Family members and friends of alcoholics will find This book of readings a valuable resource into what their friend is learning as he or she attends meetings.
The author uses references from popular children stories (The Princess and the Pea to illustrate how sensitive alcoholics sometimes are), to great literature, (Odysseus struggling against the call of the Sirens to show how alcoholics also struggle against the appeal of alcohol), to references from everyday life, (trying to get rid of fruit flies illustrating how difficult it is to get rid of character defects) are also used..
These readings challenge some of the statements made in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous but remains true to the ideal that more will be revealed. Meetings Alcoholics will discover in This book new insights into their disease.
These readings show what can be Learned in A.
A. meetings, but can make recommendations concerning the value of those meetings.
Counselors are no longer able to require clients in treatment to attend A.
A. meetings.
Alcoholic counselors and others in health related fields can use the readings an important tool in helping their clients attend A.
A. Meetings and how This program can help alcoholics and their loved ones understand their illness.
It helps to answer the questions of why go to A.
A.
Family members and friends of alcoholics will find This book of readings a valuable resource into what their friend is learning as he or she attends meetings
