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Writings From a Grateful Alcoholic!

The Truth About Recovery: It Takes Courage

Untangling the knots of shame, regret, and pain to discover true recovery through the RETURN Method of self-discovery What recovery is...

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Part Two: The Disease of Emotions (and Spirit)

How Emotional Pain and Spiritual Disconnection Fuel Alcoholism When I was in the depths of my disease — and of despair — all I could...

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Is Alcoholism a Disease?

Part One of Two in a Series on the Disease Debate I remember my last visit to my sister. She was lying in a makeshift bedroom — the old...

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The Fear Behind the Silence

God Never Asked Me to Be Silent For years, I thought silence was strength.That staying quiet kept the peace. But the truth is, silence can cost you your voice — sometimes your soul. For most of my life, I have struggled to speak — to say what I really thought or felt. It wasn’t until recently that I began to understand how deeply silence shaped me — how it hurt me, how it held me back — and how finding my voice would become part of my healing. Losing My Voice Five years ago,