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STEPS 1-3:
“I Surrender Myself to You Jesus;
Take Care of Everything”

Bob Kurland March 13, AD2024 3 Comments

“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Step 3, from the 12

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Prayer and Recovery:
Step 11 and Catholic Teaching

Bob Kurland November 12, AD2022 3 Comments

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us

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Grace and the 12 Steps:
the Cup that Sanctifies Replaces the Cup that Stupefies

Bob Kurland May 4, AD2022 4 Comments

“Never be too hard on the man who can’t give up drink. It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise

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Shalom! Peace Be with You!
Catholic Teaching & the 12 Steps

Bob Kurland April 28, AD2022 1 Comment

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear

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Addiction: A Rocky Road to Faith

Bob Kurland June 27, AD2020 1 Comment

Be not afraid of faith: some are born with faith, some achieve faith, and some have faith thrust upon them (with apologies to William Shakespeare,Twelfth

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The Calix Society:
12-Step Catholic Synergy

Guest Contributor May 6, AD2020 4 Comments

CALIX SOCIETY CREDO “Calix is an association of Catholic alcoholics, drug addicts, and family members and friends affected by addiction, who are maintaining their sobriety through

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Catholic Thoughts on Yom Kippur, Redux*

Bob Kurland October 8, AD2019 2 Comments

For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken

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