Download or read The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs PDF, written by Janet Peery and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Library of Virginia's Emyl Jenkins Sexton Literary Award for Fiction! "A brilliantly moving and unforgettable novel." - Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life Janet Peery’s first novel, The River Beyond the World, was a National Book Award finalist in 1996. Acclaimed for her gorgeous writing and clear-eyed gaze into the hearts of people, Peery now returns with her second novel, The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs. On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, retired judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest sibling—with a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanors—passes out in his devil’s food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of Billy’s sobriety. Billy’s wayward adventures have too long consumed their lives, in particular Hattie’s, who has enabled his transgressions while trying to save him from Abel’s disappointment. As the older children—Doro, Jesse, ClairBell, and Gideon—contend with their own troubles, they compete for the approval of the elderly parents they adore, but can’t quite forgive. With knowing humor and sure-handed storytelling, Janet Peery reveals a family at its best and worst, with old wounds and new, its fractures and feuds, and yet its unbreakable bonds.

Download or read The NA Step Working Guides PDF, written by Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous and published by NA World Services Inc. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read SCA A Program of Recovery 3rd Edition Revised and Expanded PDF, written by International Service Organization of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Inc. and published by International Service Organization of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Inc... This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains more than four decades of experience, strength, and hope in recovery from sexual compulsion. It has been written, edited, and published entirely by members of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA). This 3rd edition is an expanded and updated version of SCA’s previous recovery book. It includes commentaries on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as adapted from the original principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, as written by members of SCA. They provide context for working the Twelve Steps and practical wisdom in the observance of the Twelve Traditions. This version also contains new commentaries on The Characteristics Most of Us Seem to Have in Common, an early work that SCA members developed in the 1980s. The book begins with a Foreword written by Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D., who is a Clinical Sexologist and Founder of the Center for Healthy Sex. She is the author of numerous books on sex addiction and intimacy issues. This edition addresses the individual in recovery and then discusses how SCA members recover together in groups and the fellowship at large. There are also chapters on sexual anorexia and pornography, apps, and internet addiction that SCA developed to address the fellowship’s changing needs. After extensive revisions, many separately released SCA publications, including Moving Through Withdrawal, Avoiding Common Pitfalls, Secret Shame, etc., have chapters in this edition. Other chapters from the SCA: A Program of Recovery, 2nd edition, were revised and updated before inclusion in this edition. These sections address designing a sexual recovery plan, sponsorship, the telephone as a recovery tool, compulsive masturbation, abstinence, and ways to avoid a “slip.” The chapters on individual recovery conclude with SCA’s version of The Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous: The Gifts of Recovery. The group recovery section has updated chapters on starting an SCA meeting, what happens at SCA meetings, and doing service in SCA. Origins of SCA, which are stories written by some of SCA’s founders, appear unchanged from the previous edition. This book also contains twenty-eight (28) stories of individual recovery, written by various SCA members. Keywords: 12-Step Recovery, Sex Addiction, Sexual Compulsion, Compulsive Masturbation, Spirituality, Anonymous Sex, Romantic Obsession, Sexual Sobriety, Pornography, Apps, Webcams, Recovery from Shame, Withdrawal, Sponsorship, Abstinence, Anorexia, Low Self-esteem

Download or read Responding 12 Step Recovery PDF, written by Jerry J. Liversage and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Sexual Compulsives Anonymous SCA PDF, written by International Service Organization of Sexual Compulsives, Inc. and published by International Service Organization of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains commentaries on the Twelve Step and Twelve Traditions as adapted from the original principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, as written by members of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA). They provide experience, strength, and hope in working the Twelve Steps and practical wisdom in the observance of the Twelve Traditions. The primary focus of recovery in SCA is establishing the boundaries between healthy sex and intimacy and the compulsive behaviors that ultimately caused many of the same problems for SCA members as alcohol did for AA members. Nevertheless, the principles developed by AA in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, diligently applied, provide a spiritual foundation for recovery in SCA. Keywords: 12-Step Recovery, Sex Addiction, Sexual Compulsion, Compulsive Masturbation, Spirituality, Anonymous Sex, Romantic Obsession

Download or read Overcoming Any Addiction Finding the Inner You PDF, written by Cara Gilmore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When growing up and living in an addictive lifestyle one can easily fall into bad habits. This book allows one to follow the 12 steps and some few extra steps to try and change bad habits into healthier ones.One searching for help and trying to change their life generally may need some tips from an outside source. In this book my readers can practice some exercises through their process and journey. People in recovery don't want to be told what to do so that is why in this book, I offer many different suggestions to one problem so my readers have options. I am hoping this book can help at least one person that is looking to change their lives.

Download or read The Steps We Took PDF, written by Joe McQ and published by august house. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The director of an addiction treatment center for more than four decades, Joe McQ has become an internationally respected teacher and lecturer on the Twelve Step method introduced by Alcoholics Anonymous and since adopted by dozens of recovery groups. In The Steps We Took, Joe offers countless analogies, insights, explanations and elucidations of these principles, drawing from his own recovery experience and those of the hundreds he has helped. The title, taken from the words spoken at ....

Download or read Step 5 of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous PDF, written by Aaron C and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Twelve Steps in Alcoholics Anonymous are a spiritual solution to addiction. By working the Twelve Steps, millions of people have found hope and recovered. This book takes the next step into Step Five: 'Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs', and examines what the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous prescribes. There is also a section on the History of The Twelve Steps & Worksheets to help dig deeper into the triggers underneath the addiction.

Download or read Experience Strength and Hope PDF, written by Gary M. and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After smoking up to four packs a day for forty-nine years, author Gary M. quit November 21, 1998. In Experience, Strength, and Hope, he shares his story of leaving cigarettes behind and improving himself and his health in the process. Gary doesn’t discuss how to quit nicotine, rather he chronicles his journey of getting out of the prison of nicotine addiction and his venture into a new life of enjoying freedom, feeling good, and being happy. A compilation of his shares on a Nicotine Anonymous discussion forum and an email pen pal list, he tells how his faith and God and following the twelve steps worked in his life. Experience, Strength, and Hope offers Gary’s insight from years of painstaking recovery, a recovery he never thought possible after failing at many previous attempts. He credits Nicotine Anonymous for helping him live a life without cigarettes.

Download or read It s Monday Only in Your Mind PDF, written by Michael Cupo and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts memoir and easy-to-follow guide for personal growth, It's Monday Only in Your Mind offers a fresh interpretation of the Twelve Steps used by many programmes. Here is a valuable toolkit for anyone interested in enhancing their spiritual life, repairing their relationships, finding calm, and attaining an inner sense of well-being.

Download or read The Book of Life Recovery PDF, written by Stephen Arterburn and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you struggle with addictions or dependencies, or do you want to help someone who does? From the authors of the popular Life Recovery series that has guided millions of readers back to health and wholeness, now comes the ultimate recovery book—written from a Christian perspective. As authors and counselors, Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop walk readers through the Twelve Steps of recovery. They share real-life personal stories from survivors as well as Biblical stories and verses to support readers in their journey. Whether using the book alone, or as a companion to the popular Life Recovery Bible, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to walk closer with God through recovery, as well as for their counselors, pastors, and loved ones. Republished as Life Recovery Journey.

Download or read Twelve Steps to Spiritual Healing PDF, written by Carl Powell and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve Steps to Spiritual Healing by Carl Powell __________________________________

Download or read Steps 6 and 7 AA Ready Willing and Able PDF, written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steps six and seven prepare clients to be "entirely ready" to become what the author refers to as "God's instrument." Placing emphasis on a higher power in order to move further along the road of recovery, this pamphlet explains that God must remove all of our character flaws and shortcomings to make way for a new, enlightened person. Patience, perseverance and faith are at the heart of steps 6 and 7 and along the journey to recovery. As part of the 11-pamphlet set outlining the 12-step recovery program, this packet focuses solely on steps 6 and 7.Steps six and seven prepare clients to be "entirely ready" to become what the author refers to as "God's instrument." Placing emphasis on a higher power in order to move further along the road of recovery, this pamphlet explains that God must remove all of our character flaws and shortcomings to make way for a new, enlightened person. Patience, perseverance and faith are at the heart of steps 6 and 7 and along the journey to recovery.

Download or read The Zen of Recovery PDF, written by Mel Ash and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical synthesis of AA’s Twelve Steps and Zen’s Eightfold Path. In this compelling blend of East and West, Mel Ash shows how Zen mind and practice connect to the heart of recovery. Courageously drawing from his lifetime of experience as an abused child, alcoholic, Zen student, and dharma teacher, Ash presents a practical synthesis of Alcoholics Anonymous’s Twelve Steps and Zen’s Eightfold Path. You don’t have to be Buddhist to appreciate the healing power of The Zen of Recovery. The book makes Zen available to all seeking to improve the quality of their spiritual and everyday lives. It also includes practical instructions on how to meditate and put the book into action. Its message will help readers live more profoundly “one day at a time.”

Download or read Step Five PDF, written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-revelation is the basis of the Fifth Step, “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” Harness the courage to do the Fifth Step by focusing on the process and its benefits. This pamphlet is for those who want to pull themselves out of their fear, despondency, despair, or procrastination. It’s for those who want greater self-acceptance, healing of the past, and hope for a better future. It shows what has worked for many of us. Only you, with the help of your recovering friends and your Higher Power, can make a Fifth Step that sets you free and strengthens your recovery. This pamphlet outlines the process of first completing Step Four, then choosing a compassionate listener, telling your story, and finally letting go.

Download or read Being Wrong PDF, written by Kathryn Schulz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and Predictably Irrational comes Being Wrong, an illuminating exploration of what it means to be in error, and why homo sapiens tend to tacitly assume (or loudly insist) that they are right about most everything. Kathryn Schulz, editor of Grist magazine, argues that error is the fundamental human condition and should be celebrated as such. Guiding the reader through the history and psychology of error, from Socrates to Alan Greenspan, Being Wrong will change the way you perceive screw-ups, both of the mammoth and daily variety, forever.

Download or read Power Recovery PDF, written by James Wiley and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated companion volume to A.A.'s Big Book that contains the recovery stories of 148 young recovered alcoholics and drug addicts, as well as easy-to-follow exercises for working the Twelve Steps.