Progressive Recovery through the Twelve Steps: Emotionally Sober for LIfe

by Ronald Chapman

Overview

Feeling stuck in recovery is not uncommon. A well-practiced program of recovery will always reveal the next level of healing required for advancement in sobriety. The Twelve Steps practiced progressively can take us further into a recovery that restores us in ways we never knew we needed. Here is a guide for deepening your recovery with the goal of becoming emotionally sober for life. Recovery is a launching pad, not a safe haven. Everything you’ve ever wanted is one step beyond your comfort zone. Let Progressive Recovery be the fuel for your transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578433554
Publisher:	Seeing True LLC
Publication date:	01/25/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction—My Story 1

An Affirmation of Experience, Strength and Hope 5

The Story of Emotional Sobriety 7

A Commentary on The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 11

Setting the Scene 15

THE TWELVE STEPS—PRACTICED PROGRESSIVELY

Step Zero: This Shit Has Got to Stop 23

Step One: Powerlessness 35

Steps Two and Three: Finding Power 45

Step Eleven: Deepening the Connection to Power—Now 55

Steps Four and Five: Fact Finding and Truth Telling 67

Steps Six and Seven: Clearing the Channel 81

Steps Eight and Nine: Living the Amended Life 93

Steps Ten and Eleven: Awareness 103

THE TWELFTH STEP AND BEYOND

Step Twelve: Thriving 113

Step Twelve: Relationships 125

Step Twelve: On Trauma and Growth 133

Step Twelve: Useful Odds and Ends 141

Step Twelve: Anonymity 149

Afterthoughts from the Author 153

Acknowledgements—With Gratitude 159

Notes Bibliography 163

Bibliography 165

Editorial Reviews

Reading Ron Chapman's Progressive Recovery is like sitting across from a great sage whose path has been the path of suffering and whose insights arise out of that suffering. Ron reveals dimensions of 12 Step work many of us miss, and all of us so desperately need. His style is inviting, his message is transforming."

-Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Author of Recovery--the Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice

"For as far back as I can remember I have been someone who has kept the option of suicide tucked away in the back of my brain 'just in case' life became too overwhelming. It was a frequent source of comfort. So many of my days had been spent drowning in negative, pessimistic and fear-based thinking. Life felt too difficult and somewhere inside I would tell myself 'I have to kill myself. I can't do this any more.' And in spite of long-term sobriety and working a strong 12 Step program, I could not let go of that "life preserver" that I believed could keep me from complete insanity. After meeting Ron Chapman six years ago, and being introduced to Progressive Recovery, I began to understand, and to feel, some genuine (head to heart) hope and optimism. Working a Progressive Recovery program for the past six years has introduced me to someone I have always hoped to meet and fall in love with.....my own true and lovely self! Someone who has a lot of life and a whole lot of love. I have not considered ending my life for over three years now.... one day at a time. Love and light is now my path and Progressive Recovery is my guide."

-Roseann N.

"'You realize that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.' This quote from Paramahansa Yogananda perfectly describes the awaking I continue to experience through Ron's insightful expansion of the twelve steps in Progressive Recovery, the the answer to 'there must be more ...' I am eternally grateful to be a part of this courageous journey."

-Nance W.

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