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Finding a Safe Place

October 28, 2019 By Bob Griggs

The picture with this post is of the Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon. It's a beautiful place, an oasis of tranquility in the midst of a busy city. On tour through the garden, our guide pointed out various Chinese symbols and icons. For example, she told us that the bat stands for good fortune and […]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Recovery Tagged With: AA, Alcoholism, Bob Griggs, Chinese Garden, garden, Mental Health Network, mental illness, recovery, safe places, tranquility, UCC, United Church of Christ

A Witness to Recovery

June 24, 2019 By Bob Griggs

As rubber duckies go, the one in the above photograph is not very impressive. It’s undersized and, when floating in the bath tub, it has a pronounced list to the left. I’m not even sure of its provenance. I assume it belonged to one of our children, maybe passed down from one to the other, […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Bob Griggs, experience, joy, mental health crisis, purpose, recovery, rubber duckies, vitality, witness

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