Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center: A Reflection on Spiritual ...

If you are an alcoholic or addict, being spiritually unfit can be fatal. If not literally fatal then, as in my case, a living death ? one definition of Hell is being alive and active in this world, feeling separated from God. And I spent years there. But today I live ? and have for some time now ? free, awake, fully alive, vital.

My earlier What Works column on alcoholism and addiction focused on self-diagnosis, and I could easily explain my own alcoholism by pointing to genetics and circumstances; but the root cause is spiritual ? that God-shaped hole, that feeling of brokenness and alienation I was trying to assuage. I?ve met other alcoholics who had no obvious ?causes? but I think we all share a spiritual longing.

Carl Jung wrote, to Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson, that ?craving for alcohol? is ?the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness,? famously concluding the letter ?spiritus contra spiritum? ? the Spirit against alcohol.

As I said about not getting enough sleep, when you don?t feel connected to God, it?s easy to slip into irritability. A more accurate word is probably ?sullenness.? And, if you?ll forgive a moment of word-nerdiness, ?sullen? comes from the same root as ?solo? and originally meant ?alone.? How fitting, because that?s really what?s going on ? you feel alone in the universe.

Recovery is not self-help

Let me be as clear as possible here: Recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction is not about self-help. The solution is not to gain knowledge and strength and willpower so you can beat it. As I?ve said before, it?s not even to admit you have a problem. Recovery is about recognizing that, alone, you are powerless to solve the problem. To receive the grace you need to recover, you must admit you need help from something greater than yourself.

So, to stay sober you stay connected to God and other people. As much as possible, that is. Because we all slip back into disconnectedness and the illusion of control. Addiction is a stark example of self-will, but all people struggle with self-will and attachment, with expectations and resentments. That?s why addiction is often used as a metaphor for the struggle of life.

Many people lead lives of quiet desperation, trying to fill the God-shaped hole and cover the pain with shopping, eating, and a million distractions. But addicts and alcoholics are physically predisposed to escape or numb themselves in ways that go directly into a downward spiral of self-destruction. My last few years before sobriety, life was little more than an isolated routine of coming to, muddling around in the apartment, watching TV, and mixing alcohol, Vicodin and Ambien to make things fuzzy until I passed out. Talk about sleepwalking through life.

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Let go and let God

Jesus said: ?You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.? (Matthew 22:37-38) He was quoting Hebrew Scripture, Deuteronomy 6:5. In even simpler terms, ?Trust God.?

But, of course, we resist depending on God, don?t we? The serpent said to Eve: ?your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God?. (Genesis 3:5) Pride. We try, again and again, to play God; we try to manage the world, our own destiny, other people. The thing is, once you dedicate yourself to figuring out life without God, you find yourself smack dab in self-centered fear. Suddenly, managing the universe is your problem, and you know you?re not up to the task. My biggest trigger used to be trying to control what everyone thought of me. (I can still go there sometimes.)

Notice whenever life feels unmanageable. You?ll probably find it?s when you think you have to solve something on your own. How often we cause suffering by not accepting the way things are.

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Spiritual tools

?Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today,? is the opening line of one of the most popular passages in recovery literature. What a challenge! To simply accept that things are the way they are. Could they be changed? Perhaps. Improved? It?s possible. But right in this moment, things are the way they are. To find acceptance of this is tremendous freedom and tremendous relief. This is why I am such a strong advocate of meditation. Meditation created the opening that began my journey toward greater authenticity. It continues to be a guide along the way, daily practice in detachment and acceptance.

The therapeutic and medical communities dissect the psychological and physiological aspects of addiction but often neglect or even deny the spiritual component. Self-help gurus say you can beat this addiction or that by learning their secrets. But the most helpful resource on the spiritual dimension of recovery remains A.A.?s foundational book, Alcoholics Anonymous (usually called the Big Book.) When it was written in the 1930s, A.A. was more single-minded in its view that recovery was a spiritual project. That approach is outlined in the book and still practiced by many in A.A.

Caveat addictus ? I want to make something absolutely clear before I close. A spiritual practice alone, without work specifically for addiction, is problematic. Worse, it?s all too easy for addicts and alcoholics to convince themselves they?re covered through meditation or church attendance. Not likely. After years of sobriety, as lay leader of my congregation, I started drinking wine at potlucks before Bible study! I?d forgotten I was an alcoholic and simply cannot drink safely ? no matter how spiritual I may think I am.

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New results shed light on how generosity and related behaviors -- such as kindness, caring and empathy -- develop, or don't develop, in children from 2 years old through adolescence.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:29:29 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227102940.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227102022.htm A look at how the brain processes information finds distinct pattern in autistic children. Using EEGs to track the brain's electrical cross-talk, researchers found structural difference in brain connections. Compared with neurotypical children, those with autism have multiple redundant connections between neighboring brain areas at expense of long-distance links. 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The hardest part is to decide whether or not talking about ones own drug use will be useful in communicating an antidrug message. Recent research found that children whose parents did not disclose drug use, but delivered a strong antidrug message, were more likely to exhibit antidrug attitudes.Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:31:31 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130222083127.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221143946.htm Scientists have found compelling evidence that older adults can eliminate forgetfulness and perform as well as younger adults on memory tests. The cognitive boost comes from a surprising source -- a distraction learning strategy.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:39:39 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221143946.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221141608.htm The sounds uttered by birds offer in several respects the nearest analogy to language," Charles Darwin wrote in "The Descent of Man" (1871), while contemplating how humans learned to speak. Language, he speculated, might have had its origins in singing, which "might have given rise to words expressive of various complex emotions." 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A new study shows that college students with overcontroling parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives. This so-called helicopter parenting style negatively affects students' well-being by violating their need to feel both autonomous and competent. Parental overinvolvement may lead to negative outcomes in children, including higher levels of depression and anxiety. Studies also suggest that children of overinvolved or overcontroling parents may feel less competent and less able to manage life and its stressors. In contrast, evidence suggests that some parental involvement in children's lives facilitates healthy development, both emotionally and socially.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:18:18 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212111803.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212100556.htm Parents act differently with different children -- for example, being more positive with one child and more negative with another. A new longitudinal study looking at almost 400 Canadian families has found that this behavior negatively affects not only the child who receives more negative feedback, but all the children in the family. The study also found that the more risks experienced by parents, the more likely they will treat their children differentially.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:05:05 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212100556.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212100554.htm Researchers investigated the role of gender stereotypes. They found that from a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, and they believe that adults think so, too. Each of the three studies (two of which were experimental) included 150+ participants. Findings suggest that negative academic stereotypes about boys are acquired in children's earliest years of primary education and have self-fulfilling consequences.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:05:05 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212100554.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212095738.htm Even very young children understand that adults don't always know best. When it comes to helping, 3-year-olds may ignore an adult's specific request for an unhelpful item and go out of their way to bring something more useful, according to new research.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:57:57 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212095738.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212075109.htm Toddlers whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later. That?s the finding of a new longitudinal study that also found gender differences in the kind of praise that parents offer their children.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:51:51 ESThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212075109.htm

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March 2, 2013 at 5:36 pm | In Holidays, Pets, West Seattle news | No Comments

St. Patrick?s Day is on a Sunday this year ? two weeks from tomorrow ? and that means an entire 3-day weekend of revelry at The Celtic Swell on Alki ? featuring a costume contest for ?Pets and Their People.? It?ll run 2-4 pm on Saturday, March 16th, per the announcement we received today:

Labs dressed-up like leprechauns! Shar peis with shillelaghs! Bulldogs boasting bagpipes! There?s no telling what you?ll see when Alki?s Celtic Swell Irish Pub hosts its first annual St. Patrick?s Day ?Pets & Their People? Costume Contest featuring a free photo booth and prizes to benefit the Seattle Humane Society. The family-and-pet-friendly event is a must-do for everyone seeking festive and memorable St. Paddy?s Day fun.

Guests are invited to dress up their pets (and themselves) in St. Pat?s day garb, mug it up Irish-style in the Celtic Swell?s free photo booth, and win incredible prizes donated by some of the area?s favorite local businesses. Participation is free with all donations benefiting the Seattle Humane Society.

With two Siberian Huskies of his own, Celtic Swell owner Gareth Hughes says the costume contest and the cause felt like a natural fit for the Swell. ?This year marks our 9th annual Paddy?s celebration, so we wanted to try something a little different! I can?t think of a better way to get the entire family in on the fun of St. Paddy?s day and give back to invaluable community organizations like the Seattle Humane Society who work tirelessly to promote positive change. Judging from the tremendous positive response we?ve received already, I?m confident this will become a cherished family tradition for years to come.?

Today?s announcement also includes a schedule of other events at Celtic Swell that weekend ? see the full list here (PDF). The pub?s on Alki Avenue SW, just east of 61st SW, across from Statue of Liberty Plaza and Alki Bathhouse.

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BOJ gov candidate says inflation target top goal

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was recently nominated by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to head the country's central bank, center, arrives at a lower house committee meeting in Tokyo, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was recently nominated by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to head the country's central bank, center, arrives at a lower house committee meeting in Tokyo, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was recently nominated by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to head the country's central bank, arrives at a lower house committee meeting in Tokyo, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was recently nominated by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to head the country's central bank, center, arrives at a lower house committee meeting in Tokyo, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

TOKYO (AP) ? The veteran financial diplomat nominated to become the next governor of Japan's central bank says that achieving the government's 2 percent inflation target as soon as possible would be his top priority.

"We want to achieve the 2 percent target set by the government and Bank of Japan at the earliest possible date," Haruhiko Kuroda, currently president of the Asian Development Bank, told lawmakers Monday. "This will be my most important mission," he said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration has named Kuroda as its choice to replace Masaaki Shirakawa as BOJ governor when he steps down on Mar. 19, viewing Kuroda as a strong supporter of Abe's approach to reviving the stagnant economy through aggressive monetary easing and hefty government spending.

Kuroda has criticized the central bank for failing to break a long spell of deflation, or falling prices that reflect feeble demand and can discourage corporate investment, further undermining economic growth.

A former vice minister of finance, Kuroda has long voiced his support for bolder central bank policies and for a weaker currency to help boost export manufacturers by making their products cheaper in overseas markets. His nomination has further fueled selling of the yen, which had already weakened by about 20 percent against the U.S. dollar since October.

As of midday, the yen was trading at about 93.27 to the U.S. dollar.

Kuroda's appointment must be approved by both houses of the parliament. A vote is expected by mid-month.

The ruling Liberal Democrats have a majority in the lower house, but must win support from the opposition Democratic Party to gain his approval in the upper house. Local media say the Democratic Party has accepted Kuroda as the most qualified candidate for the job.

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CloudKaf? Indexes All of your Content in the Cloud

CloudKaf? is a free, attractive webapp that helps you search through all the documents, photos, and videos you have scattered across the web.

Once you create a CloudKaf? account, you can connect it to your various cloud services. The site supports major players like Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, YouTube, Google Drive, and more, so most everyone should be covered. Once your accounts are connected, you can search them all with a single search box, and get instant results organized by file type. The concept and execution is similar to previously-mentioned Mac app Found, but as a web app, CloudKaf? will work on any platform.

As a relatively new service, CloudKaf? isn't perfect. For example, I couldn't get it to pull in my Facebook photos. Still though, it's worth checking out if your digital life is spread across the web.

CloudKaf? via AddictiveTips

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Video: Terrifying ordeal as sinkhole swallows bedroom

>>> now to the town of seffner, florida , where last night the earth opened up as it does increasingly and thousands of times every year in this country. this time it swallowed a 37-year-old man as he slept in his home. our report tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez.

>> reporter: in his bed one minute, gone the next. jeremy bush says he heard a loud crash, then his brother jeffrey screaming late last night at their home near tampa. he jumped into the massive hole in a desperate attempt to rescue his brother.

>> and i couldn't get him. all i could hear -- i thought i could hear him screaming for me and hollering for me to help him. and i couldn't do nothing.

>> reporter: remarkably, outside, the house looks like nothing happened. but inside --

>> the open hole is about 30 feet in diameter. and it's about 20 feet deep.

>> reporter: while sinkholes, like these in ohio, minnesota, utah and this one in guatemala often grab headlines, they're most often reported in these seven states. texas, alabama, missouri, kentucky, tennessee, pennsylvania and they're especially common in florida , where more than 15,000 sink holes have been recorded. last may, this huge hole swallowed an entire backyard near orlando. last june, another destroyed an entire home. while experts say many things can cause them, in florida , it's a domino effect . the state's sandy soil, on top of clay, supported on a deep layer of limestone, can suddenly collapse, due to a dramatic shift in florida 's unique underground rivers.

>> florida essentially sits on a system of caverns that are filled with water to some degree. and as that water moves up and down, it erodes those caverns and from time to time they collapse.

>> reporter: back near tampa, engineers are trying to explain what happened here, trapping a man in his own home without warning. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, seffner, florida .

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Misplaced molecules: New insights into the causes of dementia

Mar. 1, 2013 ? A shortage of a protein called TDP-43 caused muscle wasting and stunted nerve cells. This finding supports the idea that malfunction of this protein plays a decisive role in ALS and FTD. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

ALS is an incurable neurological disease which manifests as rapidly progressing muscle wasting. Both limbs and respiratory muscles are affected. This leads to impaired mobility and breathing problems. Patients commonly die within a few years after the symptoms emerged. In rare cases, of which the British physicist Stephen Hawking is the most notable, patients can live with the disease for a long time. In Germany estimates show over 150,000 patients suffering from ALS -- an average of 1 in 500 people.

Proteins gone astray

Over the last few years, there has been increasing evidence that ALS and FTD -- a form of dementia associated with changes in personality and social behaviour -- may have similar or even the same origins. The symptoms overlap and common factors have also been found at the microscopic level. In many cases, particles accumulate and form clumps in the patient's nerve cells: this applies particularly to the TDP-43 protein.

"Normally, this protein is located in the cell nucleus and is involved in processing genetic information," explains molecular biologist Dr. Bettina Schmid, who works at the DZNE Munich site and at LMU. "However, in cases of disease, TDP-43 accumulates outside the nucleus forming aggregates." Schmid explains that it is not yet clear whether these clumps are harmful. "However, the protein's normal function is clearly disrupted. It no longer reaches the nucleus to perform its actual task. There seems to be a relationship between this malfunction and the disease."

Studies on zebrafish

However, until now little was known about the function of TDP-43. What are the consequences when this protein becomes non-functional? In order to answer this question, the team led by Bettina Schmid cooperated with the research group of Prof. Christian Haass to investigate the larvae of specially bred zebrafish. Their genetic code had been modified in such a way that no TDP-43 was produced in the organism of the fish. The result: the young fish showed massive muscle wasting and died a few days after hatching. Moreover, the extensions of the nerve cells which control the muscles were abnormal.

"To some extent, these are symptoms typical of ALS and FTD. Therefore, a loss of function of TDP-43 does seem to play a critical role in the disease," says Haass, Site Speaker of the DZNE Munich Site and chair of Metabolic Biochemistry at LMU.

The study revealed one more finding which surprised the researchers: the blood flow of the fish was massively disturbed. "It is well known that circulatory disorders play a part in other forms of dementia, notably in the case of Alzheimer's," says Haass. "We now want to investigate whether such problems with blood flow may be a general problem of neurodegenerative diseases and whether such problems occur particularly in patients with ALS and FTD."

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1. B. Schmid, A. Hruscha, S. Hogl, J. Banzhaf-Strathmann, K. Strecker, J. van der Zee, M. Teucke, S. Eimer, J. Hegermann, M. Kittelmann, E. Kremmer, M. Cruts, B. Solchenberger, L. Hasenkamp, F. van Bebber, C. Van Broeckhoven, D. Edbauer, S. F. Lichtenthaler, C. Haass. Loss of ALS-associated TDP-43 in zebrafish causes muscle degeneration, vascular dysfunction, and reduced motor neuron axon outgrowth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218311110

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'Harry Potter' Stars Line Up New Storybook Projects

Daniel Radcliffe is in talks to join 'Frankenstein,' while Emma Watson circles lead role in 'Cinderella.'
By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

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Gayle King Watches Old Footage Of Herself Saying She's Black On 'Watch What Happens: Live' (VIDEO)

Gayle King got a blast from the past during her visit to the clubhouse on "Watch What Happens: Live." Of course, Andy Cohen and his team would pull out one of the most embarrassing moments from early in her career as a news broadcaster.

The moment came when she was a news anchor in Hartford, Connecticut. It was King doing a simple sign off, but one messed up word changed the meaning of everything.

"Thank you for joining us. We?ll all be black next ... we?ll all be back next week, and I?ll be black. We?ll all be back," she said in the video.

"That was mortifying at the time, though, because you?re thinking, I am black," King said. "I just said I?m black on TV with white people sitting here."

While it may have been mortifying at the time, King can look back on it now and laugh. And it certainly didn't hold her back, as she's currently co-anchoring "CBS This Morning." Catch "Watch What Happens: Live" on Sunday through Thursday at 11 p.m. EST on Bravo.

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Final Hobbit Installment Bumped to December 2014

Fans of Peter Jackson?s The Hobbit trilogy will have to wait a few more months to see the final installment, The Hobbit: There and Back Again. ?Previously slated to open on July 18, 2014, Warner Bros. has pushed the closer back to December 17, 2014. ?This robs the picture of a summer box office, but takes it out of competition with X-Men: Days of Future Past, which opens on July 18th, as well as Marvel?s Guardians of the Galaxy, slated to open on August 1, 2014. ?As of right now, The Hobbit: There and Back Again has the sole spot on December 17th, but Minions and Brad Bird?s Tomorrowland are expected to open that weekend. ?Will Gluck?s Annie remake and Shawn Levy?s Night at the Museum 3 are expected to open Christmas Day 2014.

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Modding guru Ben Heck hacks his way through the Engadget Questionnaire

Every week, a new and interesting human being tackles our decidedly geeky take on the Proustian Q&A. This is the Engadget Questionnaire.

In this edition of our weekly question and answer session, Ben Heck -- the master of mods and host of The Ben Heck Show -- discusses the paradigm shift of personal assistants and how E.T. was saved by a Speak & Spell. Head on past the break for the full lot of responses.

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