A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps

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Summary: A Viable Alternative for Agnostics
Review: For years I've been struggling with the AA 12 step program and the way it treats Agnositicism. Here at last is a book that offers even-handed help for Agnostics, Atheists, and Religious sufferers, all in the context of Spirituality. Well worth the read for those who believe that the spiritual experience can occur without religion.

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Summary: Don't worry about God
Review: I couldn't have done it without this book and its discussion of a "higher power" other than the traditional god. It really helps for those of us who think too much.

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Summary: The best book on 12 steps
Review: This book is for those who are interested in learning about the 12-step programs for addictions of any kind--alcohol, food, relationships, etc. but if you can't figure out or tolerate the Christian/God approach. The author takes his own journey, as a licensed therapist and as a "food addict," and interprets and explains the 12-step from a more cognitive, behavioral point of view. I loved the book. I have read it several times, each time gaining more understanding of how the 12 -steps can help me in my own food addicition. I highly recommend this book to any one who has addiction issues, but is not traditionally religous.

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Summary: Essential 12 Step Book
Review: This book is the one essential book I recommend to anyone starting a twelve step program. It helps anyone with doubts walk through the steps in an intelligent yet very personal way. By telling his story, the author illustrates the frustrations many of us have when confronted with the steps and then shows us, through research and much difficult soul-searching, how he was able to understand and apply the steps to his life.