Schaberg’s Book on the Big Book – A Few Thoughts
By John B In his book, Writing the Big Book, Schaberg wastes no time dropping a bomb on any version of AA history originating from Bill Wilson or any of his closest associates who...
Category: Book Reviews
Reviews and excerpts of books, films and other materials, both electronic and print.
Finding Your Best Self
This slightly edited review was initially published in April of 2018 in The Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. It applies to both the first and second editions of the book. Review...
Emotional Sobriety
Review by Archer Voxx During the past few years, one of the areas I have focused my personal recovery on is emotional sobriety. It is a subject that I am passionate about. The book...
Recovery in AA Need Not Be “Yahweh or the Highway”
By Charles Troe Author of We Are That We Are We Are That We Are, Theism, Spiritualism, Naturalism and a Path to Spiritual Existentialism is a largely autobiographical book. It is not, however, a...
Humanly Possible – Stories of Secular Recovery
In LifeRing, the recovering person — that miraculous, precious, capable human being — is considered the protagonist of their own recovery. Review by life-j LifeRing just put out a new book, Humanly Possible, so...
Recovering Without God
Staying Sober Without God Chapter Three: Recovering Without God What is Recovery? Before we start getting into the secular approach to recovery, it’s probably a good idea to talk about what the term “recovery”...
The Common Sense of Drinking and Alcoholics Anonymous
An alcoholic should always realize that he himself does the actual work which produces the actual cure… The Common Sense of Drinking By Charlie M. I find it unlikely that Bill Wilson or other...
We Are That We Are – Theism, Spiritualism, Naturalism and a Path to Spiritual Existentialism
Review by Chris G. If you have read some popular books explaining philosophy and science, particularly modern physics and evolution, and have thought about how the information you have read relates to your own...
Staying Sober Without God – What is Addiction?
Staying Sober Without God Chapter Two: What is Addiction? Some folk in recovery will have you believe that addiction is a relatively simple thing. It is sometimes referred to as a “two-fold disease,” being...
About Being Here
Introduction By Roger C. life-j is the author of a book published 12 days ago on Amazon, About Being Here. And he is my friend. We have known each other since early in 2013....
Variations in Form of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
This summary of Bill’s talk has been posted online on various sites. It was included in the FINAL REPORT – Third General Service Conference of AA (1953) which was initially found on the Silkworth website....
Staying Sober Without God
Review by Heather C. Staying Sober Without God is an exciting addition to the growing body of literature which approaches sobriety from a non-religious point of view. Author, therapist and former addict Jeffrey Munn...
Critique of Chapter 10 – To Employers
Rigorous commonsense is by no means obvious to much of the world. Indeed, commonsense sometimes requires ceaseless vigilance in its defense. Richard Dawkins By Paul W. The prior critiques by Clara M., life-j, and...
Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction
I count my emotional sobriety from the time I became involved with Earnie’s message. Mary L, a member of AA By life-j Here’s the book we’ve all been waiting for. Or rather, it’s been...
