An Invitation to Attend the ARP Group Meetings

As a general rule, I don’t talk about what happens in the Addiction Recovery Program (ARP) group meetings or anything about the people in them.  However, today I’ll make a little exception since this is going to be about some … Continue reading

The Prodigal Son: My Interpretation, My Lesson

So a few months back, I was interviewed by Bill Reel about my journey from addiction to recovery to rebaptism and ended with my testimony.  I have to say that hearing myself talk about it really is kind of strange, … Continue reading

Feelings Analysis or Good Gosh, This Is Progress???

So I’ve had a pretty interesting summer.  One daughter got married, others got their patriarchal blessings and my son got the priesthood and that’s besides my baptism.  So why do I feel like I do? To begin with, I had … Continue reading

15 Years In The Making: My Sacrament Meeting Talk

So this past Sunday, I gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting; the first in 15 years.  To say I was nervous doesn’t do the word justice.  But I think it went well.  At least that’s what I was told. The … Continue reading

Why Didn’t I Just Stop? – One Person’s View of my Interview

For starters, I frequent an “LDS” forum where I posted about Bill Reel’s interview of me and asking for other thoughts about it.  Thus far, it’s been very positive.  But I had one poster give a heartfelt response that I … Continue reading