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Twelve Secular Steps

Author : Bill W
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0999643509

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12 Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide is a Step working guidebook for agnostics, atheists, and others who believe addicts should be active in and accountable for their recovery. Unlike traditional Twelve Step literature, this secular adaptation of 12 Step approach neither promotes nor rejects religion and spirituality; it de-emphasizes the active role of God or a Higher Power in favor of a secular, cognitive-behavioral framework. The adapted methodologies are grounded in a biology-based foundation and philosophy.

Modern 12 Step Recovery

Author : Glenn Rader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798574281987

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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.

Staying Sober Without God

Author : Jeffrey Munn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733588000

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Staying Sober Without God is a guide for non-believers who want to get sober without an act of faith. Traditional 12-step programs push for a belief in God or a higher power. The practical 12 steps outlined in this book provide a path to lasting recovery that requires no belief in the supernatural.

The Alternative 12 Steps

Author : Martha Cleveland,Arlys G
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Alcoholics
ISBN : 0991717465

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In 1991, two women were successfully working the 12-Step program... and they were atheists. They knew the program worked, and translated the Steps into secular terms. This ground-breaking book - as valuable today as it was when it was first written - is their sharing of this secular translation. In The Alternative 12 Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery, Martha Cleveland and Arlys G. show how the 12-Step program can be interpreted and worked by those who simply do not believe in an interventionist deity. At the same time the authors conscientiously maintain the intention and integrity of the program - its values, scope and depth. A chapter is devoted to each Step. The language is clear, engaging and personal. The Foreword to this Second Edition of the book begins with a striking quote from Chapter Three which captures the essence of both the book and the 12 Steps: "We can learn the universal, generic pattern of life's dance from the 12 Steps. But in our individual dance of life, we choose our own music and dance our own dance." This is a unique, inspiring and helpful book for anyone - regardless of belief or lack of belief - who would like to work the 12 Step program.

A Secular Sobriety

Author : Dale K.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1986089622

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A Secular Sobriety will help alcoholics and addicts to understand the fellowship and program of Alcoholics Anonymous "without having to accept anyone else's beliefs or having to deny their own." It includes a secular and non-sexist version of the first 164 pages of the Big Book bringing a 78 year old text into the 21st century. A Secular Sobriety brings truth to AA's claim to be "spiritual, but not religious." The author offers insightful commentary regarding AA's fellowship, program, organization and its primary text. Succeeding over the misery of addiction is within the reach of any person regardless of personal beliefs. There is no reason for religious conversion to be a part of any 12 Step program.

The 12 Step Philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous

Author : Steve K
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 132606102X

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"A comprehensive two part essay offering an interpretation of the 12 Step Philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous"--Page 4 of cover.

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307595638

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One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place. Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion. Here, in this straightforward, thoughtful, and thought-provoking book, she sets out a program that can lead us toward a more compassionate life. The twelve steps Armstrong suggests begin with “Learn About Compassion” and close with “Love Your Enemies.” In between, she takes up “compassion for yourself,” mindfulness, suffering, sympathetic joy, the limits of our knowledge of others, and “concern for everybody.” She suggests concrete ways of enhancing our compassion and putting it into action in our everyday lives, and provides, as well, a reading list to encourage us to “hear one another’s narratives.” Throughout, Armstrong makes clear that a compassionate life is not a matter of only heart or mind but a deliberate and often life-altering commingling of the two.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Author : Bill W.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698176935

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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.

The Sober Truth

Author : Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780807033166

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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.

Not God

Author : Ernest Kurtz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781592859023

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A fascinating, account of the discovery and program of Alcoholics Anonymous, Not God contains anecdotes and excerpts from the diaries, correspondence, and occasional memoirs of AA's early figures. The most complete history of A.A. ever written. Not God contains anecdotes and excerpts from the diaries, correspondence, and occasional memoirs of A.A.'s early figures. A fascinating, fast-moving, and authoritative account of the discovery and development of the program and fellowship that we know today as Alcoholics Anonymous.

The 12 Steps, a Way Out

Author : Friends in Recovery
Publisher : RPI Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0941405079

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Harry’S Way

Author : Mark Lages
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524616267

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Meet Lester Madison, a troubled alcoholic who meets up with a man who simply goes by the name of Harry, an AA sponsor who does not believe in God. Harry takes Lester under his wing and shows him how to work the AA program without having to depend on God or religion, rewriting many of the twelve steps along the way. As Harry tells Lester, its not hubris or obstinacy that motivates me. Its a life or death matter of survival. I change the steps to change my life. Harrys Way is a life changing story, and essential for anyone working the AA program who is having difficulty with the programs reliance on a belief in God.

Al-Anons Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

Author : Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0910034435

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Drop the Rock

Author : Bill P.,Todd W.,Sara S.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781592857906

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A practical guide to letting go of the character defects that get in the way of true and joyful recovery. Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery- or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section.

Refuge Recovery

Author : Noah Levine
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062123091

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Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program. While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model's focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don't connect with its religious tenets. Refuge Recovery is a systematic method based on Buddhist principles, which integrates scientific, non-theistic, and psychological insight. Viewing addiction as cravings in the mind and body, Levine shows how a path of meditative awareness can alleviate those desires and ease suffering. Refuge Recovery includes daily meditation practices, written investigations that explore the causes and conditions of our addictions, and advice and inspiration for finding or creating a community to help you heal and awaken. Practical yet compassionate, Levine's successful Refuge Recovery system is designed for anyone interested in a non-theistic approach to recovery and requires no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism or meditation.