Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

God's In Charge, Mortality, Recovery

If you were in an intensive care unit, would you want the electrocardiogram to suddenly start producing a straight line?  Of course not!  As long as that line is going up and down, it means you’re alive.  Let the line go straight, with no valleys and no peaks, or in...
Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

Celebrating Abstinence

abstinence, Addiction, Recovery, Tools

Verily, this is fasting and prayer, or in other words, rejoicing and prayer. (D&C 59:14)   Fasting is not meant to be a negative experience. It is more than just refraining from eating. Fasting is as much about attitude as about action. It refocuses our...
Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

Some People Have to Die to Get Sober

Recovery, Twelve Steps

Recently, I watched the movie, “17 Miracles” that depicted the Saints coming across the plains to Utah. I was deeply moved by the many sacrifices they made, even the loss of their own lives in some cases. We are quick to feel sorrow for those who died...
Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

The “Common Dilemma” of LDS People

Christ, Recovery

And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent. (Mosiah 3:17) As members of the LDS church we are all...