Tales from the Last House on the Block: As Jim Sees It (Volume 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1492995762 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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He “acted as if” and “faked it ‘till he could make it”. Just as he was about to give up, he had the thought that “Living in faith is more important than professing faith”. Some of these stories are available on his blog: AsJimSeesIt.WordPress . So he walks through the program today spiritually bereft, but always seeking. . He did not achieve any notable sobriety until he was nearly 40 years old. After many years he still had no conscious contact with a power greater than himself. He was handicapped in his membership to Alcoholics Anonymous in that he was “spiritually broken”. He prayed and meditated and practiced the program as best he could. About the Author The author drank alcoholically from his first drink at age 14. By 17 he was drinking as often as he could, though it was usu
So it became his mission to take every suggestion he had heard in Alcoholics Anonymous that was not “from the book” and subject it to scrutiny. After all, ideas as simple and seemingly sensible as "empty your liquor cabinet" and "don't go to bars" – ideas he had never followed – fly in direct contradiction to the Big Book, which says: “In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure”. He came to the conclusion that his success was due to which rules he had followed; he had followed the suggestions that were made in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, and unconsciously ignored suggestions that were not supported by A.A. Today his creed is: "Don't believe everything you think.". These essays chronicle his ongoing development of a new belief system with the help of A.A. may not just be "harmless" and "derived from treatment centers, not A.A."; some of them could actually be dangerous. It occurred to him that extraneous suggestions floating around A.A. He got back into the book and studied it. When he turned 50 – with 10 years of sobriety – the author became curious as to why he had succeeded in staying sober when so many others had failed. literature. He was convinced that the program of Alcoholics Anonymous worked, and yet he recalled having broken more rules than he had followed
So he walks through the program today spiritually bereft, but always seeking. He did not achieve any notable sobriety until he was nearly 40 years old. These are things he has learned staying sober. The author drank alcoholically from his first drink at age 14. Some of these stories are available on his blog: AsJimSeesIt.WordPress . Just as he was about to give up, he had the thought that “Living in faith is more important
Entertaining and informative reading ralph erstwhiler Fascinating on two levels, this book provides both a compelling series of observations about the validity or lack thereof of what’s espoused in AA meetings, and the raw unedited truths of one man’s experiences in both intoxication and sobriety. JT glorifies the good and throws well aimed darts at sacred cows, using often hilarious examples from his own life and the lives of those with whom he’s trudged the path to illustrate his points.. FernT said Unique take on life and sobriety. Honest, hard-hitting - JT has developed a unique and authentic voice discussing the realities of using, getting sober, living sober, and reaching out to others to give them a hand up. Bound to be popular among those in AA and NA, it has life lessons for all of us - honesty about our faults, compassion for others who might seem tough to love, and above all, the truth, as Jim sees it.I'm not in AA, but I've been in Al-anon, and I have friends and family who have struggled with addiction, a. Hard-hitting with humor M. Raney Some books you read for the beauty of the prose, some for unvarnished truth. This one is hard-hitting, honest, funny - all at once. Eye-opening for non-alcoholics too. A penetrating look at what works (the Big Book) and what is dangerously misleading in the AA mythology. A fresh and hopeful voice that cuts through the sanctimonious and reveals the hard truths. Bravo!