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Breathing under water : spirituality and the twelve steps / Richard Rohr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : St. Anthony Messenger Press, c2011.Description: xxiv, 147 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1616361573 (alk. paper)
  • 9781616361570 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Powerlessness -- Desperate desiring -- Sweet surrender -- A good lamp -- Accountability IS sustainability -- The chicken or the egg : which comes first? -- Why do we need to ask? -- Payback time -- Skillful means -- Is this overkill? -- An alternative mind -- What comes around must go around -- Only a suffering God can save.
Summary: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is America's most significant and authentic contribution to the history of spirituality, says Richard Rohr. He makes a case that the Twelve Steps relate well to Christian teaching and can rescue people who are drowning in addiction and may not even realize it. To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God s love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with the gospel. He draws on talks he has given for over twenty years to people in recovery and those who counsel and live with people with addictive behavior. Rohr offers encouragement for becoming interiorly alive and inspiration for making one s life manageable for dealing with the codependence and dysfunction (sin) rampant in our society.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 248.8629 R739 Available 33111005480187
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

We are all addicted in some way. When we learn to identify our addiction, embrace our brokenness, and surrender to God, we begin to bring healing to ourselves and our world. In Breathing Under Water , Richard Rohr shows how the gospel principles in the Twelve Steps can free anyone from any addiction--from an obvious dependence on alcohol or drugs to the more common but less visible addiction that we all have to sin.



The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.

Powerlessness -- Desperate desiring -- Sweet surrender -- A good lamp -- Accountability IS sustainability -- The chicken or the egg : which comes first? -- Why do we need to ask? -- Payback time -- Skillful means -- Is this overkill? -- An alternative mind -- What comes around must go around -- Only a suffering God can save.

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is America's most significant and authentic contribution to the history of spirituality, says Richard Rohr. He makes a case that the Twelve Steps relate well to Christian teaching and can rescue people who are drowning in addiction and may not even realize it. To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God s love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with the gospel. He draws on talks he has given for over twenty years to people in recovery and those who counsel and live with people with addictive behavior. Rohr offers encouragement for becoming interiorly alive and inspiration for making one s life manageable for dealing with the codependence and dysfunction (sin) rampant in our society.

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