A Skeptic's Guide to the Twelve Steps: What to Do When You Don't Believe

By Phillip Z.

Book Overview

An insightful chronicle of a skeptic's intellectual and spiritual journey through the Twelve Steps. In this insightful narrative, the author details his search for a personal answer to who his Higher Power is and rocounts his quest to understand what a spiritual awakening is for someone not grounded in traditional Judeo-Christian concepts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062553410
• ISBN13: 9780062553416
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Hazelden
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

I finally have a way of accepting th higher power issue

Phillip does an amazing job of addressing the universal theme of addiction through and unconventional addiction (overeating). I absolutely treasure and concur with his assessments of the ways to work the twelve steps accepting the higher power within you. I had really been struggling with this reconciliation. Phillip says it very powerfully. I particularly liked his take in step 10 (one of my most used). Great book I would recommend it to anyone in recovery struggling with the issue of their belief in god or lack thereof. ML

Great resource for the journey of recovery!

Well written and thoughtful, this book serves as a guide for those who struggle with the spirituality behind 12 step programs. Useful for all addictions. Written in chapters that reflect the 12 steps through the eyes of an agnostic who found healing and freedom through OA.

A Viable Alternative for Agnostics

For years I've been struggling with the AA 12 step program and the way it treats Agnositicism. Here at last is a book that offers even-handed help for Agnostics, Atheists, and Religious sufferers, all in the context of Spirituality. Well worth the read for those who believe that the spiritual experience can occur without religion.

Don't worry about God

I couldn't have done it without this book and its discussion of a "higher power" other than the traditional god. It really helps for those of us who think too much.

Essential 12 Step Book

This book is the one essential book I recommend to anyone starting a twelve step program. It helps anyone with doubts walk through the steps in an intelligent yet very personal way. By telling his story, the author illustrates the frustrations many of us have when confronted with the steps and then shows us, through research and much difficult soul-searching, how he was able to understand and apply the steps to his life.