Hi, I’m Bill and I’m Old: Reinventing My Sobriety for the Long Haul

Chapter headings: Acknowledgments Preface Aging Reverie: Oblivion No Escape Two Truths The Downward Slope Old Is Good We Are Addicts The God of Time The End Naked Burial Remembering Story/Memory Interlude Memory/Story Interlude Growing Down Interlude The Mind of my Grandmother Interlude Rocking Chair Forgetting Silence Big Mind Resurrection Transfiguration Communion Reverie: The Mind of…

Cool Water: Alcoholism, Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery

Update from the Publisher: Shambhala has re-published a newer edition of this book, under the title “Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety”.You can find a link to it here. Chapter headings: Introduction: something’s happening here Breakdown, ordinary recovery and autumn prayers Coming home Off the cushion and out the door My liver, my…