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Featuring:
- All your Favorite Wisdom Quotes completely revised (from Volumes I-IV)
- 157 New Wisdom Quotes added.
- 356 Daily Wisdom Quotes and Reflections for both you and your meetings!
Here are just a sample of the best loved Wisdom of the Rooms Quotes included:
“Find someone you can tell the truth to; we don’t do this alone.”
“I’ll never be happy as long as I keep comparing my insides with someone else’s outsides.”
“If God is your co-pilot, change seats.”
“Age will take care of your ego.”
“Take my advice, I’m not using it.”
“It will never be all right, until it’s all right, right now.”
“It is what it is, but it will become what you make it.”
Make The Wisdom of the Rooms part of your daily recovery practice; share this book in your discussion meetings and with others you know in and out of recovery. Remember: “There are many helpful books also…”
Praise for The Wisdom of the Rooms
The Wisdom of the Rooms shows how to shift our attention from the chaos of our minds to the truth that is always present in our hearts. Let The Wisdom of the Rooms be your guide as you journey towards a happy, joyous, and free life.
—Lee McCormick, founder of The Ranch Recovery Center in Tennessee, author of the Spirit Recovery Meditation Journal, contributor to Chicken Soup for The Recovering Soul, and Director of Spirit Recovery Inc.
The Wisdom of the Rooms combines the gems of timeless wisdom with thoughtful reflections that will be valuable to anyone, whether just entering recovery, or those with years of sobriety. This book offers the reader the support, common sense, and wisdom of a seasoned sponsor.”
—Jane Middleton-Moz, Author, Shame and Guilt; Masters of disguise and Co-Author, After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Hel their Childhood Trauma
The Wisdom of the Rooms has captured some of the greatest bits of homegrown Wisdom and packaged them into one volume, ready to read, re-read and share with those you care about.
—Joe Herzanek, author ofWhy Don’t They Just Quit? What families and friends need to know about addiction and recovery
The Wisdom of the Rooms is a marvelous book. Between its covers are some of the best collections of the verbal wisdom shared at Twelve Step meetings that I have ever seen. I am using the draft copy of this book to select daily meditations to help me in my own recovery. It is a necessary recovery tool for all recovering people and their families. I recommend it be on the mandatory reading list with The Big Book and the “Twelve and Twelve.”
—Terence T. Gorski, author of Staying Sober: A Guide For Relapse Prevention
The Wisdom of the Rooms is EXCELLENT! Wisdom shows us the keys for long-term success in recovery, one day at a time.
—Phillip S. Mitchell, M.A., MFT (CA), MAC Unit Therapist Sierra Tucson Treatment Center
The Wisdom of the Rooms provides the reader with a road map and toolbox for the journey toward lasting recovery. Don’t leave home without it!
—Arnold M. Washton, Ph.D., Addiction Psychologist, New York, NY and Princeton, NJ
A warm and meaningful book, delightful and enlightening, it will help anyone who is looking to strengthen their connection to God, to themselves and to others. Highly recommended.
—Charles L. Whitfield, M.D., author of Healing the Child Within
An important contribution to the recovery literature. This book is a wonderful tool for both the newcomer and the old timer.
—Stephanie S. Covington, Ph.D., Author of A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps
New Book: The Twelve Steps, A Modern Hero’s Journey
Our gift to you: Download a sample of The Twelve Steps, A Modern Hero’s Journey
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The Twelve Step journey of recovery is, at its center, the modern retelling of the age-old archetype of the Hero’s Journey. This powerful pattern of transformation is revealed in the three stages of separation, initiation, and return. These stages perfectly describe the journey of recovery as well, and when further broken down into their individual steps, such as answering the call, getting a mentor, and, most important of all, having that mentor introduce the hero to a Power greater than himself, the true meaning and purpose of the recovery journey comes alive.
The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey deepens and inspires all those on their own journey of recovery, regardless of the type of program they are in. As you’ll see: the treasures awaiting those bold enough to venture into the adventure, will heal not only themselves, but all of humanity as well.
Illuminating stories from myths, such as The Odyssey and the adventure of Hercules, as well as modern stories such as Luke Skywalker’s in the Star Wars series, and Harry Potter’s journey through Hogwarts, plus many more, illuminate the Twelve Step journey, and offer a deeper and more reverent understanding of this sacred pattern of transformation. The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey entertains and informs, and delights readers with a profound new understanding of the journey they are on, a journey thousands of heroes before him or her have taken since the beginning of time.
Praise for The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey
“…unexpectedly gripping.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A stirring read…” —Literary Titan
“Inventive and profound.” —HCI
“And although the author’s underlying assertion that the recovery process is itself heroic, which is certainly true, the book’s main attraction throughout is the wonderfully sharp and knowing reflections on the nature of addiction and recovery writ more broadly. The device of mapping this onto Campbell is thought-provoking, but it’s the author’s deeply felt plumbing of the “abyss of self” through which every addict must journey that makes the book so unexpectedly gripping. Recovering addicts and alcoholics in particular should read this book, not because they consider themselves heroes (far from it; humility is built into the Twelve Steps), but to find their struggles very eloquently described.”
—Kirkus Reviews (Read full review)
“The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey is a stirring read. It’s smart and hopeful. I’d recommend it to anyone in recovery, especially those looking for something more soulful than standard fare. It’s also great for folks outside recovery who are curious about transformation, or anyone who loves myth and wants to apply it to real life. You don’t need to be a wizard or Jedi to take this journey, you just need to be willing.”
—Literary Titan (Read full review)
“Drawing a parallel between the classic Twelve Step recovery program—originally founded by Bill Wilson of Alcoholics Anonymous—and Joseph Campbell’s iconic hero’s journey from his Hero with a Thousand Faces makes this an imaginative read, offering a fresh, accessible framework for those navigating the difficult path of recovery from addiction. Readers will find the guidance gentle but insightful…”
—Booklife Reviews
“Recovery is indeed a heroic journey, and the author shines a light on the transformative power of Twelve Step programs through this fascinating exploration of the relationship between the Steps and Joseph’s Campbell’s most celebrated work. In doing so, the author honors the undertaking of sobriety and abstinence, providing invaluable encouragement to those who have the courage to let go of who they have known themselves to be for the possibility of who they might become. Beautifully written and deeply inspiring.”
—Katherine Woodward Thomas, NY Times bestselling author of Calling in “The One:” 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life