Chapter headings: Foreword Chapter 1: Introduction(A word about twelve-step programs; what is the Tao?) Chapter 2: Alcohol, drugs and you(Discovery 1: innocence in spirit; Aaron’s story; reality-altering substances; more gain than pain; beyond alcohol and drugs) Chapter 3: I think, therefore I am(Odd insights about us; Who’s the boss?; Journeying deeper into being; A practical…
Chapter headings: Preface Part I: Being(The Mystery of Recovery; Flowing with the River; Knowing Myself; Trying Too Hard; Allow; Strange Thinking; Waiting; Easy Does It; The Mountaintop Is Rocky; I Surrender to Humility; Another Paradox; I Am Here; I Can’t Explain It; “If I Can Explain It, That’s Not It”; I Now Understand; Returning) Part…
School/perspective: “deeply influenced by the old Ch’an masters of ancient China and their cranky, frumpy Taoist cohorts, such as Chuang Tzu and Lieh-Tzu…” Chapter headings: 1. Atonement 2. Life out of balance 3. Just sit there 4. In the realm of the wraiths 5. Something’s happening here 6. Shrink to fit 7. Bringing it all…
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…