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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For years, Holly Whitaker wore her workaholic-party-girl persona as a badge of honor, while privately feeling increasingly miserable. She believed that if she could just eat cleaner, save more money, and be more perfect, her life would finally snap into place. Yet all of her attempts to fix herself just added up to more chaos and the chaos added up to more pain and so she added more wine. When she finally had enough and started looking around for...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Taking as her starting point the teachings of the great world religions, Karen Armstrong demonstrates in twelve practical steps how we can bring compassion to the forefront of our lives. Armstrong argues that compassion is inseparable from humanity, and by transcending the limitations of selfishness on a daily basis we will not only make a difference in the world but also lead happier, more fulfilled, lives.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry{u2014}and how a failed addiction-treatment model came to dominate America. AA has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5{u2013}10 percent success rate{u2014}hardly better than no treatment at all. Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to...
Author
Publisher
Herder
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"En Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr muestra c̤mo los principios del Evangelio de los Doce Pasos pueden liberar a cualquiera de cualquier adicci̤n, desde una dependencia obvia del alcohol o las drogas hasta la adicci̤n m̀s com︢n pero menos visible que todos tenemos al pecado" -
"In Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr shows how the gospel principles in the Twelve Steps can free anyone from any addiction-from an obvious dependence on alcohol...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"A chronically frustrated eleven-year-old girl named Gwendolyn Rogers comes to realize she has an undiagnosed mental health issue and tries every way possible to get control of her emotions"--
Author
Publisher
Franciscan Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr shows how the gospel principles in the Twelve Steps can free anyone from any addiction-from an obvious dependence on alcohol or drugs to the more common but less visible addiction that we all have to sin"--
"Every one of us suffers from some sort of addiction. For some, it might be a television series, while others struggle with a crippling reliance on drugs or alcohol. The cycle of dependency always leaves...
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