{"product_id":"breathing-under-water-spirituality-and-the-twelve-steps","title":"Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Twelve Steps began as a program for people with a drinking problem. Richard Rohr reads them step by step as a Christian spiritual path and argues that nearly everyone has something to recover from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Christian reading of the Twelve Steps, taking each step in turn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Anne Lamott\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines biblical teaching, psychology and Rohr's pastoral experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses addiction and recovery directly, from a Christian perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 176 pages, Convergent Books, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRohr, a Franciscan friar, pairs each step with biblical passages and contemplative Christian teaching. He argues that addiction is common to everyone, not a sign of individual moral weakness, and that the same pull shows up in compulsive behavior and stubborn ways of thinking, not only in alcohol and drugs. In his reading, the first step's admission of powerlessness is the opening of the spiritual life, not a defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt serves people working a Twelve Step program, the families and sponsors beside them, and readers of contemplative Christian writing. It is a book of spiritual reflection, not a clinical guide or a substitute for treatment. Rohr's subject is not only the bottle. It is any grip a person cannot loosen alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Rohr is a Franciscan friar and the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the author of many books, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Universal Christ\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Convergent Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854466826389,"sku":"NEW-ING-9798217423668","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_69bab361-2dd1-4d28-bbb2-28a9edf4634b.jpg?v=1787902331","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/breathing-under-water-spirituality-and-the-twelve-steps","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}