Mel B. - The 7 Key Principles of Successful Recovery: The Basic Tools for Progress, Growth, and Happiness
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The key principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are widely familiar as seven popular slogans: First things first. Live and let live. Easy does it. Let go and let God. One day at a time. Pass it on. Keep it simple. This inspiring book explores the deep wisdom behind these simple sayings and shows how the underlying principles relate not only to recovery but also to living happily and well in a confusing world. Mel B. and Bill P. offer a unique look at the historical, spiritual, and Twelve Step roots of the main principles of recovery. Full of practical help and support, this book gives readers a clear and useful sense of how these principles apply to the main goals of recovery: staying clean and sober, building emotional stability and maturity for successful living in sobriety, and finding the will and the way to get along with others and fulfill our full human potential.
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1999 by Hazelden Foundation All rights reserved. Published 1999
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
Certain excerpts in this publication are reprinted with permission from the following sources: The Slogans: Basic Tools for Successful Recovery, by Mel B. (Center City, Minn.: Hazelden, 1990); Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations (Bothell, Wash.: Lakeside Recovery Press, 1990); Stepping Stones to Recovery for Women (Seattle: (Glen Abbey Books, 1989); Stepping Stones to Recovery for Young People edited by Lisa D. (Seattle: Glen Abbey Books, 1991); Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men, edited by Stephen Beal (Seattle: Glen Abbey Books, 1992); Stepping Stones to Recovery by Bill Pittman Seattle:(Glen Abbey Books, 1988).
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B. Mel. The 7 key principles of successful recovery : the basic tools for progress, growth,
and happiness / Mel B. and Bill P. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN I-5683 8-344-4 I. twelve-step program s. 2. Self-help techniques.. Alcoholics Anonymous. 4. Recovering alcoholics Life skills guides. 5. Recovering addicts Life skills guides. 6. Alcoholics Rehabilitation Handbooks, manuals, etc. 7. Addicts Rehabilitation Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. P., Bill, date. II. Title. HV5278.B33 1999 616.86'06 dc21 99-38956 CIP
Editor's note The excerpts from Alcoholics Anonymous, 'Pass It On, and A.A. Comes of Age are reprinted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (AAWS). Permission to reprint these excerpts does not mean that AAWS has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that AAWS necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism onlyuse of these excerpts 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.
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Cover design by Madeline Berglund Interior design by Nora Koch /Gravel Pit Publications Typesetting by Nora Koch/Gravel Pit Publications
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Contents
Introduction
vii
Chapter One: First Things First (Order)
1
Chapter Two: Live and Let Live (The Great Law)
17
Chapter Three: Easy Does It (Graceful Effort)
33
Chapter Four: Let Go and Let God (Releasing)
43
Chapter Five: One Day at a Time (Reduction)
59
Chapter Six: Pass It On (Service)
73
Chapter Seven: Keep It Simple (Simplification)
89
Afterword
105
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Introduction
"Practicing these principles" has been part of the AA experience almost from the time of the fellowship's beginnings. Key principles played an important role in the Oxford Group, which brought sobriety to AA's early members. The principles were then firmly and formally stated in the Twelve Steps. In the years that followed the writing of AA's basic text, Alcoholics Anonymous, in 1939, the Twelve Steps came to be adopted by many types of self-help societies and are no longer looked upon as the exclusive property of AA.
While there's no doubt that the Twelve Steps present AA principles, it is possible and helpful to use additional tools for a more thorough understanding of the main AA ideas. This is done with the AA slogans, which have evolved over time to become important tools in AA groups. Some of these slogans have become so popular that they can be seen on bumper stickers. Many of them also appear on signs in AA meeting rooms or pop up in talks and discussions. Sometimes an AA-related slogan such as "one day at a time" will even be dropped into a newspaper column or story that has no connection with AA.
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