by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
There is no "Lord's Prayer". Yet AA, which goes out of its way not to alienate anyone by appealing to the revealed God in the Bible, relies on text from the Scriptures. When doing so, the writers of the Big Book still took the Scripture out of context....
by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
Although not explicitly mentioned in the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous, most adherents to the Twelve Steps will seek out a person with whom they can be accountable, so that they can complete their Fifth step, in which they share their fearless, moral...
by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
"If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison." (AA, 66) We cannot, nor should we, live our lives free of anger. For...
by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a large personality in a dwindling community of executives who say “No” to federal projects. The projected Hudson rail tunnel that Christie killed would have cost the New Jersey taxpayers money that they did not have....
by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
The United States Government has three branches, each of which competes with the others in order to prevent one group, one mass, one set of elites from taking control at the expense of the others. One reason for creating the necessary factionalism, according...
by altha-admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Articles
Patients who struggle with mental disorder try the patience of those who struggle to assist them. Whether family caregivers, state hospitals, or private charities, the problem of treating individuals who display dangerous, dysfunction, or deadly symptoms...
