List: Addiction, Recovery and Spiritualty | Curated by Orrin Onken | Medium

Apr 7, 2022

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Addiction, Recovery and Spiritualty

Orrin Onken

Let’s Talk About Hypocrites

When I first got sober, I was terrified of hypocrites. Now, not so much.

Jan 8, 2021

Let’s Talk About Hypocrites

Jan 8, 2021

Orrin Onken

Aging, Lonely Men, and the Three-legged stool.

For close to three decades my support system was the three-legged stool of work, family, and the recovery community

Jan 11, 2021

Aging, Lonely Men, and the Three-legged stool.

Jan 11, 2021

Orrin Onken

My Case Against Nostalgia In Recovery

Like memories of the sixties, the memories of how things were when I got sober are special only to me and those who shared those times with

Jan 23, 2021

My Case Against Nostalgia In Recovery

Jan 23, 2021

Orrin Onken

How a Man Almost got Declared Incompetent because He Considered Paying for Alcoholism Treatment

The fact that he had considered paying for addiction treatment was used as evidence of incapacity.

Feb 1, 2021

How a Man Almost got Declared Incompetent because He Considered Paying for Alcoholism Treatment

Feb 1, 2021

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Orrin Onken

My Mother Never Told Me She Loved Me

Neither did my father, and I’m okay with that.

May 29, 2021

My Mother Never Told Me She Loved Me

May 29, 2021

Orrin Onken

The Sweet Pleasures of Reopening Our Spiritual Communities

I don’t do spirituality well on my own.

Jul 6, 2021

The Sweet Pleasures of Reopening Our Spiritual Communities

Jul 6, 2021

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How I Lost My Law License and Got it Back Again

Even a disbarred lawyer can sometimes find redemption and happiness.

Aug 7, 2021

How I Lost My Law License and Got it Back Again

Aug 7, 2021

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Orrin Onken

I May Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Making Money

I perseverate on ways to make money. Money that I don’t need.

Aug 14, 2021

I May Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Making Money

Aug 14, 2021

Orrin Onken

Orrin Onken

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I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.

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