Back in 1973, I was given a book called the “Bhagavad Gita.”  I had been visiting a Hare Krishna Temple and talking to its devotees for a while, and they would tell me that I was not this body (the young man I was at the time); that I was spirit soul, meaning that the […]

A couple of weeks ago, I shared the first part of my journey of healing from the mental, emotional, physical and sexual abuse I suffered at the hands of my alcoholic parents.   It was not until I started undergoing therapy for my own alcoholism that the healing process began. Therapy was extremely important for me, […]

[In honor of Father’s Day, I’m taking a break.  Several weeks ago, I invited each of my 3 offspring to give me a day off from the blog by sharing with you a powerful memory associated with me.  Well, to paraphrase the old Meat Loaf song, “One Out of Three Ain’t Bad.”  This week, I […]

Last week, I shared the fact that I have few memories of my father prior to his becoming an active alcoholic.  Years later, when I was in rehab myself, I remember being shown pictures of alcoholics in the latter stages of cirrhosis of the liver.  It was when I saw those pictures that I began […]

I began healing from the painful memories of my Dad some 35 years after his death, and it was an incredibly powerful experience, in more ways than you can possibly imagine.  I’m going to continue a story that I began in my June newsletter.  But first, you need to know that, unlike my older siblings, […]