Living Recovery
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345367855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Meetings in a book I had this book for a long time in recovery. It was one of my most favorits books and I gave it to a sponsoree. This little book ehlped me so much in sobriety, especially the section on fear. Fear consumed me and sometimes to this very day, I live in fear. I found this book to be as valuable as my Living Sober book. This book is t. A wonderful tool I use Every Day! A Spiritual Seeker This is a wonderful little toolbox full of great ideas of how to improve your life on a daily basis and begin to live a life that is happy, joyous and free.Highly recommend.. Like a meeting in print. J. E. Strohl Each chapter leaves me feeling like like I have been to a meeting. I bought additional copies for my friends in recovery.
Living Recovery provides an in-depth look at twenty-two tools for recovery, and offers pragmatic guidance in penetrating, yet easy-to-read reflections on:-- Accepting Criticism-- Forgiveness-- Freedom from Fear-- Gratitude-- Great Expectations-- Honesty-- Hope-- Humility-- Inadequacy-- Just for Today-- Letting Go-- Living the Principles-- Loneliness-- Loving Relationships-- Miracles in Recovery-- Patience-- Prayer and Meditation-- Reaching Out to Others-- Serenity-- Surrender-- Understanding Rejection-- When Doors CloseSo whether you're recovering from addiction or you live or work with someone who is, the principles of Twelve Step living outlined in this book can guarantee a richer, healthier life.One hundred percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the Random House edition of Hockney's Alphabet will go to the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust for AIDS research and services to people with AIDS.Sir Stephen Spender invited a number of distinguished writers in Britain and America to contribute
From the Inside Flap These words, familiar to recovering people everywhere, describe the challenging realities we must face when we begin recovering from an addiction. Each was assigned to his or her letter by Stephen Spender, who himself contributed the Preface and a poem for the letter A.Those who love words will delight in the texts, which include, among others:-- Joyce Carol Oates on B, for birth, the "most profound" of all the Bs.-- Iris Murdoch on C, a "warm, comforting, friendly" letter.-- Paul Theroux on D, for death: "An endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art."-- Gore Vidal on E: "So very like a comb."-- Norman Mailer on F: "What a compliment you are paying me with that letter."-- Martin Amis on H, for homosexual: "It asks for courage. Living Recov
She has an MFA from the University of Wyoming. . She writes with her brother often; this is their first published project together. Jennifer Schneider lives and works in New York City