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Oh Lord, It’s Easy To Be Humble

by Mike Mather 

September

29

2023

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Admitted to Ourselves Step Five in Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) is a challenging but necessary step for long-term sobriety and peace of mind. It involves admitting the [ read more...]

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Wishing Love and Recovery From Addiction

by Mike Mather 

September

18

2023

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What is This Thing Called Love?Love of food, the love of action movies and the love of our spouse or children are all different forms of [ read more...]

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Alcoholics: Meditate Like Your Life Depends On It

by Mike Mather 

September

12

2023

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Perfection of ConcentrationThe mind of concentration in meditation is a powerful tool that we can use to focus on virtuous objects in meditation. Its function is [ read more...]

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HOW. AA’s Fourth Step and The Higher Trainings

by Mike Mather 

August

27

2023

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Honestly The acronym HOW is a simple and expressive way to explain how AA works. It stands for Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. There is nowhere else [ read more...]

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AAA—Attitude, Altruism, and Attention in Alcoholism

by Mike Mather 

August

13

2023

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In the beginning…When Dharmaholic began, several years ago, it was built on the 6A formula that I dreamed one weekend. It is still a simple mnemonic [ read more...]

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Medication and Meditation

by Mike Mather 

August

6

2023

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What's The Use? The purpose of the 5th Lamrim meditation is to encourage us to lead a virtuous life and purify our past non-virtuous actions. By [ read more...]

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