The spiritual adventure of A.A. as experienced by individual members. Over 75 A.A. members from all over the world describe the wide diversity of convictions implied in "God as we understood Him." Especially helpful to those who confuse "spiritual" with "religious."
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Anonymous Anonymous is a contributor for Hazelden Publications including Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book 4th Edition.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Keep coming back -- to "Came To Believe",
This review is from: Came to Believe (Paperback)
I dip into this AA World Services publication daily. I find it best to read one story at a sitting and reflect on the comments and experience of the recovering person -- most of the short reflections are peoples' spiritual experiences in recovery and they range from the "bolt of lightening" to the slow emergence of everyday spirituality. Keep it with your morning or evening meditation book(s) and dip into it. You'll "keep coming back."
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
essential thought on "the God thing",
By
This review is from: Came to Believe (Paperback)
I love this book. I'm a twelve-stepper who came to the program from a Christian fundamantalist childhood by way of a period recovering from that.
One thing I came to believe from reading this book was that a higher power is not comprehensible by me or anyone else living or dead. Many traditions have been established that attempt to essentialize something greater than the individual in ways that suit their own needs. I'm fortnuate enough to be very well educated. I'm not into fairy tales. I do, however, experience many things about life that I cannot explain. This book helped me to understand that whatever shorthand various humans have assigned to the phenomena of life and their experiences is just that. Some power greater than myself, however, is a simple concept. (I'm a literary sort and rate this book within the context of recovery literature and books that have made an impact on me. The prose is not where it's at with this one.)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Come to Believe!,
By
This review is from: Came to Believe (Paperback)
This book is WONDERFUL! It gives many people's experiences of how they came to believe in God AS THEY UNDERSTAND HIM. You don't want to miss this book!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
A.A. is a spiritual program and a spiritual way of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Twelve Steps, Alcoholics Anonymous, New York, Big Book, Serenity Prayer, Step Three, Third Step, Lord's Prayer, Fourth Step, Little League, New Jersey, South Africa, The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
A.A. is a spiritual program and a spiritual way of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Twelve Steps, Alcoholics Anonymous, New York, Big Book, Serenity Prayer, Step Three, Third Step, Lord's Prayer, Fourth Step, Little League, New Jersey, South Africa, The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 7
books:
See all 7 books this book cites
32
books
cite this book:
See all 32 books citing this book
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James on page 55, page 58, and page 93
- A Tale of Two Cities (Signet Classics) by Charles Dickens on page 36
- A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classic) by Charles Dickens on page 37
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale on page 99
- A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens on page 36
See all 7 books this book cites
- Addiction Is a Choice by Ph.D. Jeffrey A. Schaler on page 64, and Back Matter
- Addiction Is a Choice by Ph.D. Jeffrey A. Schaler on page 64, and Back Matter
- Spiritual Meatloaf by Patricia Major in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity [10th Anniversary Edition] by Julia Cameron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
See all 32 books citing this book
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
So You'd Like to...
|
|
