Book of the Month
Each month we feature a book that focuses on recovery and sobriety. The author writes a weekly blog and, in many cases, records a weekly video. Weekly assignments invite you to discuss the book and participate in recovery activities. At the end of the month, we host a live chat with the author.
Our Book of the Month for February gives readers in recovery the model and tools needed to make life decisions in the pursuit of good.
In Finding Your Moral Compass, Craig Nakken offers 41 universally accepted principles, paired as positive and negative counterparts that guide behavior. He then inspires us with one fundamental challenge: To take responsibility for being a force for good by applying these principles to our daily lives. He encourages us to show empathy, be of service to others, and make the choice to stop being an agent of harm.
Previous Selections
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Our Book Club kicks off the new year with an interactive memoir about one woman's journey from the dark depths of addiction to the light of recovery. At key turning points in her narrative, author Karen Casey pauses her story to encourage us to face difficult memories, verbalize our feelings, or express our own stories through practical exercises, thought-provoking questions, and inspiring ideas.
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 Author Stephanie S. Covington, recognized nationally for her work on women’s issues and programs on addiction, sexuality, families, and relationships, brings a feminine perspective to the Twelve Step program.
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Author Dan Griffin uses interviews with men in various stages of recovery, excerpts from relevant Twelve Step literature, and his own experience to offer the first holistic approach to sobriety for men.
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The Book of the Month selection for October is 1000 Years of Sobriety, by William G. Borchert and Michael Fitzpatrick. 1000 Years of Sobriety features the moving personal accounts of twenty men and women who have each remained sober for more than fifty years.
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Ingrid Mathieu guides those in recovery in developing the awareness and skills to deal with life's issues by practicing authentic spirituality and emotional sobriety.
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Author Brenda Wilhelmson talks about her journey into recovery, her thoughts about writing the book, the responses she received after publishing the book, and related subjects.
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A. J. Adams uses self-deprecating humor, entertaining anecdotes, and frank descriptions to introduce anyone who "just doesn't get" Alcoholics Anonymous to the complete "Undrunk" lifestyle.
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Join Marya Hornbacher during June for a month-long discussion of her new book, Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power. Hornbacher offers a down-to-earth exploration of the concept of faith for people who don't believe in God or feel disconnected from the ideas presented in organized religion.
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Joani Gammill intertwines her experiences with depictions of her often harrowing and always inspiring interventions of the addicts and families she's worked with over the years. In each chapter she recounts details of a client's unique battle with addiction and the devastation that led to a loved one's request for her help.
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In this accessible and engaging workbook, Melody Beattie uses her trademark down-to-earth style to offer readers a Twelve Step, interactive program to stop obsessing about others by developing the insight, strength, and resilience to start taking care of themselves.
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Our March selection is Mindfulness and the 12 Steps. Author Therese Jacobs-Stewart offers a fresh approach to developing our own spiritual path through the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, or bringing one’s awareness to focus on the present moment.
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In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, the leading expert on shame, reveals that it is actually our imperfections that connect us to one another as human beings and make us who we are.
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Allen Berger draws on the teachings of Bill W. and psychotherapy pioneers to offer twelve hallmarks of emotional sobriety that, when practiced, give people the confidence to be accountable for their behavior, ask for what they want and need, and grow and develop a deeper trust in the process of life.
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