Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

Richard Rohr

Nov 2013 · Franciscan Media

About this ebook

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is America's most significant and authentic contribution to the history of spirituality, says Richard Rohr. He makes a case that the Twelve Steps relate well to Christian teaching and can rescue people who are drowning in addiction and may not even realize it. To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God's love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with the gospel. He draws on talks he has given for over twenty years to people in recovery and those who counsel and live with people with addictive behavior. Rohr offers encouragement for becoming interiorly alive and inspiration for making one's life manageable for dealing with the codependence and dysfunction (sin) rampant in our society.

 

Ratings and reviews

This book is actually Breath taking for a Recovering person, such as myself with 28yrs of recovery, it helped and enlightened my Ministry and Recovery, Thank you.

Excellent read, it helped me a great deal to understand myself.

Awesome

About the author

RICHARD ROHR is a globally recognized Catholic and Christian teacher focusing on mystical and transformational traditions, and is the founding director of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home of the Rohr Institute. He is the author of more than twenty books including: Yes, And...: Daily Meditations; Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation; Eager to Love: the Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi.