Drop the Rock--The Ripple Effect: Using Step 10 to Work Steps 6 and 7 Every Day

by Fred H.

Overview

The recovery community is experiencing a time like no other during the coronavirus pandemic. In times of crisis, Step Ten helps us let go of fear and resentment and take up gratitude—one sure path to serenity.

Drop the Rock—The Ripple Effect provides multiple perspectives from people successfully working a Twelve Step Program, showing Step 10 as a key to a sober life free of fear and resentment and filled with serenity and gratitude.

When Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects was first published in 1999, it quickly became the standard resource for working Steps 6 and 7, two of the most challenging of the Twelve Steps for many people in recovery. Learning what it means to fully surrender character defects frees you to make amends with Steps 8 and 9, realize the Big Book’s “Promises,” and move on to Step 10.

In this new follow-up resource, Fred H. explores what he calls “the ripple effect” that can be created by using Step 10 to practice Steps 6 and 7 every day and avoid picking up “the rock” again. Drawing on his years of lecturing on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, he reveals Step 10 as the natural culmination of working the previous Steps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616496005
Publisher:	Hazelden Publishing
Publication date:	04/20/2016
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	77,820
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Fred H. has been in recovery for more than 40 years. He is a popular international speaker on the Big Book and the principles of the Twelve Steps.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction: Welcome to the Voyage of Recovery 1

The Twelve Steps as a Sequence 9

The Transformation of Steps Six and Seven 15

As We Cross the Sea of Life 23

Working Step Ten 43

The Subtle Power of the Ripple Effect 71

The Wisdom of "Every Day" 93

The Other Shore: Serenity 113

Acknowledgments 115

Recommended Reading 116

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 117

The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous 118

About the Author 119

Editorial Reviews

“This sequel to the original Drop the Rock is an important book because it extends the discussion of emotional sobriety in a very important way—it encourages us to be aware of ourselves and others—how all our behavior, positive or negative, creates a ripple effect. We cannot have emotional sobriety without an awareness of this fact. When we were in our active addiction we were unwilling to face this truth. If you are going to grow yourself in recovery this becomes an essential element.”
--Allen Berger, Ph.D., addiction recovery expert, psychologist, and author of 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery, 12 Smart Things To Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Awareness and Right Action, 12 Hidden Awards of Making Amends and 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery.

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