Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll

Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network With each passing day there is more and more revealed about how we handled our Fourth Step. The Fourth Step leads immediately into Steps 5,6,7 and it seems we got ahead of ourselves in attempting to move forward with this project. We were about leave out the “other side of the coin” in one of the biggest reasons we turn our back to God. It is a situation as old as time and will never be resolved.…

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The Neuroscience of Addiction (Video)

The Neuroscience of Addiction Video from The Royal Institute n recent decades doctors have branded addiction a brain disease, and treated it as such. But in this riveting and provocative talk, neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes the convincing case that addiction isn’t a disease at all. Using personal stories and robust science, he explains how addiction really impacts our brains, and how neuroplasticity and a developmental approach to treatment can help to overcome it. Marc Lewis is a neuroscientist and professor of developmental psychology, recently at the University…

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Bill W and The Oxford Group Work

Bill W and The Oxford Group Work from Silkworth.net Click here for The Oxford Group Connection Series of articles >>> The first in the series is The Oxford Group Connection published July 26, 2022. Rowland H., who rescued Ebby in August 1934, had a thorough indoctrination in Oxford Group teachings and he passed many of these along to Ebby and Bill W. Soon after his release from Towns Hospital at the end of 1934, Bill and the rest of the alcoholic contingent of the Oxford Group began gathering at Stewart’s Cafeteria…

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Confess, Repent, Pray

Confess, Repent, Pray by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. The entire Holy Bible is a living, breathing organism that teaches us how we are to live. Some people just refuse to engage, still others have attempted and, for whatever reason, walked away. Our lives were created by God. The Holy Bible is His inerrant, infallible Word that describes us living as God designed us. When we step away from it…

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For KING & COUNTRY Star’s Wife Freed from Agony of Anxiety Attacks and Addiction: ‘God Is Healer’

For KING & COUNTRY Star’s Wife Freed from Agony of Anxiety Attacks and Addiction: ‘God Is Healer’ by Joseph Stallings for CBN News Courtney Smallbone, the wife of Luke Smallbone from the Grammy-winning Christian duo For KING & COUNTRY, was once trapped in trauma and addiction. It all started with a rare disease, and later in life when she needed medication for morning sickness, her prescription and unhealed pain soon took a dark turn. “I felt so much shame for not being strong, and so I just didn’t talk about it.…

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The Oxford Group Bill W and Beyond

The Oxford Group Bill W and Beyond from Silkworth.net Click here for The Oxford Group Connection Series of articles >>> The first in the series is The Oxford Group Connection published July 26, 2022. In 1934, Ebby T., childhood friend of Bill W.’s, was about to be locked up as a chronic drunk in Bennington, Vermont. He was visited by three men from an Oxford Group; Shep C., Rowland H., and Cebra G. (A precursor to our Twelve Step work!) They later sent Rowland H. back alone to see Ebby. He…

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