Like so many nights, about ten recovering folks swooped down on a local eatery for dinner after a meeting last evening for fun fellowship and just “catching up”. It one of the bright spots of the recovering life that we get to look forward to. Taking a new comer with us and showing them how we are after a meeting ... Read More
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The Meeting After The Meeting by Peter Marinelli
Thoughts to Ponder by Peter Marinelli
Thoughts by Peter Marinelli “To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind. To talk health and happiness and prosperity to every person I meet. To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true. To think only of ... Read More
Gratitude by Peter Marinelli
Thoughts from Peter Marinelli Working at FHE Health has so many ways in which to be grateful for. As the Director of Sober Living, I get to work side by side with so many staff members who have such great passion for their work and our clients and their respective families. Along with it comes the success stories ... Read More
Recovering or Recovered by Peter Marinelli
Recovery by Peter Marinelli There always seems to be a debate about being recovered versus recovering. I don’t want to add to this debate but rather offer some considerations for the reader to decide for themselves. At the very beginning of the big book Alcoholics Anonymous it reads: “How many thousands of men and ... Read More
What Is Old Is Now New by Peter Marinelli
Thoughts by Peter Marinelli Dr. Silkworth wrote how alcoholics needed some sort of moral psychology or psychic change, which we now call the spiritual awakening. The addicted individual who struggles with everything around them and fins a need to escape or to cope with everyday life suddenly finds themselves ... Read More
Emmet Fox and AA by Peter Marinelli
Thoughts by Peter Marinelli It’s interesting that when the AA movement began how recovery was approached with such a great sense of urgency and the solution –God- had to be found or else. Our founding members had no issues with discussing God and any means possible to experience God was encouraged. Although when it ... Read More
What’s Going on Here!? Convenience Store Drugs – by Peter Marinelli
One can walk into most gas station convenient stores or 711 and on display for sale is something called spice. It’s a relatively new drug that can only be tested with UA tests kits that specialize in this sort of drug finding. Our young folks are purchasing spice to get high and some of the effects are deadly. What ... Read More
Studying the Traditions of A.A. – Peter Marinelli
Thoughts by Peter Marinelli I so much enjoy reading about our sacred history and get to touch the early days. I responsibility is to be an upstanding member of this sacred place of recovery so I need to know about its beginning. As one of my mentors told me we need to not only study our traditions but the tradition ... Read More