Download or read book Resolving Spiritual Skepticism in Recovery written by Andrew Pierce and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you one of many who are skeptical about the spiritual aspects of recovery? If so, then you are in good company. For many, the leap of faith required to fully participate in 12-Step programs exceeds their athletic ability, and for valid reasons. In his debut book, Andrew Pierce, MCAP, unpacks his clinical model, the Unified Theory of Recovery. He offers a unique solution that will help you replace the judgmentalism inherent to many religions with hard science, fusing quantum field theory with ancient Eastern philosophy. In doing so, he turns what was a difficult leap of faith into something more closely resembling a foregone conclusion.This cutting-edge work resolves three of the most challenging barriers to recovery: spiritual contempt, fear of authenticity, and lack of belief in our ability to change. Resolving Spiritual Skepticism in Recovery will enhance your recovery and change your life.
Download or read book The Soul of Recovery written by Christopher D. Ringwald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, author and journalist Christopher D. Ringwald tells how and why they seek and achieve these transformations. Ranging as far back as the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society in 1840, Ringwald illuminates the use of spirituality within a wide range of treatment options--from the famous Twelve Step-style programs to those tailored to the needs of addicted women, Native Americans, or homeless teens not ready to quit. Focusing on the results rather than the validity of beliefs espoused by these programs, he demonstrates how addicts recover through practices such as self-examination, meditation, prayer and reliance on a self-defined higher power. But the most compelling evidence of spirituality's importance comes from those directly involved in the process. Ringwald traveled across the country to visit dozens of programs and interview hundreds of addicts, alcoholics, counselors, family members, doctors and scientists. Many share moving stories of suffering, survival, and redemption. A homeless man, a surgeon, a college student, a working mother-each describes the descent into addiction and how spirituality offered a practical, personal means to recovery. Ringwald also examines the controversies surrounding faith-based treatment and the recovery movement, from the conflict between science and spirituality, to skepticism about the "new age" brand of spirituality these programs encourage, to constitutional issues over court-mandated participation in allegedly religious treatment programs. Combining in-depth research with powerful personal accounts, this fascinating exploration of spirituality will provide a fuller understanding of the nature of addiction and how people overcome it.
Download or read book Recovering Spirituality written by Ingrid Clayton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guides those in recovery in developing the awareness and skills to deal with life's issues by practicing authentic spirituality and emotional sobriety. Spirituality is a critical aspect of the Twelve Steps and other recovery programs. Yet, for those of us disposed to addiction, it can be easy to get so caught up in the idea of our Higher Power and the abundant joys of a spiritual life that we experience "spiritual bypass"--the use of spirituality to avoid dealing with ourselves, our emotions, and our unfinished business.In Recovering Spirituality, researcher and clinical psychologist Ingrid Mathieu uses personal stories and practical advice to teach us how to grow up emotionally and take responsibility for ourselves. Without turning away from the true benefits of an active spiritual program, she shows us how to work through life's challenges and periods of pain while evolving and maintaining an authentic relationship with our Higher Power.
Download or read book Spirituality and Recovery written by Leo Booth and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spirituality and Recovery written by Leo Booth and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twelve Steps to Spiritual Healing written by Carl Powell and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has and can be used to address any or all addictions known to our society. All addictions take control of every aspect of an individual's life, physically, mentally, socially, financially, and spiritually-spiritually being the vital part of life that is missed, overlooked, or taken lightly when individuals seek recovery from an addiction. This is why they do not succeed. All illnesses require some form of healing in order to recover. There must be a spiritual healing when it comes to addiction. When a person recovers spiritually, all other areas of life can be controlled and/or accepted.
Download or read book Spirituality and Chemical Dependency written by Robert J. Kus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality and Chemical Dependency shares current thinking on how spirituality is used in recovery from alcoholism and other forms of chemical dependency. The 12-Step programs have been the most successful form of treatment thus far; you will find the insight in this book to be revealing as to why. Each of the contributors has devoted a significant part of his or her life to help those suffering from chemical addiction. In each chapter, the author gives ideas on specific aspects of spirituality in the 12-Step context and answers the ever-important question “So what?!” to provide guidelines for healthy spirituality in the addicted person.
Download or read book Twelve Steps of Spiritual Recovery written by George B and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for those wishing to start progressing in their spiritual life. Following the Twelve Step pattern of recovering from addictions, the steps begin for those who have had no active spiritual life in the past.
Download or read book Eternal Sobriety written by Neal R. Pearson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Eternal Sobriety" A Spiritual Guide for Recovery, author Neal P. shows the parallelism between the successful workings of the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery program and God's Word. This inspirational work goes further to suggest that the spiritual journey is not complete for the recovering alcoholic until he achieve eternal sobriety. The path to this final achievement becomes evident through insightful exploration of God's whole truth. Learn about belief systems, principles, free will, choices, habits, emotions, self-control, the helper, how to get on the beam, prayer and meditation, and much more. If you are in a 12-Step program, find out how you can take the turning step that puts you on the fail-safe path for heaven. Your life will never be the same. If you are a pastor or minister and are trying to help someone in a 12-Step program understand how they need to embrace Christ as the "god of their understanding" this book can help
Download or read book Practice These Principles written by Ray A and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us in long-term recovery know the Steps so well that we could easily rattle them off from memory, wrapping up our recitation with the familiar and practice these principles in all our affairs. But what are these principles? Exactly what principles are the Steps calling us to practice? Which principles do we practice when working a particular Step? Faced with any number of situations in our daily affairs, how readily do we discern the principles involved, and how well then do we live them out? In AA practicing these principles is the fulfillment of the 12 Steps. It is the programs prescription for the good life, a life of spiritual growth and emotional sobriety that we share with our fellows, helping to bring healing to the alcoholic and to others who suffer in our midst. Yet, though crucial to recovery, many of us are not really sure what these principles are, and their connection to the Steps remains a gray area, in AA and probably in other fellowships as well. This uncertainty spills over into another and related gray area: the relationship between the spiritual, the moral, and the emotional in recovery, and how these are tied to character growth. Because these links too are unclear, emotional sobriety remains a distant and elusive goal for many of us long after we have stopped drinking. We may be sober (or clean, or otherwise abstinent), but our lives are at best manageable and tolerablesometimes not even that. Practice These Principles brings clarity to the relationship between Steps and principles, offering a comprehensive understanding of what these principles are and how we can practice them in our daily affairs. Its purpose is to help us work the Steps in all their fullness so that we can grow in character, achieve spiritual and emotional healing, and see the Promises fulfilled at last in a life that is happy, joyous, and free. - From the back cover
Download or read book Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery written by James Cone and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "Twelve Step Spiritual Recovery; How to Reclaim Your Original Self/Soul" is now available in two volumes featuring larger print and an easier to carry size. This version is Volume Two and guides the reader through a detailed fourth step inventory process, then explains how to release this negative baggage from our past in the fifth, sixth and seventh steps. Next the book outlines the tips and tricks we've learned over decades of recovery to execute highly effective ninth step amends, resulting in genuine healing for both parties involved. And lastly, this book details how to practice the maintenance steps of ten, eleven and twelve, with a key emphasis on service work and sharing your personal experience, strength and hope with the next suffering soul desiring a better way. Please come join with us as we seek in these greatly troubled times to carry the inspiring message of "Recovery for All" to the rest of the world. For more information visit us at, twelvestepspiritualrecovery.com Namaste.
Download or read book Daily Affirmations for Spiritual Transformation for 12 Step Addiction Recovery written by Janice Mann and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a Daily Affirmations for Spiritual Transformation 12 Step Addiction Recovery Book for folks struggling in any and all 12 Step Recovery Programs. We need guidance and support to overcome our addictions. We must have a spiritual change inside of us. This book helps us heal ourselves one day at a a time!
Download or read book Daily Affirmations for Spiritual Transformation for Those in 12 Step Addiction Recovery written by Janice Mann and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Affirmations for Spiritual Transformation for those in 12 Step Recovery is a powerful reminder that we must have a spiritual transformation to make lasting changes which ultimately result in serenity and peace of mind. It inspires the recovering addict and or alcoholic to stay clean, look within and work a spiritual program of transformation.This book is an inspiring effort to help us all remember we are One, we are loved and that we are all spiritual beings having a human experience. Janice Mann offers hope to the hopeless, rest to the weary, encouragement to the downtrodden, comfort to the burdened and love to all.
Download or read book I written by David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience spiritual enlightenment and personal transformation from world-renowned author, psychiatrist, clinician, spiritual teacher, and researcher of consciousness, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. This book combines consciousness studies with transpersonal psychology, providing an accessible gateway into the deeper dimensions of self and reality. It concludes the presentation of a long-predicted major advance in critical human knowledge. It explains and describes the very substrate and essence of consciousness as it evolved from its primordial appearance as life on earth on up through evolution as the human ego, and hence, to the ego’s transcendence as the spiritual Reality of Enlightenment and the Presence of Divinity. It completes the description of the evolution of human consciousness from the level of approximately 800 to its peak experience at 1,000, which historically has been the ultimate possibility in the human domain. This is the realm of the mystic whose truth stems solely from the radical subjectivity of divine revelation. The text of the material is taken from lectures, dissertations, and dialogues with students, visitors, and spiritual aspirants from around the world who have different spiritual and religious backgrounds and varying levels of consciousness. On the referenced Scale of the Levels of consciousness, which calibrates the levels of Truth from 1 to 1,000, Power versus Force calibrates at 850, The Eye of the I at 980, and the final volume of the trilogy, I, calibrates at a conclusive 999.8. The uncommon clarity and lucidity with which the highly evolved subject matter is presented facilitates understanding. As with the reading of Power versus Force or The Eye of the I, the reader’s level of consciousness increases measurably as a consequence of exposure to this material itself, which is presented from a powerful field of exposition. Conflict is resolved within the mind of the student by means of recontextualization, which solves the dilemma. Argument and adversity are resolvable by identifying the positionalities of the ego which are the basis of human suffering. Some Chapters Include: The Process Spiritual Purification The ‘Ego’ and Society Spiritual Reality Realization The Realization of Divinity The Radical Reality of the Self The Mystic The Levels of Enlightenment The Nature of God The Obstacles Transcending the World The Emotions “Mind” Considerations Karma The Final Doorway The Transcendence The Inner Path “No Mind” The Way of the Heart The Recontextualization Spiritual Research Homo Spiritus This masterpiece is a revolutionary tool for personal transformation, blending quantum physics with spirituality, and a perfect read for anyone seeking enlightenment and a deeper understanding of the universe.
Download or read book A Skeptic s Guide to Faith written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the apparent contradictions in the world and explains how the invisible, natural, and supernatural worlds might interact and affect people's daily lives.
Download or read book Inner Bonding written by Margaret Paul and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inner bonding is the process of connecting our adult thoughts with our instinctual, gut feelings—the feelings of the "inner child"—so that we can minimize painful conflict within ourselves. Free of inner conflict, we feel peaceful, open to joy, and open to giving and receiving love. Margaret Paul, coauthor of Healing Your Aloneness, explores how abandonment of the inner child leads to increasingly negative and destructive feelings of low self-worth, codepenclence, addiction, shame, powerlessness, and withdrawal from relationships. Her breakthrough inner bonding process teaches us to heal past wounds through reparenting and clearly demonstrates how we can learn to parent in the present. Real-life examples illustrate the dynamics of the healing process and show the benefits we can expect in every facet of our lives and in all our relationships. Inner Bonding provides the tools we need to forge and maintain the inner unity that makes our family, sexual, work, and social relationships productive, honest, and joyful.
Download or read book Connecting to Our Ancestral Past written by Francesca Mason Boring and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one's history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve problems of the present. Constellations facilitator and author Francesca Mason Boring presents this therapeutic method in the context of cultures like the Shoshone, of which she is a member, that have seen the world through a prism of interrelationships for millennia. In Constellations work there is an organic quality that requires a discipline of non-judgment, one that is embraced in traditional native circles, where the whole truth of a person's life, roots, and trans-generational trauma or challenge is understood and included. Mason Boring provides a transformational walk through the universal indigenous field— that place of healing and knowledge used by Native healers and teachers for centuries—by describing stories and rituals designed to help people with their particular struggles. These rituals, such as "Facing the Good Men"—designed to help women who have suffered abuse in relationships with men—reject Western notions of over-the-counter medication. Instead, they stress a comfortable environment whereby the "client," with the help of a facilitator, interacts with people chosen to represent concepts, things, and other people. In Western culture the word "medicine" is thought of as a concrete object, but Mason Boring explains that indigenous cultures favor a process of healing as opposed to an itemized substance. She re-opens doors that have been closed due to the exclusion of indigenous technology in the development of many Western healing traditions and introduces new concepts to the lexicon of Western psychology. A range of voices from around the world—leaders in the fields of systems constellations, theoretical physics, and tribal traditions—contribute to this exploration of aboriginal perspectives that will benefit facilitators of Constellations work, therapists, and human beings who are trying to walk with open eyes and hearts.
