Wonderful interview! Presence of wonderful, authentic people like Rainn and Susan bring me hope and give me courage to continue my work as a psychiatrist. Many thanks!
Wow! Thank you Rainn for your wonderful Blogcast! I just discovered this interview tonight . I have followed Susan for a long time. Susan, what a wonderful gift to hear your voice , wisdom, stories and laughter. I feel so uplifted and loved! Thank you!!! Susan!!! Love you both so much!
Thank you for this wonderful interview and this important information. I hope that you, Susan and Rainn, will do more on this subject - a series that could be used with children, junior youth, and adults. Thank you so much again for this.
Thanks Rainn I love your broadcast always but special this because I didn't know Dear Susan just I used her selected program for my event like ascension of Abdullbaha or similar.
What an amazing conversation and deepening! So inspiring. well done Susan and Rain!!! Thank you for making us sinners relate to these stories 😉 so helpful
so sweet intreview. beautiful story. i used to prayer that prayer of growth of spiritualy. she is very special person and Rainn you too. thank you very much.
One size of recovery does not fit all. What effects one person, does not necessarily effect another in the same way or at all . Abuse has it's own tenticles, and neglect it's own devistating pathology. Experience, strength, and hope - honor where you are at, your own journey, and relationship within yourself. Do not compare where you are to where others appear to be. PTSD is tricky. Don't think or feel as though your have failed in recovery when it gets stirred up. We can only control but so much... The root of addiction is trauma and loss resulting in isolation and loneliness and some forms of mental illness. Recovery for many is sustained effort over desiring death and teasing out causes and conditions
I am actually going through the 12 steps by way of the AA Big Book with the help of a Loving God and experience sponsor, who has also been through the Big Book 12 Steps. I want to tell everyone that in AA, like Baha'i Firesides, the Big Book Step Study is lead by a group consciousness guided by the Holy Spirit. All Baha'i are welcome to attend such meetings and I encourage those in the path to "Independent Investigate of Truth" to visit such meetings. Look for the meetings in your area that are Big Book Step Study, because these are the Sufis people of AA. Bill Wilson, the author of the BB, was involved early on with the Oxford Group. The Oxford Group techniques brought millions to God, using remedies taught by Jesus Christ. However, the Big Book 12 Step, which is 164 pages (not the stories in back of book), doesn't mention Jesus Christ. It was written by the Holy Spirit, via Bill Wilson and it reads like Baha'i text. The first three steps has the Seeker define their own concept of a High Power and doesn't advocate any religion. AA 12Step "Big Book" are simple instruction and tools for living a Spiritual Life. And at each of these Big Book Step Study meeting the people who have been through the process with sponsor's and have made amends or in the process of Step 9, and live Step 10, 11 and 12, on a daily basis, witness to each other and visitors about their spiritual transformation.
