How to Stay Sober: Recovery Without Religion

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Summary: Recovery?
Review: I did not find anything helpful in this book regarding recovery.It seemed to me he was more intersted in promoting secularism then helping the alcoholic deal with an alternative to the 12 Step program.
"Making Sobriety a Priority Everyday" is what I think most alcoholics who want sobriety hope for until their addicted brain tells them otherwise. Those words are simply not enough to help one cope with the stuggle of sobriety.The author tells the reader what they need to do but does not give any helpful strategies on how to do it.
Again, it seems that the author was more interested in hyping his secular philosophy.
Also,the last 50 pages are a waste of paper. They were the reiteration of a journal entry for you to fill in each day. I think it was added to make the book look like it was longer and had substance.
I hope this book can help someone but it most certainly did not help me.

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Summary: Coming on 8 years thanks to this book.
Review: Lets face it, some of us just don't fall into the 12 step mold. When you find you're using that phrase "take what you want and leave the rest" too much- this book can help make you feel less isolated in the world of recovery.

Yes, this book did promote Secular Humanism, but Bill W's book promotes Christianity (well, if you see through the "you can call your dog God if you want" or "God could be a tree to you, whatever you want"...). A big theory behind our tendency towards our addiction is the "Thirst for wholeness" (see a book titled "Thirsting For Wholeness" by Tom Brady, Jr. (not a secular humanist) is that we search for wholeness through a lack of spirituality. Spirituality doesn't mean "God" to all of us.

This book was my guiding light in early recovery. After the first year when the pink cloud started to fade, this is the book that kept me here.

Some of what the author bring up is that many of us end up extremely disappointed when we do everything "right", and things just don't get easier. Why didn't God help us when we worked so hard. This book is about how no ones going to hand anything to you, you don't "slip" (which when people really slip, it is not a decision- you relapse), and that no God magically takes away the desire to drink for many of us.

Its about personal responsibility, strength, and not waiting for some divine thing to happen that may never happen- that everything you do will help or hurt your life.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is still looking, no matter how far along in recovery, and who still feels isolated, and is disappointed in what they feel they've received from recovery. This book guides you to help yourself, rely on yourself, and work optimistically towards what you want in life.

Rating:
Summary: Coming on 8 years thanks to this book.
Review: Lets face it, some of us just don't fall into the 12 step mold. When you find you're using that phrase "take what you want and leave the rest" too much- this book can help make you feel less isolated in the world of recovery.

Yes, this book did promote Secular Humanism, but Bill W's book promotes Christianity (well, if you see through the "you can call your dog God if you want" or "God could be a tree to you, whatever you want"...). A big theory behind our tendency towards our addiction is the "Thirst for wholeness" (see a book titled "Thirsting For Wholeness" by Tom Brady, Jr. (not a secular humanist) is that we search for wholeness through a lack of spirituality. Spirituality doesn't mean "God" to all of us.

This book was my guiding light in early recovery. After the first year when the pink cloud started to fade, this is the book that kept me here.

Some of what the author bring up is that many of us end up extremely disappointed when we do everything "right", and things just don't get easier. Why didn't God help us when we worked so hard. This book is about how no ones going to hand anything to you, you don't "slip" (which when people really slip, it is not a decision- you relapse), and that no God magically takes away the desire to drink for many of us.

Its about personal responsibility, strength, and not waiting for some divine thing to happen that may never happen- that everything you do will help or hurt your life.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is still looking, no matter how far along in recovery, and who still feels isolated, and is disappointed in what they feel they've received from recovery. This book guides you to help yourself, rely on yourself, and work optimistically towards what you want in life.