| Description |
x, 207 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Why I prepared this guidebook -- A look at willpower -- Am I different? -- Are alcoholics perfectionists? -- Are we passing it on? -- Are we victims? -- Be careful what you pray for -- Being responsible -- Changing things we can -- Coming to grips with fear -- Contending with self-will -- Controlling the imagination -- Coping with depression -- Coping with social pressure -- Dealing with disagreeable people -- Dealing with rejection -- Dealing with the past -- Do material things matter? -- Do we deserve success? -- Does AA meet wants or needs? -- Does alcoholism have a physical origin? -- Does "Easy does it" do it? -- Does harm reduction work? -- Emotional sobriety -- Erasing the old tapes -- Fearing change -- Finding a higher power -- Finding god's will for us -- Finding true independence -- First things first : getting things in order -- Getting beyond people pleasing -- Giving away to keep -- Growth through prayer and action -- |
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Happy coincidences -- How do you think of God? -- How to deal with impatience -- How to keep the good tapes -- How to find happy sobriety -- How should we carry the message? -- Hungry, angry, lonely, tired -- It's your vision that matters -- Justified resentments -- Keep it simple -- Let it begin with me -- Letting go of guilt -- Letting go of problems -- Life after Cloud Nine -- Live and let live -- Mental depression after sobriety -- Needing the program versus wanting it -- Old resentments flaring up -- Principles before personalities -- Resent someone -- Responsibilities in sobriety -- Should we have the four absolutes? -- Surrender to win -- Taking the tenth step -- The ABCs of AA -- The fear of rejection -- The importance of continuing -- The need for self-honesty -- Tricky comparisons -- Trouble in finding a higher power -- Truth and honesty -- Walk in dry places -- Wanting instant gratification -- We cannot live with anger -- We die to live -- What about my old friends? -- What blocks acceptance? -- What is a principle? -- What is being spiritually fit? -- What is insanity? -- What is living one day at a time? -- |
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What is open-mindedness? -- What is prayer and meditation? -- What is sincerity? -- What is willingness? -- What's needed for staying sober -- When and why we are in the wrong -- When have we made a decision? -- When have we taken the fifth step? -- When I feel better, I'll do it! -- When pride gets in my way -- When the worst things become the best -- Who is an alcoholic? -- Whom can we fix? -- Why and how we should practice forgiveness -- Why attitude matters -- Why did we drink? -- Why do I keep coming back? -- Why have a primary purpose? -- Why help is needed -- Why is one drink so bad? -- Why keep coming back? -- Why resentment leads the pack -- Why should we make amends? -- Why suffer to get well? -- Why work the tenth step? -- Willingness is the key -- Winning the boredom battle. |
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Group facilitation.
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Twelve-step programs.
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Discussion.
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Meetings.
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| Added Title |
One hundred one meeting starters |
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One hundred and one meeting starters |
| ISBN |
1592853692 paperback |
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9781592853694 paperback |
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