How to Stop Screwing Up: Twelve Steps to a Real Life and a Pretty Good Time
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157174536X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 174 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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How to Stop Screwing Up fuses humor with humility, drawing on popular culture, Popeye and poetry to create a comfortable, even cozy, context for some startling insights delivered by a very fresh voice.. Woodroof cheerfully lays out the Twelve Steps (long the hallowed turf of those recovering from addictions) as a workable guide for anyone who wishes to replace a bad habit with a good one. A masterful storyteller, Woodroof weaves personal anecdotes--from wacky to worrisome to whimsical--among practical suggestions for working each step. How to Stop Screwing Up is her account of how she used the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous not just to deal with her addictions, but to stop screwing her life up in many other ways as well. Perhaps most refreshing, How to Stop Screwing Up encourages readers to work the steps privately and at their own pace, without any reliance on public disclosure or the dogma of religion. Woodroof's unique spiritual connection with her own Higher Power, whom she's dubbed "Alice," has filled an enormous void in her own life, and she encourages readers to solidify such a relationship in their own personally comfortable way. Martha Woodroof is an award-winning broadc
12 Steps for Everybody Fritz Miller After stopping drinking now what? I learned that the 12 steps can be used for improving anything in a person's life. A fifty pound weight loss, greater prosperity, smoke and caffeine free are all goals I have reached using the 12 steps. Martha's book with humor and fun expands my experience with the 12 steps. My current project is to work through the exercises that she provides after each chapter of this book to improve my relationships. Get this book it offers insights not always found in other 12 step material.Please visit
All rights reserved. She calls the 12 steps "a proven way for those of us who keep screwing up to develop a healthy thinking and living process," and devotes a chapter to each step, advising readers on how to accept their own screwups; admit that they "can't quit doing it on their own"; nurture their belief in, and communication with, the God of their understanding; tell the truth, to themselves and others; expect quiet "miracles of change"; and "welcome serenity." She supports her advice with stories from her own life, mingling the funny and quirky (Woodroof calls her God "Alice") with encouragement and inspiration. From Publishers Weekly With the self-deprecating humor and forgiving but no-nonsense attitude familiar to anyone with friends in AA, Woodroof, an NPR reporter and recovering alcoholic and drug abuser, gives readers "myst