The Thursday Principle: Justice
The Spiritual Principle Justice The Spiritual Principle Justice is behind A.A.’s Step Nine: “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” Such people, of course, refers to Step Eight’s list of those we’d harmed. Step Nine requires us to step out and take action, wherever possible. But we must be…
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Opioids, PTSD Changing Meaning of Memorial Day
A New Kind of Memorial Day You won’t find Jesse Snider’s name on a list of soldiers killed in action. But he is one of the faces of the new wartime dead, those who die months or years after they return home. Jesse was eager to join the Army after Sept. 11, 2001. He served with the Rakkasans in Iraq…
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What Makes the Best Delray Beach Sober Home?
What Makes the Best Delray Beach Sober Home There are many criteria that make for the best Delray Beach sober home. Here are a few of the most important among them: Fellowship The best Delray Beach sober home is built upon a strong sense of fellowship. You want connection. You want camaraderie. And you want the bonds of friendship. Mostly,…
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The Thursday Principle: Brotherly Love
The Spiritual Principle Brotherly Love The Spiritual Principle Brotherly Love serves as the foundation for Step Eight: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” Brotherly Love gives us the compassion and empathy to make things right among our friends, families, colleagues and acquaintances. For if we don’t make things…
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Delray Beach’s tough sober home rules pay off
Yep. That’s the headline in a recent edition of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. The news comes hot on the heels of a new report stating that Delray Beach, “once declared Ground Zero for the opioid epidemic, accounted for just four of Palm Beach County’s 168 drug deaths in the first quarter of 2018.” In fact, Delray Beach’s tough sober home…
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