12 Steps Archives - Out Here Hope Remains

Recovery

Posted on August 28, 2022 by johndobbs

“…And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son…” -Luke 15:20 NLT When we think about rec...

12 Steps/Addiction/alcoholic/Narrative Lectionary/Recovery

ESCAPE

Posted on September 29, 2019 by johndobbs

On Audio: Testimonies from David G and Melvin G, followed by the lesson below. Introduction This month we have been focused on recovery and looking at Scri...

12 Steps/Addiction/alcoholic

Making Amends

Posted on January 22, 2008 by johndobbs

I had a recent correspondence with someone I have never met. I did, however, know her ex-husband. Their marriage was destroyed years ago by drug and alcohol abu...

12 Steps/Addiction/alcoholic/Recovery

Convergence

Posted on September 21, 2007 by johndobbs

It all started with a desperate phone call from a hotel room. He was drunk and barely conscious. A Gulf War veteran running away from his demons, forced into a ...

12 Steps/alcoholic/Drugs/HOPE

On Being Found

Posted on July 9, 2007 by johndobbs

So far in our thoughts on the Twelve Steps, we have mostly been involved in introspection…looking inside. But now it is time to bring another human being ...