CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

YESTERDAY I WENT TO CHURCH WHEN A VISITING MINISTER, MICHAEL GOTT, WAS A SINGER AND A MINISTER FROM HOUSTON.  HE SPOKE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT PHASES OF HEALING.  HE MENTIONED HOW AA FOLKS HAD GONE THROUGH RECOVERY .  APPARENTLY HE WAS FROM A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY .  HE MENTIONED HOW THE FUNCTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY  HAVE TO COMPENSATE TO THE ALCOHOLIC.  THEY TYPICALLY GO TO AL ANON MEETINGS TO SHARE THEIR FEELINGS.  THEY FIND LOVE IN DEEPENING THEIR LOVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.  HE PLAYED AND LED US IN MANY FRIENDLY SONGS THAT GAVE US A NICE FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP.  ONE FELLA LOOKED LIKE A PERSON I KNEW FROM MY PREVIOUS WORK WITH STATE PARKS.  I SAW SEVERAL FOLKS WHO WERE ALCOHOLICS AS WELL.  I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE.  THIS MINISTER HAS WRITTEN A BOOK AND WAS SELLING IT.