I hope you enjoy Keary's story!  As a result of our poll of meeting options, the overwhelming favorite was Saturdays at 9 am Eastern. This meeting has already started. We will begin with the first verse of the Tao Te Ching. Rather than viewing notes from old meetings, I would like us to share our experience as to what these verses are speaking to us at this point of our recovery. You can email BuddyCAuthor@gmail.com to get added to an email meeting announcement with the meeting link or find the link in our private Facebook group. We are looking forward to seeing you at an upcoming meeting ..read more

“Creativity is a bottomless well. It doesn’t run dry, It just needs to be fallow for a time. Pushing it was not the answer. The answer was letting go of it, just releasing it, and letting it happen.” Don M.  AAGrapevine.org I hope you enjoy Don's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a pic ..read more

I hope you enjoy Amy's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the H.P. changed since you started your recovery journey? How similar is your present H.P. to the one you grew up with? 3. Why does the Tao speak to you? How do you see your rel ..read more

I hope you enjoy Scotty's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the H.P. changed since you started your recovery journey? How similar is your present H.P. to the one you grew up with? 3. Why does the Tao speak to you? How do you see your ..read more

I hope you enjoy Mark's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the H.P. changed since you started your recovery journey? How similar is your present H.P. to the one you grew up with? 3. Why does the Tao speak to you? How do you see your re ..read more

Izzy approaches the Higher Power from a slightly different perspective from a strong Orthodox Jewish heritage. I hope you enjoy Izzy's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the H.P. changed since you started your recovery journey? How sim ..read more

Kate's story is of a brilliant biology major learning how to let go in recovery, and the role studying the Tao has played in the process. I hope you enjoy Kate's story!  We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the H.P. changed since you started you ..read more

Paul’s story is unique to most in our group. Paul has gotten sober without practicing A.A., without a sponsor, or attending face to face meetings. As of this recording, Paul has been sober over 13 years. I hope you enjoy Paul’s story!  Sober Recovery Link; https://www.soberrecovery.com We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants, Facebook group members, and a few authors. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where fr ..read more

Despite Craig's best efforts, he has been able to get sober and stay sober for several years using the tools of recovery. Craig discusses in detail how the discussion of the Tao has helped his misunderstanding of a Higher Power. We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants and Facebook group members. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of ..read more

Rob tells his story and how studying the Tao Te Ching helped him realize that Love must come first if he wants any degree of peace and joy. We are taking a break from the weekly group meeting and interviewing some past participants and Facebook group members. If your recovery has been enhanced by Taoist text, don't hesitate to contact us and share your experience! Here are some of the questions we tackle; 1. Background; Where from, vocation, family, a picture of your life then and now. 2. Has your view of the HP changed since you started your recovery journey? How similar is your present HP to ..read more