[A]Musings of a Spiritual Atheist - 3rd Edition

by Andrew Ackerman

Overview

[A]Musings of a Spiritual Atheist is a book about my recovery from addiction and mental illness. It details how I grew spiritually through living The Twelve Steps. The book also focuses on how I learned personal responsibility and reliance for others - not on them - even God.
Therapy is a wonderful thing, but it can only go so far. After getting difficulties off my chest, I found that my arms were full; so what did I do with this stuff? I took them to someone who is experienced in The Steps; a sponsor. We went through each article deciding whether I needed it now or place it in a box labeled ‘The Past’; I put the box on a shelf knowing where these encumbrances are but not being continually weighed down by them.
Similarly, I made a list of people I had burdened in my past. I went about, with my sponsor, outlining how I might or could (or should) acknowledge and alleviate my transgressions.
Read this book of your own volition, at your own risk. Read it if you want to. Read it if you feel you need to. Do not read it if you have to or are required to. If you like it – Great! If you don’t, well…
…you can always use it to level a table.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011822315
Publisher:	Andrew J. Ackerman
Publication date:	05/19/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	167
Sales rank:	769,633
File size:	155 KB

About the Author

Andrew J. Ackerman was born and raised (lives and will probably die) in New Jersey, USA.When he was nine years old, he saw a movie called Dr. No. In it was a character, Honeychile ‘Honey’ Ryder, who educated herself by reading the encyclopedia - one book a year; he already had an encyclopedia in his room, and when he was sent to his room as punishment he would read it. So he endeavored to read the whole thing. And he did. This was probably the first manifestation of his obsessive-compulsive behavior. One day he read in the World Book Encyclopedia that a philosopher was a scientist that carried his laboratory in his head; that sounded really neat. So he decided then and there to become a philosopher. Hey, he was NINE.
Andy is a high school graduate; is a self taught artist, writer, thinker and amateur cosmologist. He read the Bible and became an atheist. He is a Roads scholar (Crosby/Hope); a Marxist (why a duck?); an expert in Kung Fu (take the pebble, Grasshopper); a Zen Master (hello Dalai).
Maybe he did become a philosopher…

Here is what some others have said about Andrew J. Ackerman:

"I run a dog-sitting service. One day I came home from lunch to find all the dogs sitting around the telephone with their toys piled up in front of them. I played back the message to hear Andy giving orders to the dogs to bring him the bones; bring him the balls; bring him the slippers... the man's a menace!"
-Michele D.

"I came home from work one day and played back the message machine. Andy had left a message - he had yawned the entirety of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony - using up all the tape... the man's a menace!"
-Tony R.

"I got a call on my cell phone and when I answered all I heard was someone going dat-dit-dit-dit dit dit dit-dat-dat-dit…. It was Andy. He had left a message in Morse Code! To this day I still don't know what the message was... the man's a menace!"
-George S.

Andrew J. Ackerman is a kind, considerate and giving person. He'll shovel your snow; scrub your floor; clean your bathroom; wash your dishes (he even does windows); cut the grass; rake your lawn; repair your computer; baby-sit your children (just make sure there's plenty of food in the fridge); untangle your garden hose or extension cord. [That last part really isn't him being helpful - Andy is a compulsive knot-untangler.] Andy is a great friend and an indifferent enemy.
Just don't give him yo