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When we live with a chronic illness or disability, our spirit is tested. And though we may have no say in our sickness, how we meet its spiritual challenge is entirely up to us. This is the message of Martha Clevelands heartening book, which maps the spiral of emotional pain that steals the energy of the chronically ill--and shows how to turn this spiral into a path toward spiritual growth. Cleveland herself turned to the Twelve Steps for support during almost two decades of a recurring illness that defied diagnosis. In this book, she shares what the Twelve Step program teaches her about living with chronic illness--coping with feelings of pain, anger, hopelessness, and isolation--and about offsetting such negative emotions with spiritual wellness. An invitation to choose joy over despair, her book reveals how chronic illness can open the spirit to acceptance, serenity, and fulfillment.

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title Chronic Illness and the Twelve Steps A Practical Approach to - photo 1
title:Chronic Illness and the Twelve Steps : A Practical Approach to Spiritual Resilience
author:Cleveland, Martha.
publisher:Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin:1568383479
print isbn13:9781568383477
ebook isbn13:9780585148496
language:English
subjectChronic diseases--Psychological aspects, Twelve-step programs.
publication date:1999
lcc:RC108.C54 1999eb
ddc:616/.044/019
subject:Chronic diseases--Psychological aspects, Twelve-step programs.
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Chronic Illness and the Twelve Steps
A Practical Approach to Spiritual Resilience
Martha Cleveland, Ph.D.
INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Page iv Hazelden Center - photo 2
INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Page iv Hazelden Center - photo 3
INFORMATION & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
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Hazelden
Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176
1-800-328-0094
1-651-213-4590 (Fax)
www.hazelden.org
1988 by Hazelden Foundation
All rights reserved
(Formerly titled TheTwelve Step Response to Chronic Illness and Disability: Recovering
Joy in Life and Living Well: A Twelve-Step Response to Chronic Illness and Disability)
First published 1988 by Hazelden
Printed in the United States of America
No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cleveland, Martha.
[Twelve step response to chronic illness and disability]
Chronic illness and the twelve steps : a practical approach to
spiritual resilience / Martha Cleveland.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56838-347-9
1. Chronic diseasesPsychological aspects. 2. Twelve-step
programs.Picture 4I. Title.
RC108.C54Picture 51999
616'.044'019dc21 99-16590
CIP
03 02 01 00 99 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editor's note
The Twelve Steps are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that AA has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that AA necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism onlyuse of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, or in any other non-AA context, does not imply otherwise.
The vignettes in this book are composites based on the experiences of chronically ill and disabled people. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or specific situations, is entirely coincidental.
Cover design by David Spohn
Interior design by Donna Burch
Typesetting by Stanton Publication Services, Inc.
Page v
Note to the Reader
Clarification of terms: Within the text of this book, "Higher Power" and "spiritual resources" are meant to be interchangeable. Both terms refer to whatever gives us strength, hope, and serenity and enhances our humanity. ''Disabled/disability" and "physically challenged" are also used interchangeably. Either term means any condition that limits physical function.
Picture 6
M.C.
Page vi
To my husband, Walter, and my children, Mark, Jayne, and
Davidwho have unfailingly and lovingly supported me, all
of our time together.
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Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: Joy Will Come in the Morning
xv
Chapter 1: "Our Wound Is the Place..."
1
Chapter 2: Who's Challenged?
9
Chapter 3: What's the Problem?
15
Chapter 4: The Twelve Step Journey
35
Chapter 5: Gaining Strength through New Beliefs
55
Chapter 6: Taking an Inventory
67
Chapter 7: Pain to Be Found and Faced
71
Chapter 8: Consequences of Unfaced Pain
99
Chapter 9: Filling the Void with Positives
103
Chapter 10: Taking Our Struggle to the Outside World
113
Chapter 11: Making Amends
133
Chapter 12: Spiritual Awakening
145
Chapter 13: Gaining Peace
151
Chapter 14: What Will Happen
163
Appendix A: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
173
Appendix B: The Twelve Steps for Chronically Ill or Disabled People
175
Appendix C: Serenity Prayer
177
Appendix D: Daily Meditations
179
Appendix E: Finding a Mutual Aid Group
183
Bibliography
185
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