Orthodoxy and Recovery

A blog about the direct connection between the spirituality of Orthodox Christianity and recovery from alcoholism, drug abuse, and other addictions.

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Diluting Personal Responsibility

Addicts have a terrible time with taking responsibility for anything except the maintenance of their addictions, and to that end they feel...

Friday, March 29, 2013

Russian Orthodox Recovery Center

A good friend of mine is trying to make arrangements for me to visit a recovery center in Russia, called "Old World." Old Wo...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Locus of Power: Spirituality, Counseling, & Re-education

Lately, I've been reading more and more about torture and human attempts to compromise by force the human will. In some ways, ther...

Monday, March 25, 2013

Moonshine Problem in Uganda

What I found extraordinary about this video is how much the alcoholism problems in a Ugandan village can look almost exactly like those in...

Friday, March 22, 2013

Desensitization, Drug Tolerance, and Addiction

One phenomenon of addiction is that, in most cases, the addict goes from using the 'addictor' or object of obsession to get high t...

Thursday, March 21, 2013

God's Judgment and Guilt

I've had an interesting email exchange with a reader that led to me writing this response regarding God's judgment: A develop...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Canon of St. Andrew and Alcoholism

Every Great Lent, the Orthodox sing the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, a long poem (it takes a week of services to get through it!), which ...

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