MISSING OUT OR FEELING CHEATED – COMMUNICATION
Many men will try to bring their family to their renewed faith but many will see it as a strictly private involvement preferring to practise without comment from other persons.
As the act of praying is essentially personal, one of the special comforts of faith is that prayers can be said privately at any time without necessarily visiting a place of worship. Communication and meditation is secret.
‘I always pray on the bus going to and from work,’ says a survivor, ‘and when walking the dog. It is the only time when I can feel totally alone. For me a really good few minutes of praying has a far better calming and comforting effect than two glasses of vodka ever did.’
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