Aa speakers how to be happy, content, and have emotional sobriety part 1 duration. Allen berger, phd, draws on the teachings of bill w. Emotional sobriety i kindle edition by aa grapevine inc. The next frontier emotional sobriety by bill below you will find the substance of a revealing letter which bill wrote several years ago to a close friend who also had troublesome depressions. Some might think that it means being happy, joyous, and free, a common adage in 12step meetings, taken from aa literature. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in recovery seeking balance on an emotional level. Bill wrote that his basic flaw had always been dependency almost complete dependence on people or circumstances to supply me with prestige, security and the like.
From relationship trauma to resilience and balance tian dayton on. Perhaps they will be the spearhead for the next major development in aa, the development of much more real maturity and balance which is to say, humility in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with god. I think that many oldsters who have put our aa booze cure to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Bill asks us to note that this letter should occasion no concern as both bill and his friend are today in the cleared. The definition becomes clearer through stories submitted to the grapevine.
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