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Feeling stuck in recovery is not uncommon. A well-practiced program of recovery will always reveal the next level of healing required for advancement in sobriety. The Twelve Steps practiced progressively can take us further into a recovery that restores us in ways we never knew we needed. Here is a guide for deepening your recovery with the goal of becoming emotionally sober for life. Recovery is a launching pad, not a safe haven. Everything you’ve ever wanted is one step beyond your comfort zone. Let Progressive Recovery be the fuel for your transformation.

Si tienes dificultades para comunicarte y entender eficazmente los sentimientos, las necesidades y las respuestas de los demás... No estás solo. Sólo imagina... crear rápidamente una buena relación y confianza con aquellos de quienes dependes, volviéndote resiliente y optimista ante la adversidad, y teniendo la habilidad de leer rápida y precisamente a las personas.

"You don't have to drink to suffer from alcoholism." Being "dry" or abstinent from alcohol or other mind-altering chemicals is not the same thing as having contented sobriety and emotional well-being. The purpose of this information is to help the person who is in-recovery from alcoholism and addiction but is still miserable and continues to have self-defeating thinking and self-destructive and self-sabotaging behavior.

Tired of codependency? Would you like to master your relationships and be free? A practical solution is at hand! I’m very familiar with this issue, because for a long time, I’ve been struggling to be free in my own life (only to find myself saying “yes”, once again, to people using me as their own supply).

Inspirational, practical, and thought provoking, Treasure Inside's true value is in helping you recognize that great treasure resides inside you. In the process of discovering them, you are engaging the greatest pursuit of all: Embracing your own highest potential. Discover these 23 principles - from the sanctity of silence to the power of faith - and let Treasure Inside be a catalyst for leading a life extraordinary.

Find a way to spirituality that works on YOUR terms! Do you want the benefits of spirituality but don’t want others telling you the “right” or “wrong” way to go about it? Get a practical set of tools backed up by both current scientific research and personal experience. See what roadblocks often get in the way and how to move past them. Includes ideas on how to create a personal spiritual practice that can benefit your life without needing it to look like anyone else’s. Includes a special section on how these ideas can help anyone to recover from alcoholism, addiction, and other...

Un MP3 digital audiolibro que incluye los cinco artículos originales del libro Lo mejor de Bill, narrados en español: Fe, Miedo, Honradez, Humildad y Amor. Los ensayos contenidos en este audiolibro discuten los principios espirituales que han ayudado a millones de personas a recuperarse del alcoholismo y han enriquecido la vida de innumerables personas en todo el mundo.

Are you or someone you know battling addiction? If so, a 12-step program may be the answer you have been looking for. We call the Twelve Steps a program, but it is so much more. The Twelve Steps is a way of life that has helped millions of people across the world conquer their addiction. Isn't it time for a change? Learn how AA can help you.

Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex and harrowing experience you'll ever have. This book offers a message of hope to families and friends, giving practical solutions so they can help anyone struggling with addiction to begin the road to recovery.

The first thing to do before you start your written Fourth Step is to read pages 63-71 in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, affectionately known as the "Big Book" by A.A. members. Also read the chapter on the Fourth Step in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Your fourth step inventory is not an exercise in beating yourself up. Be thoroughly honest and fair with yourself. The checklists included with this guide are merely suggestions. You must decide for yourself how they fit with your own moral code. Do not be limited by this list - -it's okay to add other items you feel are relevant...

In this excellent aid to the daily application of the AA program, the author of the famous The Little Red Book invokes the image of a three-legged stool to provide insight into the first four of the 12 Steps. These 31 reminders offer useful, practical guidance to anyone walking the road to recovery.

Connu sous le nom de « Gros Livre », le texte de base des Alcooliques anonymes a aidé des millions de personnes dans le monde entier à devenir et à rester abstinents depuis la parution de la première édition en 1939. Les premiers chapitres expliquent le programme de rétablissement de l’alcoolisme des AA - les Douze Étapes d’origine - et raconte les histoires personnelles des cofondateurs des AA, Bill W. et le Dr. Bob.

In the quiet, shadowed corners of our lives lurk the pricks of our past—sharp, poignant reminders of who we were, whom we've hurt, and who has wounded us. These pricks, varying in intensity and origin, weave the complexities of our emotional and spiritual selves, marked by moments of pain, moments of awakening, and, often, moments we've yet to confront.

It has been over seventy years since Bill W. wrote the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. How is it that they are still relevant to Alcoholics Anonymous’ ability to carry a message of hope to suffering alcoholics across the globe? This study tracks the successes and failures of an evolving fellowship of alcoholics and their non-alcoholic friends from December 1934 to April 1965. It is a historical catalogue through the lens of each Tradition, which offers additional insights to its particular role in the survival of Alcoholics Anonymous. As the reader progresses from one Tradition to the...

From the pages of AA Grapevine come fascinating audio stories by AA members on the earliest beginnings of AA. Co-founder Dr. Bob writes about when he first met Bill W. Early AA friend Rev. Shoemaker remembers the early days at the Calvary Mission in New York. Also includes stories about the Washingtonians, Bill W.’s drinking days (by his wife Lois), the history of the Twelve Traditions and the Preamble and a story about the first AA meeting in New York by co-founder Bill W. Great for members and AA historians alike.

Addicted to opioids and standing before a federal judge for narcotics possession, 22-year-old Jesse Harless believed his life was over. That rock-bottom moment led Jesse on an odyssey of following his intuition into the unknown, finding recovery, and helping others do the same. In If Not You, Then Who?, Jesse holds nothing back as he shares the raw devastation and miraculous triumph of his own addiction story. He discovers that recovery is far more than just sobriety; it is a lifelong journey of healing, growth, and transformation that requires consistent action.

Humility and powerlessness can be hard for many men to admit, but coronavirus doesn't care how tough anybody is. This recovery resource can help anyone who's angry and anxious find a better way to live in troubled times.

Positively Caroline: How I Beat Bulimia for Good and Found Real Happiness, is one of the first books of its kind to tackle the subject of how eating disorder survivors can and do create lives of joy and health that persist past the early years of recovery. Some media reports have led people to believe that there is an “addictive personality” that careens from addiction to addiction without ever experiencing lasting wellness, but Caroline’s story is a demonstration that many people can, and do, put food into its proper perspective and then go on to handle other life challenges without ...

The focus of this audiobook is on the similarities between the 12 steps and cognitive behavioral therapy. In a clear, step-by-step fashion, the two processes are discussed and evaluated. What are often seen as opposing approaches are, upon close examination, found to have great similarities that bring them much closer and more in line than previously considered.

Nicotine Anonymous: Fifth Edition was our first effort to describe how we recovered from this powerful addiction and how we maintained our abstinence.