helped millions access the transforming Power for change that is already present in each of us only waiting to be unleashed. Come join us on the journey! Lees meer
Show Notes:
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle / The llink will take you to Amazon but note there are pdf versions available online free.
Questions for Dr. Bruce P.? powerofnowtherapist@gmail.com
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6. Journey to the Inner World: Donna B. A Kid and Her Dad Come Home
6 april 2023 · 53 min
After practicing Two Way Prayer for nearly a year, Donna began a still deeper journey
to depths of her Inner World. Her loving Higher Power encouraged her to invite DonDon, her inner child, to come sit with them at their morning table of prayer. So began a long series of inner dialogues that helped knit together the shattered life of a little girl who lost her father at the age of eight if not long before. These moving dialogues lift Donna’s prayer life into the healing sunlight of the Spirit. You’ll want to listen in as her Kid has a message of love and encouragement directed to each of our own. Lees meerShow Notes:
To write to Donna please send a note through TwoWayPrayer@gmail.com
Robert Johnson’s book Inner Work serves as a guide for those ready to bring Jung’s practice of Active Imagination into their prayer lives. You might also see Jungian analyst Barbara Hannah’s classic as well.
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5. Journey to the Inner World: Donna B. Guided by HaShem
29 maart 2023 · 49 min
Donna came to recovery when her son entered treatment for gambling and drug addiction. She had done all she could do for him and knew she needed to “let go.” But how? The Voice Donna heard in Two Way Prayer helped guide her on the path that led to her own recovery. She recognized the loving Voice as HaShem – Hebrew for “The Name.” Few Two Way Prayer listeners hear the Voice as clearly and as beautifully as Donna records it daily in her journal. You won’t want to miss hearing these shares of gentle guidance and unconditional love. Lees meer
To write to Donna, please send a note through Two Way Prayer
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4. Journey to the Inner World: Why Take the Journey?
22 maart 2023 · 39 min
The Ego is usually reluctant (if not outright defiant) in humbly aligning itself with the Great Reality Within. Commenting on the necessary realignment and why we put it off for so long, Franciscan monk Richard Rohr is fond of saying, “There are only two things powerful enough to change a person: pain and prayer.” Then he adds wryly, “most of us choose pain!” Father Bill takes a pause in interviewing men and women embarked on their Inner Journeys to share why the journey is necessary and how Two Way Prayer and Inner work intersect to make us whole. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Brown’s quote:
Midlife is when the universe gently places her hands upon your shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in your ear: “I’m not screwing around. All of this pretending and performing—these coping mechanisms that you’ve developed to protect yourself from feeling inadequate and getting hurt—has to go. Your armor is preventing you from growing into your gifts.I understand that you needed these protections when you were small. I understand that you believed your armor could help you secure all of the things you needed to feel worthy and lovable, but you’re still searching and you’re more lost than ever.
Time is growing short. There are unexplored adventures ahead of you. You can’t live the rest of your life worried about what other people think. You were born worthy of love and belonging. Courage and daring are coursing through your veins. You were made to live and love with your whole heart. It’s time to show up and be seen.
Ken Wilbur’s Four Pillars of Integral Consciousness: Wake Up, Clean Up, Grow Up, and Show Up
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3. Journey to the Inner World: Susanne T. Meets Her Inner Child 2of2
15 maart 2023 · 42 min
Faithfully practicing Two Way Prayer for some time, Susanne built a powerful connection with God. In time, she was ready to venture still deeper into her Inner World starting an amazing dialogue with her lost inner child through a process C.G. Jung called “active imagination.” In this episode Susanne shares how she established contact with her “Kid” and reads some healing writings between her adult self and her inner child. She soon discovered the hole in the soul was being filled from within. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Here are some guidelines for finding a prayer partner.
Robert A. Johnson’s book Inner Work is helpful in understanding how to gain access and begin dialoguing with our inner parts.
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2. Journey to the Inner World: Susanne T's Story 1of2
8 maart 2023 · 45 min
Father Bill begins interviewing people who’ve begun their Inner Journey with Two Way Prayer. Susanne was active in 12-Step recovery in the U.K. taking her work most seriously; but when she discovered Two Way Prayer it brought her recovery to a wholly new level. In this episode, Susanne describes the deepened relationship she found with her “Dad” as she calls her Higher Power and shares three samples of Guidance received during her morning Quiet Time. You’ll find Susanne’s writings filled with love and a real sense of “inner discovery” as both she and Father Bill share helpful tips for bringing this lost 11th Step practice to life. Lees meer
Show Notes:
God Calling by Two Listeners (Edited by A.J. Russell)
Twenty Four Hour a Day Book by Richmond Walker (based on the writings of the two women in England who were members of the Oxford Group)
Prayer Partners - A pdf of suggested guidelines found on the Two Way Prayer website
Link to Big Book Awakening for Zoom Meetings in San Diego
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1. Journey to the Inner World: Finding the Kid
1 maart 2023 · 39 min
Father Mike Falls helps us explore the Inner World of consciousness. Mike was a professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys when he heard and followed a call from his soul telling him it was time to make a change – a really big change. Mike listened and took the plunge; he discovered a whole new world awaited him. At the heart of that world, Mike discovered his soul in the form of his internally lost “Kid.” A gifted teacher and storyteller, Fr. Mike’s experience can guide us as we go in search of our own lost souls and perhaps uncover and befriend our lost inner kids. As the Big Book says, “MORE WILL BE REVEALED!” Lees meer
Brene Brown quote: https://brenebrown.com/articles/2018/05/24/the-midlife-unraveling/
Christopher Morley Poem: To a Child https://allpoetry.com/poem/8519043-To-A-Child-by-Christopher-Morley/
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AA's Pioneer Program: How It Really Works
22 februari 2023 · 58 min
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA Pioneer Program focusing on its evolution from the Oxford Group’s Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love into the 12 Steps as we know them today. This episode centers on the Ten Points distilled from Chapter Five of the Big Book. It takes us to the real depths of the transformation process. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Link to the AAA Ten Points article.
Link to the Invitation to a Great Experiment article.
Gresham’s Law
Vist All Addicts Anonymous for meeting information and if you'd like to contact Matt D. send an email.
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AA's Pioneer Program: How It Evolved
15 februari 2023 · 1 uur 9 min
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on its evolution from the Oxford Group’s Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love into the 12 Steps as we know them today. The discussion centers on a 1973 article by Tom Powers, Jr. titled: The Twelve Step Ladder to God Consciousness. It’s available in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
The Twelve Step Ladder to God Consciousness by Tom Powers, Jr.
Gresham’s Law and Alcoholics Anonymous by Tom Powers. Jr.
Bill Wilson recording of Spiritual Experience vs. Spiritual Awakening
Link to the All Addicts Anonymous for meeting information. To contact Matt D. email AllAddictsAnonymous@Gmail.com
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AA's Pioneer Program: No Greater Love
8 februari 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meaning of Love. Each chooses a reading that may help addicts in recovery uncover new meaning in this the most challenging and perhaps most rewarding of the Four Absolutes. Readings are available in the Show Notes notes below. Lees meer
Show Notes:
No Greater Love – Matt’s reading from Sadhu Sundar Singh
The Love Chapter (First Corinthians 13) – Fr. Bill’s reading from Paul
Sadu Sundar Singh Wikipedia
Rev. Sam Shoemaker Wikipedia
The Answer to Addiction by John Burns – early publication of Invitation to a Great Experiment by Tom Powers - pdf version
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis pdf version
The Greatest Thing in the world by Henry Drummond – pdf version
What Men Live By and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy – pdf version
George MacDonald Scottish author – Wikipedia
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information and contact Matt D. via email
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AA's Pioneer Program: Free from the Bondage of Self
1 februari 2023 · 1 uur
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA pioneer program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meaning of UNSELFISHNESS. It appears we have two selves, two centers of consciousness – one at the level of BODY and another at the level of SOUL. Freeing ourselves from bondage to the one brings us to the freedom of the other. The episode builds on an article from the AAA archives titled Egotism: The Disease Within the Disease. It’s a powerful read available in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Article: Egotism - The Disease within the Diseases
All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information. Contact Matt D. via email.
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AA’s Pioneer Program: Purity? You Got to be Kidding!
25 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the original AA program focusing on the Four Absolutes of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. In this episode Matt and Father Bill explore the deeper meanings of PURITY. Of the Four Absolutes, it’s probably the least understood and the most feared and often discounted. It’s also the one that may prove the dangers of “half-measures.” The episode builds on an article from the AAA archives titled Frank Buchman’s Cure. It’s a short read available in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
· Link to Frank Buchman’s Cure article
· Link to a Wikipedia article on Frank Buchman
· Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie pdf version
· More Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie pdf version
· Link to Professor Bernard McGinn's article on Sexuality and Mysticism
Reference to Wilson putting the Four Absolutes in Steps Six and Seven:
The Four Absolutes first appear in the work of Robert E. Speer, a Presbyterian missionary and scholar who studied the life and teachings of Jesus. Speer concluded that Jesus’ own life reflected a set of absolute moral standards that could effectively serve to guide us in determining the course and content of our thoughts, decisions, and actions. Speer grouped these moral guidelines under the headings of Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness and Love and they later formed the foundation of the Oxford Group program. When Bill Wilson was asked where the Absolutes could be found in his 12-Step formula, he replied, “I put them in Steps Six and Seven.”
(Ernest Kurtz, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 242-43.)
The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous / Translated by Carmen Acevedo Butcher
https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Unknowing-Book-Privy-Counsel/dp/1590306228/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AWW4CUA4O183&keywords=the+cloud+of+unknowing+translated+by+CArmen+Acevedo+Butcher&qid=1674503347&s=books&sprefix=the+cloud+of+unknowing+translated+by+carmen+acevedo+butcher%2Cstripbooks%2C114&sr=1-1
Link to All Addicts Anonymous:…
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AA's Pioneer Program: Connecting Honesty with Sanity
18 januari 2023 · 55 min
Matt D., Executive Director All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) discusses the key building blocks of the original AA program. In this episode Matt and Father Bill begin an in-depth exploration of the Four Absolutes starting with HONESTY. The episode builds on Tom Power’s classic book Invitation to a Great Experiment along with Tom’s AA talk on “Sanity – the Heart of the Program.” It’s available in the Show Notes both in written and audio format. This is a Pioneer classic - not to be missed. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Invitation to a Great Experiment by Tom Powers – see pages 10-22.
§ Sanity – the Heart of the Program by Tom P. (excerpts in written format)
§ Sanity – the Heart of the Program by Tom P. (full audio of Tom’s share known as the Blackstone Talk)
Father Bill's podcast series on The Great Experiment
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website with meeting information here: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
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AA's Pioneer Program: The Akron Connection
12 januari 2023 · 55 min
Matt D. from All Addicts Anonymous (AAA) leads listeners in this series exploring the early history of the AA program. In this episode Dr. Bob’s influence is discussed along with an introduction to the Four Absolutes that Bob and many of the Pioneers saw as the heart of the program and continued using in conjunction with the 12 Steps. (Fr. Bill had some audio issues in the first half of the recording, and we’ve attempted to edit these out where possible. Matt’s sound is crystal clear and his message is important so please don’t miss this one.) Lees meer
Show Notes:
A classic archive video of Dr. Bob’s Last Major Address to Alcoholics Anonymous in 1948.
A Manual for Alcoholics Anonymous – early AA publication from AA in Akron.
Check out the All Addicts Anonymous website for meeting information. If you would like to contact Matt D., send him an email! AllAddictsAnonymous@gmail.com
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A Jungian’s Guide to the 12-Step Journey: Steps 10 to 12 A God Guided Life
4 januari 2023 · 55 min
Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist Dr. Ian McCabe concludes his journey through the 12 Steps from a Jungian perspective. This final episode focuses on the “Last Three Steps;” but rather than seeing these as “maintenance Steps” both Jungians and AA Pioneers might describe them as a formula for living life where the EGO aligns itself in service to the Self and follows its DIRECTIONS. It proves to be the “easier, softer Way.” Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger
Jungian analyst John Sanford
Answer to Job by Carl Jung – pdf version
Transformation of the God-Image: An Elucidation of Jung's Answer to Job by Edward Edinger
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A Jungian's Guide to the 12-Step Journey: Steps 4 to 9 The Great Clean-Up
28 december 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist Dr. Ian McCabe continues leading listeners on a journey through the 12 Steps "from a Jungian perspective." Fully half of the 12 Steps are about “cleaning up” our relationships with ourselves, with others, and with the “Greater Personality” or as the Big Book calls it: the “Great Reality” within. Father Bill refers to these six Steps as the “CORRECTION PHASE” of the program and the discussion centers on facing and assimilating the Shadow part of ourselves. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
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A Jungian Guide to the 12 Step Journey: Steps 2 & 3 Entering Divine Therapy
22 december 2022 · 56 min
Jungian analyst, clinical psychologist and student of AA history Dr. Ian McCabe and Father Bill W. take a deep dive into the insights a Jungian approach to Steps 2 and 3 might convey. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
For information on Bill Wilson’s experimentation with LDS see: Distilled Spirits -- Getting High, Then Sober, With a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk by Don Lattin. Here’s a brief outline:
Distilled Spirits blends a religion reporter's memoir with the compelling stories of three men--Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson--who transformed the landscape of Western religion and spirituality in the twentieth century. Huxley, celebrated author of Brave New World, ignited a generation that chased utopian dreams and sought enlightenment through psychedelic drugs. Heard, an Anglo-Irish mystic, journeyed to California with Huxley in the 1930s to lay the foundations for the New Age and human potential movements. Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, joined forces with Huxley and Heard in the 1940s and 1950s, when Wilson began a series of little-known experiments to see if LSD could be used to help diehard drunks.
Their life stories are gracefully brought together by veteran journalist Don Lattin. Lattin recounts his own rocky personal journey from 1960s and 1970s counter-culture, through the fast-living, cocaine-fueled 1980s and 1990s, to his long struggle to get sober. By weaving an intimate account of his own recovery with the lives of the book's three central characters, Lattin shows us the redemptive power of storytelling, the strength of fellowship, and the power of living more
compassionately, one day at a time.
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A Jungian Guide to the 12-Step Journey: AA's Step One "The Ego Strikes Out"
14 december 2022 · 58 min
In this episode Fr. Bill and his guest Dr. Ian McCabe explore Step One of Alcoholics Anonymous. Discussion centers on the physical, mental, and spiritual dynamics at play in addiction. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
Dr. Ian McCabe, contact info: ian@pips.ie
Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger
Eric Erickson’s Eight Stages of Development
C.J. Jung’s Answer to Job, free pdf. version
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A Jungian's Guide to the 12 Step Journey: Encounter with the Greater Self
7 december 2022 · 56 min
In this episode Fr. Bill’s guest Dr. Ian McCabe explores Bill Wilson’s spiritual experience in Towns Hospital as well as Bill’s prior spiritual encounters that Bill often referred to as an experience of “the Presence.” The discussion sheds clarity on the goal of recovery which is not the elimination of EGO but bringing the EGO into RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the GREATER SELF. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
Bill W: My First 40 Years
“When (Roman Emperor) Marcus Aurelius gazed upon a bottle of the exquisite Falernian wine, therefore, he would remind himself that it was merely fermented grape juice, and that the fine meat dishes set before him were just the corpses of fish, birds, and pigs…” (Meditations, 6.13).
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A Jungian’s Guide to the 12-Step Journey: A Map of the Soul
30 november 2022 · 1 uur
Father Bill and Jungian analyst Dr. Ian McCabe continue a series of interviews exploring the aims and overlaps of the 12-Step recovery journey with Jung’s goal of individuation. Dr. McCabe hails from Dublin, Ireland holding several advanced degrees in psychology and addiction. He is the author of the book Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous that will be used to guide the discussions. In this episode Dr. McCabe explains the basic building blocks of consciousness followed by an in-depth discussion of the elements needing to undergo transformation in the soul in order to find recovery. Dr. McCabe and Fr. Bill explore Bill Wilson’s childhood traumas. Lees meer
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
The Phenomenon of Man by French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin
To Have or to Be by Erich Fromm
Recent NY Times article on EMDR
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C.J. Jung & Bill Wilson: Set Off on a Quest
23 november 2022 · 1 uur
A Jungian Guide to the 12-Step Journey: Father Bill and Jungian analyst Dr. Ian McCabe begin a series of interviews exploring the aims and overlaps of the 12-Step recovery journey with Jung’s goal of individuation. Dr. McCabe hails from Dublin, Ireland holding several advanced degrees in psychology, law, and addiction. He is the author of the book Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous that will be used to guide the discussions. In this episode Dr. McCabe shares his story and tells what he hopes his book might help us achieve. Additionally, the episode sets the background for linking Jung with AA. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous by Ian McCabe
Bill Wilson’s Biography: My First Forty Years (Sadly the book transcribed from interviews covers only the early part of Bill’s story.)
Margarita Von Lüttichau: Intermediary between Jung and Bill Wilson
Robert A Johnson books mentioned:
Transformation: a study of three levels of consciousness
He: Johnson’s description of the Hero’s Journey
Inner Gold: Johnson’s description of human projection
Erich Neumann – one of Jung’s most gifted students.
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Spiritual AND Religious: Practice These Principles
16 november 2022 · 59 min
Father Bill completes exploring whatever void religion might fill within 12-Step programs. His guest is Matt D., Executive Director of All Addicts Anonymous. Matt has been a previous guest on the podcast and has extensive knowledge about and first-hand experience with many of the Pioneers in the AA program. This episode is focused on identifying several spiritual practices common to many religions but, of necessity, missing from 12-Step programs. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Here’s a link to the All Addicts Anonymous website. Be sure to order the book Invitation to a Great Experiment by Tom Powers.
Here’s a classic AA talk by Tom Powers
A link to the previous podcastn series of interviews with Matt D
Link to a previous podcast on Gresham’s Law
Basic information on Lectio Divina
Basic information on Gerald Heard
Bill Wilson telling why he preferred “spiritual experience” over “spiritual awakening."
Article by Fater Bill on the Four Absolutes
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Spirtual AND Religious: The Salvation Army and AA
9 november 2022 · 51 min
Father Bill explores the place of religion within 12-Step recovery. In this episode he interviews Major David Sams, Administrator of the Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center in Washington, D.C. Building on his years in recovery, David is a strong proponent of AA. The episode focuses on the Salvation Army’s long history of helping alcoholics and addicts from the mid-1800’s to the present day. You’ll learn about its founder General William Booth and how the Army integrates the 12-Steps into its 6-month residential centers. With a host of treatment centers charging thousands of dollars for short-term treatment, it’s good to know there’s a place that charges nothing and is the largest provider of services in the U.S. Think you’ll enjoy this! Lees meer
Show Notes:
·William Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army / Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Booth
Excellent YouTube video on the history of the Salvation Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8_7X_d4Zk
Brief article on the new Methodist Connexion
Twice Born Men by Harold Bigby / Popular in the Oxford Group
In Darkest England and The Way Out / Booth’s classic assessment of the problem and solution
William James quotes S.H. Hadley in “Varieties of Religious Experiences”
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Spiritual AND Religious: Mystics Anonymous Anyone?
2 november 2022 · 50 min
Father Bill continues a deep dive exploring the place of religion within 12-Step recovery. Worldwide, and within 12-Step Fellowships, membership in religious bodies continues a steady decline, while the hunger for spiritual connection seems to grow steadily. This episode continues to ask what religions may have to contribute to our spiritual growth and why it’s often so difficult to join the worlds of recovery and religion. Fr. Bill asks if most addicts may just be misplaced mystics! Lees meer
The McGinn book referenced is The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism by Bernard McGinn:
Here’s also a good YouTube lecture by McGinn
An excellent discussion by three mystics from different faith traditions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G3Oau9Q4uQ
Books by John Dominic Crossan
Books by Marcus Borg
Books by Elaine Pagels
Phyllis Tickle: Short video on her book The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why
Carl Jung: Short video by Edward Edinger with his views on the importance of a spiritual life.
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Spiritual AND Religeous: Sam Shoemaker on the Church and AA
19 oktober 2022 · 24 min
Father Bill shares an important writing by Rev. Sam Shoemaker. He is the Oxford Group leader Bill Wilson credits with teaching him no fewer than ten of the twelve Steps. Titled, “What the Church Has to Learn from Alcoholics Anonymous,” Fr. Bill reads the complete article. It’s also available in written form through the Step Study. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Link to Sam Shoemaker’s “What the Church Has to Learn from Alcoholics Anonymous”
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Spiritual AND Religious: Sex, Church, and Recovery
12 oktober 2022 · 43 min
Father Bill concludes his series of interviews with Stephen R. Haynes, professor of religious studies at Rhodes College and adjunct professor of recovery at Fuller Theological Seminary. Stephen’s new book Why Can’t the Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? explores the similarities and differences between communities of faith and communities of recovery. Stephen has traveled both worlds and shares insights and experiences gained along the way. This episode explores how churches and 12 Step fellowships approach sexual addictions or as Dr. Haynes terms it, “the pornification of society.” Lees meer
Show Notes:
Why Can’t Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? by Stephen R. Haynes.
Your Brain on Porn website: www.YourBrainOnPorn.com
The statistics quoted from a study by Jennifer Johnson at Virginia Commonwealth University: (see page 183 of Stephen’s book)
Johnson’s team found that 51%of college men in their study masturbated to pornography several times a week, 19%used it several times per month, and 13.5%were daily users.”
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Spiritual AND Religious: AA's Roots in Religion
5 oktober 2022 · 43 min
Father Bill continues a series of interviews with Stephen R. Haynes, professor of religious studies at Rhodes College and adjunct professor of recovery at Fuller Theological Seminary. Stephen’s new book Why Can’t the Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? explores the similarities and differences between communities of faith and communities of recovery. Stephen has traveled both worlds and shares insights and experiences gained along the way. This episode explores the Oxford Group, its founder Frank Buchman, and the religious background from which they came as well as exploring the balancing of religion and recovery. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Why Can’t Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? by Stephen R. Haynes.
Biography of Frank Buchman See: Garth Lean; On the Tail of a Comet
Sample of Thomas Power’s speaking at an AA conference
Rupert Sheldrake
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Spiritual AND Religious: Why Can't Church Be More Like AA?
28 september 2022 · 45 min
Father Bill begins a series of interviews with Stephen R. Haynes, professor of religious studies at Rhodes College and adjunct professor of recovery at Fuller Theological Seminary. Stephen’s new book explores the similarities and differences between communities of faith and communities of recovery. Stephen has traveled both worlds and shares his insights and experiences gained and researched along the way. In this episode, Stephen shares his recovery and faith stories, laying the groundwork for the series. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Why Can’t Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? by Stephen R. Haynes.
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Shadow Work: Meeting the Shadow and Duking It Out
22 september 2022 · 44 min
Father Bill completes the series with the help of Mike V. from Akron, Ohio. Mike and Fr. Bill share some of their experiences with shadow work and how they integrate it into their practice of Two Way Prayer. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
Robert Johnson YouTube Lecture on Shadow
Robert Johnson YouTube Lecture on Active Imagination
Robert Johnson book: Inner Work
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Shadow Work: Living Life at the Center of the Seesaw
14 september 2022 · 47 min
Fr. Bill continues the study of the human Shadow ala Robert A. Johnson. This episode completes the reading of Johnson’s book arriving at the holy place where paradoxes collide to form something wholly new. Johnson makes use of "the mandorla" to describe this. Mandorla is Italian for the almond shape formed when two circles begin to overlap. Something new is created in the center. It may be what the Big Book terms “the fourth dimension of existence.” Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
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Shadow Work: Happiness is Finding Someone to Blame
8 september 2022 · 33 min
Fr. Bill continues an exploration of the Shadow ala Robert A. Johnson. This episode looks at how we project our Shadow onto others. “It’s a spiritual axiom that any time I am disturbed there’s something wrong with the people around me!” Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
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Shadow Work: Balancing the Inner Seesaw
1 september 2022 · 42 min
Fr. Bill follows Robert Johnson down into the workings of the Shadow-side of our personalities. Johnson uses the example of the seesaw to show the danger of attempting to focus attention on only one side of the personality. If we try to become “holy” instead of trying to become “whole” – we miss the center of the seesaw – we miss discovering who we are. The Seventh Step prayer reminds us, “My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.” We find our balance in wholeness, not in one-sided holiness. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
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Shadow Work: The Birth of Shadow
24 augustus 2022 · 32 min
Fr. Bill explores the origins of shadow within the development of human consciousness. To adapt to culture, to become civilized, we must each pay a price. That price is the repression of the things in us that both society and we ourselves deem unacceptable. Push these things down and they form a shadow in us. Let them build and fester and they’re likely to explode. Befriend them, engage them consciously and they can become a source of hidden power and inner gold. This is the recovery journey. Tell Nancy, it's a whole lot more than JUST SAY NO! Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
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Shadow Work: Who’s Stirring in My Basement?
18 augustus 2022 · 25 min
Father Bill begins another series based on the work of Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson. Johnson’s book explores Jung’s concept of the Shadow – the hidden, denied, unrealized parts of us that have a life of their own and a way of making their presence felt through explosive bursts of anger or more slowly through lingering depression. The point is, they will come out of their hiding place sooner or later - the good news is they often come bearing gifts of gold. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
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Bonus Episode: AA Marathon Share - Father Bill's Story
10 augustus 2022 · 46 min
In late July, Father Bill joined a marathon meeting of alcoholics from around the world honoring the memory of Mike McK., founder of RecoveryTapers. This would have been Mike’s 19th anniversary of recovery. During the pandemic, Mike hosted dozens and dozens of Two Way Prayer workshops and helped introduce many thousands to the transformational prayer practice. Fr. Bill shares his own recovery story. Lees meer
Show Notes:
To access the other memorial speakers please visit www.recoverytapers.org / In SEARCH type in: "Worldwide"