The Soul Of Sponsorship
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The Soul Of Sponsorship
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Author : Robert Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-03-04
The Soul Of Sponsorship written by Robert Fitzgerald and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-04 with Self-Help categories.
The Soul of Sponsorship explores the relationship of Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and his spiritual adviser and friend, Father Ed Dowling. The Soul of Sponsorship explores the relationship of Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and his spiritual adviser and friend, Father Ed Dowling. Many might consider that such a remarkable individual as Bill Wilson, who was the primary author of AA literature, would be able to deal with many of life's problems on his own. Reading The Soul of Sponsorship will illuminate and answer the question of how Father Ed, an Irish Catholic Jesuit priest who was not an alcoholic, was able to be of such great help to Bill Wilson. Part of AA's Twelfth Step reminds us "to carry this message to alcoholics," and The Soul of Sponsorship illustrates how sober alcoholics still need the principles of the Twelve Steps brought to them by friends, sponsors, and spiritual advisers. Some of the problems faced by Bill Wilson were:depression in recoverydependency issueswhether or not to experiment with LSDthe place of money and power in AAknowing God's plan and willlearning from mistakesFather Ed taught Bill the importance of "discernment." In Father Ed's Jesuit tradition, discernment was a gift, passed down to him from St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits, who described his own struggle with discernment in Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. The Twelve Steps of AA and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius presuppose that there is a caring God whose will can be known. The act of tuning in to God's action at one's center is discernment. The big question is, how do you know your Higher Power is speaking and revealing Himself through your feelings and desires?What Bill learned from Father Ed can be found in books and articles he wrote for AA. For the good of AA and himself, Bill learned to listen to his desires, be aware of his inner dynamics, and tune into the action of God within. Doing this meant learning to recognize and identify his personal movements -- those inner promptings and attractions often called emotions or affections -- which are part of ordinary human experiences. The person who helped Bill grow in discernment was Father Ed, the Jesuit priest with a cane who limped into the New York AA clubhouse one sleet-filled November night in 1940.The two "fellow travelers," Father Ed Dowling and Bill Wilson, gave each other perhaps the greatest gift friends can give: calling on each to know who he is -- before God.
Father Ed
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Author : Goldstein, Dawn Eden
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2022-12-01
Father Ed written by Goldstein, Dawn Eden and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with Religion categories.
"A biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, a Jesuit priest who served as a spiritual counselor to Bill W., founder of Alcoholics Anonymous"--
Father Ed Dowling
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Author : Glenn F. Chesnut
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2015-07-17
Father Ed Dowling written by Glenn F. Chesnut and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of Father Ed Dowling, S.J., the Jesuit priest who served for twenty years as sponsor and spiritual guide to Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. An icy evening in December 1940 saw the first meeting of two extraordinary spiritual leaders. Father Ed said that the graces he received from meeting Bill Wilson were as great as those he had received from his ordination as a priest, and Bill in turn described encountering the Jesuit as being like a second conversion experience, where he could feel the transcendent presence of God filling the entire room with grace. The good priest taught Wilson about St. Ignatius Loyolas Spiritual Exercises, about the eternal battle between good and evil which the Spanish saint described in that book, and explained the Jesuit understanding of the way we can use our deepest emotions to receive guidance from God while serving on that battlefield. The co-founder of the twelve step movement in turn supplied Father Ed with some of the most valuable tools he possessed for carrying out small group therapy on a wide range of different kinds of troubled people. Together the two men discussed Poulains Graces of Interior Prayer and Bills attempts to make spiritual contact with both spooks and saints, and explored the world of LSD experiences and the teachings of the Catholic, Hindu, and Buddhist mystics in Aldous Huxleys Perennial Philosophy. And we will see how Father Ed, with his deep social conscience, helped Bill W. turn his book on the Twelve Traditions into a Bill of Rights for the twelve step movement, and how he laid out his own spiritual vision of Alcoholics Anonymous at the A.A. International in St. Louis in 1955.
New Light On Alcoholism
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Author : Dick B.
language : en
Publisher: Good Book Publishing Company
Release Date : 1999
New Light On Alcoholism written by Dick B. and has been published by Good Book Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Psychology categories.
Dick B. is a writer, historian, Bible student, retired attorney, and active recovered member of A.A. He and his son Ken devoted many years to researching the role, life, writings, and contributions of Rev.Samuel M. Shoemaker to Alcoholics Anonymous. The quest took Dick B. to Shoemaker's churches in Pittsburgh and New York, to the Episcopal Church Archives in Austin, Texas, to Hartford Seminary, to Princeton University, and to the family and friends of this great Episcopal rector and preacher. In all, Dick B. has published 33 books on the history of early A.A.
Decoding Sponsorship
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Author : Maggie Chan Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-19
Decoding Sponsorship written by Maggie Chan Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with categories.
Carry This Message
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Author : Joe McQ
language : en
Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Carry This Message written by Joe McQ and has been published by Accent Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Self-Help categories.
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” -STEP 12 of the TWELVE STEPS Sponsorship is a key construct in A. A. and other Twelve Step groups, and the twelfth step is the foundation of the sponsorship dynamic essential to recover – both for the sponsor and the sponsoree. This book addresses the concern of many in the A. A. community that sponsors have lost some skills in working with alcoholics. By offering tools for helping others find recovery and new life through the Twelve Step program, Joe McQ has created a guide for sponsors to use in working with others. By refocusing his readers on the Big Book, the Twelve Steps, and their message, McQ appeals for a return to the roots and essence of the A. A. program. Moreover, he issues a strong call to action, for return to the fullness and the integrity of the miraculous recovery program.
The Soul Of Care
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Author : Arthur Kleinman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-09-17
The Soul Of Care written by Arthur Kleinman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world. When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor, Kleinman delivers a deeply humane and inspiring story of his life in medicine and his marriage to Joan, and he describes the practical, emotional and moral aspects of caretaking. He also writes about the problems our society faces as medical technology advances and the cost of health care soars but caring for patients no longer seems important. Caregiving is long, hard, unglamorous work--at moments joyous, more often tedious, sometimes agonizing, but it is always rich in meaning. In the face of our current political indifference and the challenge to the health care system, he emphasizes how we must ask uncomfortable questions of ourselves, and of our doctors. To give care, to be "present" for someone who needs us, and to feel and show kindness are deep emotional and moral experiences, enactments of our core values. The practice of caregiving teaches us what is most important in life, and reveals the very heart of what it is to be human.
Grateful To Have Been There
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Author : Nell Wing
language : en
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
Release Date : 1994-03-01
Grateful To Have Been There written by Nell Wing and has been published by Hazelden Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-01 with Self-Help categories.
Grateful To Have Been There
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Author : Bill W.
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-09-04
Alcoholics Anonymous written by Bill W. and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-04 with Self-Help categories.
A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.
Soul And Self
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Author : Paul K. Fehrenbach
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2006
Soul And Self written by Paul K. Fehrenbach and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Explores the parallels between spiritual and psychological development in men over the course of a lifetime.