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    Recovery Now: A Basic Text for Today
    Recovery Now: A Basic Text for Today
    Recovery Now: A Basic Text for Today
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    Recovery Now: A Basic Text for Today

    By Bloch Douglas

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    An accessible basic text written in today’s language for anyone guided by the Twelve Steps in their recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

    For decades people from all over the world have found freedom from addiction--be it to alcohol, other drugs, gambling, or overeating--using the Twelve Step recovery program first set forth in the seminal book Alcoholics Anonymous. Although the core principles and practices of this invaluable guide hold strong today, addiction science and societal norms have changed dramatically since it was first published in 1939.

    Recovery Now combines the most current research with the timeless wisdom of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and other established Twelve-Step program guides to offer an accessible basic text written in today’s language for anyone recovering from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

    Marvin D. Seppala, MD, offers a “doctor’s opinion” in the foreword to Recovery Now, outlining the medical advances in addiction treatment, and updating the Big Book’s concept of addiction as an allergy to reveal how it is actually a brain disease.

    Regardless of gender, sexual orientation, culture, age, or religious beliefs, this book can serve either as your guide for recovery, or as a companion and portal to the textbook of your chosen Twelve Step Program.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHazelden Publishing
    Release dateOct 29, 2013
    ISBN9781616495084
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      Recovery Now - Bloch Douglas

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      Our Relationship with Alcohol and Other Drugs

      We know and understand each other—and ourselves—through the stories we tell about our lives. When it comes to our drinking or other drug use, the stories we tell ourselves can keep us in denial that we have a problem. Or, if we’re honest in the telling, our stories can move us to take a closer look at our use and its impact on ourselves and others. We also learn about ourselves from listening to each other’s stories. This is why over two-thirds of both AA’s textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous or the Big Book, and the Narcotics Anonymous basic text are filled with stories of how people recognized, faced, and then dealt with their various addictions. It’s also why many AA and NA meetings feature speakers who share their stories.

      Bill W., the cofounder of AA, relapsed several times and ended up in the hospital near death before he was finally able to stay sober. He had come to accept that alcoholism was a disease and understood at last that his willpower alone was no match for it. He had a spiritual experience that restored him to sanity and, as a result, he believed that a relationship with a higher power was the solution for his illness. Once sober, he tried to tell other alcoholics what they should do to get sober, but that didn’t work. No one likes to be told what to do, especially alcoholics and addicts. Later, when he honestly shared his personal story of alcoholism and recovery with Dr. Bob, a physician from Akron, Ohio, he was actually able to help someone else quit drinking. Bill was on a business trip to Akron when his cravings for alcohol became so strong that he knew he was in trouble. He figured he had two choices: go to the hotel bar and get loaded or call another alcoholic for help. Desperate, he found the phone number of an area minister who put him in touch with some people who led him to Dr. Bob, who was known to have a serious drinking problem. The two men ended up talking for hours, and Bill W. and Dr. Bob became the cofounders of AA.

      At this first meeting, Bill simply talked about his history with alcohol, the repeated binges followed by hospitalizations and promises to quit, and how he had lost his career and had almost lost his marriage and his very life. He then told Dr. Bob about how he faced his powerlessness over alcohol by seeking help from a higher power. Bill was amazed when Dr. Bob listened with such great interest. As he listened, Dr. Bob thought about his own out-of-control drinking and saw himself in Bill. A month later, he got sober too. When the two men decided to share their message of addiction and recovery with a third alcoholic, they discovered what was later to become the heart of AA: one drunk helping

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