The God Thing in A.A.: Sobriety Is Just the Ante

The real goal of most alcoholics is to find the joy, happiness, and freedom that has been missing from his or her life. Not surprisingly, it's rarely achieved through sobriety alone. The good news is that it can be found through wakening to our spiritual reality, as promised in the twelfth step of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sobriety is just the ante! The author takes on the role of an uber-sponsor, challenging both himself and the reader to open his or her mind to what is actually happening in their life, and the subtle things we do that impede our own progress. It wrestles with the difficulties of coming to A.A.; starting with sobriety; approaching the steps, and checking personal progress. He then walks the reader through his struggles and experience with each one of the steps, as he wakened to his own spiritual reality.