The Dark Night of Recovery Conversations from the Bottom of the Bottle by Edward Bear
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Book Description

Follow this inspiring work as it shows you what it feels like to "hit the wall" or "hit bottom" on a spiritual path, and find insight on how to move forward toward a better life. Probe the darkness, the despair and the joy that are inherent in the quest for enlightenment and self-knowing.

Though focused mainly on issues relating to recovery from various kinds of addictions, the principles presented in this tale hold true for all spiritual journeys.

The story of The Dark Night of Recovery is in the form of an ongoing dialogue between a relative newcomer to recovery (Lawyer Bob) and an old-timer (Tyler) who meet every two weeks to discuss life and turmoil and love and lust and everything else. Each of the twelve chapters deals with one of the Twelve Steps, using the wisdom of the Tao, the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Winnie the Pooh, Yoda, Thomas Merton and many others. Follows Bob as he struggles through personal and spiritual problems, trying to apply the principles he is learning. At the end of the twelve sessions, Bob has acquired a few more skills to apply to the art of living one day at a time.

About the Author

Edward Bear

Edward Bear was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Los Angeles. His major influences are Winnie the Pooh, Eugene O'Neill, John Steinbeck, Meister Eckhart, T.S. Eliot, and Jacques Maritain, not necessarily in that order. He has published several fiction pieces in small literary magazines and a novel, Diamonds Are Trump. As a volunteer at a local hospice, he pushes the cocktail cart on Friday afternoons, delivering drinks to the terminally ill.

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