Grace Lost and Found From Addictions and Compulsions to Satisfaction and Serenity

Where are the books for people farther down the recovery road? You are holding one in your hands. Mary Cook, a longtime addiction specialist and counselor, helps people find "the ultimate treasure in their problems, the messages in their pain and the metaphors in their symptoms." The 40 brief essays and practices you will find here reach right to the bottom of your addict's bag of tricks-the tendency to externalize blame; the willfulness, defensiveness, and pretending; the immaturity and denial-and offer wise and compassionate spiritual counsel to bring you the satisfaction and serenity you crave.