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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Friday, May 9, 2014

The Sound of Silence: Influence in the Visual Age

My latest reading has been Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and the follow-up written in the1950s . I took an interest after a reader ment...

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Finland

As you may have noticed, I was away from home for the past week. Johannes Lahtela, a seminarian of the Orthodox Church of Finland, was k...

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Just what we need, another addicting drug...

Modern man has lasted thousands of years without pharmaceuticals. Sure, life has gotten easier in many positive ways. The life expectanc...

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Doubt and Contempt

When St. Thomas doubted the story his friends told him about the Resurrection, he offered up a standard: if he could stick his finger in t...

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Marijuana and Feminization

The feminist/libertarian author Camille Paglia recently penned an argument for the repeat of the drinking age in the US. Obviously as suc...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The New 'Villager'

I described in an earlier post the phenomenon of the 'Village People.' By this, I mean people who think only about very basic ne...

Monday, April 21, 2014

The Broken Identity

I hope everyone had a joyous Pascha! As for me, I am still recovery from a 'near death experience' after someone spilled oli...

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