Father Fred and the Twelve Steps: A Primer for Recovery

Author: Frederick A. Harkins;SJPublisher: Ambassador Books IncPaperback:ISBN 10: 0964643987ISBN 13: 978-0964643987A profound but practical approach to emotional maturity and spiritual wholeness, written by a Jeusit who devoted his life to recovery -- his own and thousands of others -- from the pit of addiction. His influence continues to touch the lives of countless people who seek happy and purposeful lives. Review This is a very moving book. Fr. Fred speaks from his own experience of being saved from the disease of alcoholism and from his years of thinking about and speaking on the Twelve Steps that have been God's gift to him and to countless others. This is a book that needs to be read and pondered more than once. It is full of wisdom and profound understanding of human life...The book can profitably be read by all those who are seeking wisdom about how to live wisely and well in this world. I recommend it highly. --William A.