In computing, there's a principle called "Sandbox Security." There's a nice summation from Wikipedia that reads: "Sandbox is a security...

Dear citizens of Kentucky, I would like you Kentuckians to remember… it was Mitch McConnell‘s manipulation and interfering with protocol...

Yesterday someone that I've been practicing with was upset. He was upset with Zen... with me... and the training. It's extremely...

Just For Today... I will discern what it takes for me to be in the day to day pressures of my life and be without physical, mental,...

In coming to recovery, one of the earliest awakenings I had about my disease was about how badly I'd been deceiving myself, about so many...

In chapter 5 of the Basic-Text there's a section that reads "Self-Obsession is the core of our disease." That means that addiction is an...

When I woke up this morning… the two words came to mind… Without stipulations… this is my experience, strength, and practice with it.

When I started coming to NA, it wasn't with the intention to stay clean. My motivation was to temporarily get clean long enough to try...

It took me years to realize that esteeming or not defaming Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha could mean among other things, not teaching or...

Zen meditation is not a practice of disassociation... whether we're on the seat, standing, working, or in repose. On the contrary, It is...

"We can't save our face and ass at the same time... We're only as sick as our secrets... Rigorous honesty is the most important tool we...

It could be useful to be aware that mind... ego... exists in time lag/delay... and never in the "Present moment experience." But...

As those who know me are aware, I got clean pretty young. Despite that fact, I was in and out of numerous hospitals, psych units, and...

A dharma talk… Who and what carries us? Who is responsible for managing our suffering? Who is the one who is writing and righting the...

What makes a challenge a challenge for us? For me personally, it's more than the things that seem hard. It's more like the things that...

無悍 | Mukan | Being without violence Of the Ten Precepts of Buddhism, the first for me has always been the most essential... "I will be...

DISCLAIMER: Today's post could be seen as a little tough. My response is... Facts! Despite this reality, I'm not harder or tougher as the...

Today, talking with someone who was kicking around going into *complete* abstinence from sex for a while, he asked what I thought about...

Coming to Step Eight and Nine, my sponsor was careful and very deliberate to explain the difference between restitution and amends,...

One of the questions I frequently ask fellow addict's i get to share recovery with is, "When's the last time you were thinking something,...