A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps by Phillip Z.
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Book Reviews of A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps
Book Review: Don't worry about God
Summary: 5 Stars
I couldn't have done it without this book and its discussion of a "higher power" other than the traditional god. It really helps for those of us who think too much.Book Review: Excellent book. Highly recommend.
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent information has helped me tremendously to understand OA and helped me move forward into OABook Review: Theistic v. Spiritual v. Cognitive
Summary: 3 Stars
The book was a bit too "warm fuzzy" for me (with its heavy emphasis on the spiritual v. the cognitive); so I give it a 3-stars. Those of us who have not experienced an anthropomorphic God (i.e., one who intervenes in human affairs) have an uphill battle with the religionists. And those of us who experience "spirit" as a biochemical function of the brain, have had better success with a cognitive-behavioral approach to recovery. For 18-years, my Higher Power was my Home Group and the Big Book.
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As an alternative, the following is a non-theistic summary of the 12-Step Program:
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The Principles of the 12-Steps:
1. Honesty
2. Hope
3. Faith
4. Courage
5. Integrity
6. Willingness
7. Humility
8. Empathy
9. Justice
10. Perseverance
11. Spirituality
12. Service
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Three Cardinal Rules of Sobriety:
1. Stay Sober NO MATTER WHAT !!
2. Change the Brain from Stinking Thinking !!
.....(using cognitive therapy if necessary)
3. Help Others Stay Sober !!
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How to Work a 12-Step Program:
1. For the 1st 90-days, Be Quiet (except to ask questions).
2. For the 1st year, LISTEN and LEARN.
3. From Day-1, PRACTICE What You Learn.
4. Teach Others the Program (when you sponsor someone).
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In the mean time, I will keep researching other books to find a more complete, cognitive approach to the 12-Step Program. This best workbook using the cognitive approach (CBT) to recovery that I have read so far is "The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction." This little book is outstanding, and easy to comprehend.
Book Review: Not what I expected...
Summary: 3 Stars
I am always looking for new information that I can use to help those beginning recovery.
Almost all of the people I deal with are skeptics of one kind or another and anything
that might expand my perception and communication with them is always helpful.
Though the title implies it, this is not that type of book.
It is yet another (very) common story along the lines of what you hear at any 12 step meeting.
There seems to be nothing addressing the issues of the real skeptics and I hear this tired droll all too often
by the "born-again" AA-er that breezes through nine steps superficially and learns they can make money off it.
There are a million of these books and this one is nothing special, however,
I would not condemn it as another "Million Little Pieces (of you know what)"
It's a nice common story that might help someone,
but for the money your better off buying a subscrition to the Grapevine.
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