“I wish I was as peaceful as you are,” he said as he shook his head. “You don’t seem to get upset about much of anything. How do you do it?” I smiled as I considered what my friend had just said. Surely, you have got to be kidding, I thought. But I knew he wasn’t. Of...

There are few experiences more intense than listening to a friend in recovery bare their soul to us and to God about everything objectionable in their life. But before this happens, we must have a clear understanding of what our role is, and what we can do to help...

One of the pitfalls alcoholics in recovery seem to fall into from time to time is that we feel we are so unique that no one can possibly understand us. However, that feeling can only lead to self-pity, and isolation—two things I avoid like the plague. Although I...