July 1st, 2009
By Dorothy Cox
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Robert Myles has been doing adolescent counseling for a long time, much of it under the hood of a car. Sure it may be unconventional, but sometimes it’s just easier for at-risk kids “living in the hood” to talk about problems “under the hood” as it were.
“ It’s a [...]
July 1st, 2009
By Ron T.
Hamilton lived just a few miles from Rincon, a favorite surfing area or “surf break” among aficionados — a place where there are “rides that can run 150 to 200 yards on a good swell.”
Surfing was spiritual for him, and the Santa Barbara Coast was his Cathedral. He was at peace in the [...]
July 1st, 2009
By David Palmer
Bent over my salad supreme at Little Rock’s U.S. Pizza on a late spring day, I caught the eye of Roger Armbrust strolling by on Kavanaugh and beckoned him over.
Roger, among other things, writes sonnets and like me, worked in New York City for a time before ending up in Little Rock.
In the [...]
July 1st, 2009
By David Palmer
When Joe Bruton, 42, robbed the First Bank of Huntsville in Fayetteville with a variety of drugs and alcohol coursing through his veins, he was unarmed and wore a hooded sweatshirt to conceal his identity.
On that rainy March day in 2005, he walked up to one of the windows, told the teller he [...]
April 1st, 2009
One secret of abundant living is the art of giving. The paradox of life is that the more you give, the more you have. If you lose your life in the service of others, you will save it. You can give abundantly and so live abundantly. You are rich in one respect–you have a spirit [...]
July 1st, 2009
By Claudia Guillory
My name is Claudia. I am an overcomer in Christ, and I am in recovery from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, codependency and self-destructive behavior.
Growing up, I became skilled in the art of denial. My father was an alcoholic, but I would tell people I had grown up in the perfect home when [...]
July 1st, 2009
Amy Enderlin
By David Palmer
Amy Enderlin got drunk for the first time on a bottle of 100 proof “Hot Damn” when she was 15 and in the tenth grade at Conway High School. Later in the year she tried cocaine and marijuana, and drugs soon became a daily habit, often involving trips to dark places.
To those [...]
April 28th, 2009
By Don G.
Each one of us finds his own way to sobriety, and in that journey our experiences are both unique and common in many ways. But beyond that miraculous achievement lies a pathway of fascinating adventure. My own wellspring was in Little Rock a long time ago, and since then I’ve wandered in many [...]
April 28th, 2009
By Christy N.
My name is Christy. I’m a believer who struggles with drug addiction, codependency, resentment, anger, overeating and depression.
My family life was dysfunctional from the beginning. My mom was a people pleaser, trying to please my abusive dad and trying to protect my sister and me from his anger and abuse. He was not [...]
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