Manna House Ministries and House of Hope

09/09/2025

As Bill Sees It

Face the Music, p.251

"Don't be too discouraged about that slip. Practically always, we
drunks learn the hard way.

"Your idea of moving on to somewhere else may be good, or it may
not. Perhaps you have got into an emotional or economic jam that
can't be well handled where you are. But maybe you are doing just
what all of us have done, at one time or another: Maybe you are
running away. Why don't you try to think that through again
carefully?

"Are you really placing recovery first, or are you making it
contingent upon other people, places, or circumstances? You may
find it ever so much better to face the music right where you are
now, and, with the help of the A.A. program, win through. Before
you make a decision, weigh it in these terms."

Letter, 1949

09/02/2025

08/31/2025

Spread the message.
There is Hope!

08/22/2025

08/18/2025

Walk In Dry Places

Handle Today's Problem
Living Today

Many of us face seemingly insurmountable difficulties, perhaps because of our compulsion or simply through misfortune. Whatever the scale of our problems, "One Day at a Time" and "First things First", are keys to handling them.

Today, we can deal only with today's problems. One of today's problems, of course, may be worrying about the future. A good method of handling that problem is to turn our concern about it over to our Higher Power. But when we do have work that clearly should be done today, we must carry through with it. It's neither reasonable nor sensible to put off things that we can and should do today.

There are certain tasks and responsibilities that must be dealt with
today. I will not put them off.

08/06/2025

We are putting together a memorial for those we have lost to addictions and su***de. To have your loved one included, send me a picture with their name. Pictures can be digital or physical. I plan to have this memorial on display at the Manna House 20 yr anniversary celebration.

Burnett Family Farm will be hosting the event for us on August 30, 2025 from 5pm to 8pm, located at 4539 Standing Rock Rd, Deer Lodge, TN 37726.

Send pictures to Kenny Koger via text: 931-239-5825, email: kennykoger@hotmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenny.koger.1
Or leave original pictures at Manna House Ministries

08/06/2025

Mark your calendars! Thank you Burnett Family Farm! We are all looking forward to this evening!

07/17/2025

Walk In Dry Places

We never arrive
Finding Happiness.
We delude ourselves if we believe that our happiness and well-being will come when we reach a certain goal. Whatever happiness and well-being we obtain must come through the process of living in ordinary, everyday situations.
If we observe carefully, we'll find lots of happy people who are in situations or work that we might consider unpleasant. It is not the work or situation that creates happiness and fulfillment. What counts is the ATTITUDE toward it.
Those of us in 12 Step programs should have special insight into the issue of happiness. We tried to find it, here and now, in false ways. But it is available to us, here and now, in ordinary living.
I'll be happy today in knowing that I'm blessed with the ordinary tasks of life.

07/07/2025

Had a great time with the Manna House family Saturday evening. Special thanks Todd Burnett for helping with the fireworks.