New Beginning by Peter Marinelli I was in another hallway on another day of being beaten down by alcoholism and drug addiction. I knew this was the end and I was going to probably die at the hands of alcoholism. It was made crystal clear to me on this particular day. My body was dying and my hope was gone. If I live to ... Read More
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The End and a New Beginning by Peter Marinelli
The Seven Deadly Sins by Peter Marinelli
The Seven Deadly Sins by Peter Marinelli The Sacrament of Penance: “The Seven Deadly Sins” PRIDE is putting self in the place of God as the center and objective of our life, or of some department thereof. It is the refusal to recognize our status as creatures, dependent on God for our existence, and placed by him in a ... Read More
Got Recovered? by Peter Marinelli
Got Recovered? by Peter Marinelli How often do we hear “don’t drink and go to meetings”. The language here implies that this and only this is the solution to get recovered from alcoholism, and that abstinence is the objective or goal rather than the spiritual revolution described in the Big Book Alcoholics ... Read More
The Sunlight of the Spirit by Peter Marinelli
The Sunlight of the Spirit by Peter Marinelli I have always found this prayer to be testimony to what it’s like living in The Sunlight of the Spirit. “Lord me a channel of thy peace-that where there is hatred I may bring love-that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness-that where there is discord ... Read More
From a Good “Old-Timer” by Peter Marinelli
"Old-Timer" by Peter Marinelli The following story was handed to me years ago. I was told by a good “old-timer” that this story was a great reminder of what we do (in our “Sacred” fellowships) Flight of the Geese The next season, when you see the geese migrating and going to a warmer place, pay attention that they fly ... Read More
On the Firing Line by Peter Marinelli
On the Firing Line by Peter Marinelli What an honor to be able to serve on a “12 step call”. Getting a drunk and taking them to a detox or treatment center. Getting a drunk and taking them to an AA meeting (while they are drunk) and nursing them back to health. It a lost art with many. I sat with a gentleman who was ... Read More
Perhaps by Peter Marinelli
Perhaps by Peter Marinelli Perhaps we are in a place of not being convinced of our addiction, as I see many try to justify and rationalize their using, thereby convincing themselves they aren’t alcoholic or addict. The first forty three pages in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous will give us a clear diagnosis of ... Read More
One Power by Peter Marinelli
One Power by Peter Marinelli Lack of power is our dilemma, with Power no dilemma. For so long I was under the idea that I had to get this Power to go to war with the power of alcoholism, or to go to war with every other area of my life. I was ready to fight. I thought I needed to get Gods power to fight this other ... Read More