Recovery - the Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice

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In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions-alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping-as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness.

Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the ...

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In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions-alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping-as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness.

Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the Twelve Steps as adapted by Overeaters Anonymous and shares anecdotes from many people working the Steps in a variety of settings. Drawing on the insights and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, he offers supplementary practices from different religious traditions to help you move more deeply into the universal spirituality of the Twelve Step system.

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Shapiro's book is far from the first, and will not be the last, to use the 12 steps of recovery as guides into spiritual practice. This one, however, works across faiths to fuse stories of recovery, personal experience, and examples from world religious traditions. Shapiro suggests that the 12 steps can lead to a deepened and more authentic spirituality. He movingly concludes with a reconsideration of the Book of Job, the lesson of which, he suggests is that "We don't submit, we surrender. We don't recant, we become calm. We don't despise, we wonder." Shapiro's book is a fine example of the subtle good works the 12 -step programs can do even after the worst effects of addiction are no longer apparent. VERDICT For the many in recovery, Christian and non-Christian alike.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781594732591
  • Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing
  • Publication date: 6/15/2009
  • Pages: 200
  • Sales rank: 121,843
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword v

Introduction: Addiction, Spirituality, and the Process of Uncovery ix

A Note on Anonymity xxv

Chapter One The Gift of Powerlessness 1

Chapter Two The Hope of Restoration 25

Chapter Three Deciding to Be Free 39

Chapter Four Searching the Ego 55

Chapter Five Confessing Our Wrongs 73

Chapter Six Defect Removal 91

Chapter Seven Asking for Freedom 99

Chapter Eight Naming the Harmed 111

Chapter Nine Making Amends 125

Chapter Ten Attending to the Moment 139

Chapter Eleven Conscious Contact with God 149

Chapter Twelve Carrying the Message 167

Chapter Thirteen First Step, Last Step 183

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 189

Notes 190

Suggestions for Further Reading 194

Index of Practices 200

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 29, 2011

    Fantastic!

    As an addict in and out of the rooms for years and in grateful recovery for four years, I recommend this book to any 12-stepper. Insightful, thought-provoking and powerful. I found Shapiro's analysis of each step to be some of the most hard-hitting, yet grace filled, writing in my experience. No doubt in my mind that I will turn to this book over and over and will learn and experience something new each time.

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