Out of the First Person: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery
There are lost weekends-and there are lost decades. Out of the First Person is a memoir of addiction and recovery. It tells the story of my harrowing descent into alcohol addiction. The first drink was from a bottle of gin in the back of a car. The last drink was twenty years later. That drink was taken at a time when I could live neither with or without the craving for alcohol. Out of the First Person is a tumultuous story of betrayal, family crisis, illness and death. But Out of the First Person is a story that ends well. By God's grace, what started out badly concludes in a spiritual transformation. It has been thirty years since that last drink. Out of the First Person offers the insight that recovery from addiction requires a spiritual shift from self-absorption to a selfless way of life. The shift began in my story in the meeting rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, but this shift commences whenever and wherever we acknowledge the guidance of a power greater than ourselves. Out of the First Person will help women struggling to become sober-sobriety is possible in every life. And Out of the First Person will help women struggling to remain sober-maintaining sobriety is the long first step in changing our lives. Healing is possible at any moment when we let the kindly light lead us from the darkness of self-possession into a life radiant with joy.
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Out of the First Person: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery
There are lost weekends-and there are lost decades. Out of the First Person is a memoir of addiction and recovery. It tells the story of my harrowing descent into alcohol addiction. The first drink was from a bottle of gin in the back of a car. The last drink was twenty years later. That drink was taken at a time when I could live neither with or without the craving for alcohol. Out of the First Person is a tumultuous story of betrayal, family crisis, illness and death. But Out of the First Person is a story that ends well. By God's grace, what started out badly concludes in a spiritual transformation. It has been thirty years since that last drink. Out of the First Person offers the insight that recovery from addiction requires a spiritual shift from self-absorption to a selfless way of life. The shift began in my story in the meeting rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, but this shift commences whenever and wherever we acknowledge the guidance of a power greater than ourselves. Out of the First Person will help women struggling to become sober-sobriety is possible in every life. And Out of the First Person will help women struggling to remain sober-maintaining sobriety is the long first step in changing our lives. Healing is possible at any moment when we let the kindly light lead us from the darkness of self-possession into a life radiant with joy.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781663512444 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 06/03/2020 |
| Pages: | 232 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.49(d) |
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