Find Your People, Find Your Voice: Belonging to Others in Recovery

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 6:30 a.m.

Those of us in recovery came to know the life-or-death value of having at least one person who knows us through and through - and cares about us anyway. In this excerpt from his book A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Principles: Living the Values Behind the Steps, Dr. Patrick Carnes focuses our attention on the vulnerability and trust inherent to the Fifth Step.