The New 12 Step Program

Author : Bill W.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698176935

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Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill W. Pdf

A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

Author : Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780807033166

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The Sober Truth by Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes Pdf

A powerful exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry—and how a failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America. “A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry and its ideological foundations that we have much to learn from.” —Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts Alcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5–10 percent success rate—hardly better than no treatment at all. Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to treatment programs and rehab facilities based on the 12-step model. In The Sober Truth, acclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance Dodes exposes the deeply flawed science that the 12-step industry has used to support its programs. Dr. Dodes analyzes dozens of studies to reveal a startling pattern of errors, misjudgments, and biases. He also pores over the research to highlight the best peer-reviewed studies available and discovers that they reach a grim consensus on the program’s overall success. But The Sober Truth is more than a book about addiction. It is also a book about science and how and why AA and rehab became so popular, despite the discouraging data. Drawing from thirty-five years of clinical practice and firsthand accounts submitted by addicts, Dr. Dodes explores the entire story of AA’s rise—from its origins in early fundamentalist religious and mystical beliefs to its present-day place of privilege in politics and media. A powerful response to the monopoly of the 12-step program and the myth that they are a universal solution to addiction, The Sober Truth offers new and actionable information for addicts, their families, and medical providers, and lays out better ways to understand addiction for those seeking a more effective and compassionate approach to this treatable problem.

Author : Bill W.
Publisher : Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0916856011

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Trade Edition by Bill W. Pdf

Twelve Steps to recovery.

Author : Stephanie Convington
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781636340753

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A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps by Stephanie Convington Pdf

This guide to the Twelve Steps from Dr. Stephanie S. Covington, a pioneer in the field of women’s issues, addiction, and recovery, preserves the spirit of the Alcoholics Anonymous program with a focus on healing language with women’s needs in mind. Published in 1994, A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps has long been a unique resource that helps women find their own paths in recovery—paths shaped by the way women experience not only addiction and recovery, but also relationships, self, sexuality, spirituality, and everyday life. Now, stories from five new voices expand the perspective of this recovery classic. Over the past thirty years, what it means to identify as a woman in recovery has broadened to include transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-diverse people. This new edition includes updated, inclusive language to be more trauma-sensitive and welcoming to all women. This compilation of diverse voices and wisdom from real people illuminates how women understand the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and offers inspiring stories of how they travel through the Steps and discover what works for them. The book can be used alone or as a companion to AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. By identifying and addressing the special issues that recovery presents for women, this book empowers women to take ownership of their own journeys and to grow and flourish in recovery.

Author : Russell Brand
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250141934

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Recovery by Russell Brand Pdf

A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery “This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from the mud...My qualification is not that I am better than you but I am worse.” —Russell Brand With a rare mix of honesty, humor, and compassion, comedian and movie star Russell Brand mines his own wild story and shares the advice and wisdom he has gained through his fourteen years of recovery. Brand speaks to those suffering along the full spectrum of addiction—from drugs, alcohol, caffeine, and sugar addictions to addictions to work, stress, bad relationships, digital media, and fame. Brand understands that addiction can take many shapes and sizes and how the process of staying clean, sane, and unhooked is a daily activity. He believes that the question is not “Why are you addicted?” but "What pain is your addiction masking? Why are you running—into the wrong job, the wrong life, the wrong person’s arms?" Russell has been in all the twelve-step fellowships going, he’s started his own men’s group, he’s a therapy regular and a practiced yogi—and while he’s worked on this material as part of his comedy and previous bestsellers, he’s never before shared the tools that really took him out of it, that keep him clean and clear. Here he provides not only a recovery plan, but an attempt to make sense of the ailing world.

Author : Joseph Nowinski,Stuart Baker (M.A.),Kathleen M. Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : MINN:31951P009082880

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Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy Manual by Joseph Nowinski,Stuart Baker (M.A.),Kathleen M. Carroll Pdf

Author : Patrick Carnes
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781592858439

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A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps by Patrick Carnes Pdf

A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps Updated and Expanded

Author : Robert L. DuPont,John P. McGovern
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0880486694

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A Bridge to Recovery by Robert L. DuPont,John P. McGovern Pdf

Twelve-step programs are revolutionizing and reshaping our thinking about -- and treatment of -- addiction. Because these programs are based in the community instead of in an institutional or academic setting, they often employ techniques and language that can be confusing and alien to health care professionals. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand style, this book explores these programs and provides a guide on how to integrate them into ongoing human services. Written by internationally renowned experts, A Bridge to Recovery: An Introduction to 12-Step Programs includes up-to-date information to bridge the gap between mutual aid programs, human services, and the professional community. This practical book is designed to assist with the implementation of these programs into routine practice while providing a useful reference for academic and educational professionals.

Author : Valerie Mason-John
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407430

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Eight Step Recovery (new edition) by Valerie Mason-John Pdf

This new edition includes a Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, how to run an Eight Step Recovery meeting, and how to teach a Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery programme, including teacher's notes and handouts.All of us can struggle with the tendency towards addiction, but for some it can destroy their lives. In our recovery from addiction, the Buddha's teachings offer an understanding of how the mind works, tools for helping a mind vulnerable to addiction and ways to overcome addictive behaviour, cultivating a calm mind without resentments.

Author : Melody Beattie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992-04-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780671762278

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Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps by Melody Beattie Pdf

Explains how recovery programs work and how to apply the "Twelve Steps" of Alcoholics Anonymous. Offers specific exercises and activities for use by individuals and in group settings.

Author : M V Peterson,Pat Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Behavior modification
ISBN : 1885373589

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12 Step Workbook by M V Peterson,Pat Peterson Pdf

The basic principles of many of the popular twelve step programs are combined in this book into one easy text, covering problems with: Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Anger, Food, Relapse, People, Places, & Things. This book will benefit anyone suffering from these destructive behaviors by using a series of open-ended questions to work the twelve steps of recovery programs.

Author : Jack Trimpey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780671528584

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Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey Pdf

Offers a self-recovery program for substance abuse based on the Addictive Voice Recognition Technique.

Author : Scott Weeman
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594717260

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The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments by Scott Weeman Pdf

Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Sacraments. (Second Place). In the first book to directly integrate the Twelve Steps with the practice of Catholicism, Scott Weeman, founder and director of Catholic in Recovery, pairs his personal story with compassionate straight talk to show Catholics how to bridge the commonly felt gap between the Higher Power of twelve-step programs and the merciful God that he rediscovered in the heart of the sacraments. Weeman entered sobriety from alcohol and drugs on October 10, 2011, and he's made it his full-time ministry to help others who struggle with various types of addiction to find spiritual wholeness through Catholic in Recovery, an organization he founded and directs. In The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments, Weeman candidly tackles the struggle he and other addicts have with getting to know intimately the unnamed Higher Power of recovery. He shares stories of his compulsion to find a personal relationship with God and how his tentative steps back to the Catholic Church opened new doors of healing and brought him surprising joy as he came to know Christ in the sacraments. Catholics in recovery and those moving toward it, as well as the people who love them will recognize Weeman's story and his spiritual struggle to personally encounter God. He tells us how: Baptism helps you admit powerlessness over an unmanageable problem, face your desperate need for God, and choose to believe in and submit to God’s mercy. Reconciliation affirms and strengthens the hard work of examining your life, admitting wrongs, and making amends. The Eucharist provides ongoing sustenance and draws you to the healing power of Christ. The graces of Confirmation strengthen each person to keep moving forward and to share the good news of recovery and new life in Christ. Weeman's words are boldly challenging and brimming with compassion and through them you will discover inspiration, hope, sage advice, and refreshingly practical help.

Author : Iam Pastal
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781504329675

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12-Step Workbook for Recovering Alcoholics, Including Powerful 4Th-Step Worksheets by Iam Pastal Pdf

Seventeen years ago, Iam was on the verge of either dying or being locked up for a very long time. Instead, he became a very active member of AA and has stayed in the middle of AA ever since and has been sponsoring new members for over sixteen years. He loves AA so much that other members laugh when they hear him sing his favorite jingle: I am stuck on AA, cause AAs stuck on me! Today, Iam lives in southwest Florida with his wonderful Al Anon wife and their happy seven-year-old daughter and delightful eight-month-old baby boy, Iam Junior.

Author : Glenn Rader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798574281987

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Modern 12 Step Recovery by Glenn Rader Pdf

Modern 12 Step Recovery is a user-friendly, secular guide to the 12 Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). This book includes updated Steps, information from science and psychology, and a working guide to the 12 Step program that makes the program welcoming to people of all ages and beliefs. This "modernization" was achieved without making any fundamental changes to the AA program. Modern 12 Step Recovery is 100% compatible with pursuing a program of recovery within the traditional AA mutual support network. This includes AA meetings, sponsor relationships, and other activities. The information in this book is also relevant to people in recovery from co-dependency (Al-Anon) and other 12 Step-based programs.