Freedom From Bondage

Freedom From Bondage—One Day At A Time In A.A. is a personal journey in recovery expressed through a series of sections on Alcoholism & Addiction, The Alcoholic Mind, A.A. & the Program of Recovery, A.A. & God, The Meaning of a Spiritual Life, two Big Book stories and the Steps, Traditions & Concepts. Within each section are reflections on topics from the Big Book and commonly discussed in A.A. meetings. We alcoholics have common problems, and a common solution through the 12 Step program and support of our Fellowship. The anecdotes in Freedom From Bondage celebrate the power of A.A. to relieve us of our hopeless state of mind and body, and suggest that anyone can find emotional sobriety and a new design for living through A.A.

Freedom From Bondage—One Day At A Time In A.A. is a personal journey in recovery through a series of reflections on Alcoholism and Addiction, The Alcoholic Mind, A.A. and the Program of Recovery, A.A. and God, the Meaning of a Spiritual Life, the Big Book stories and the Twelve Steps, Traditions & Concepts. We alcoholics have a common problem with a common solution to recover from a hopeless state of mind and body through the Twelve Step program and support of our Fellowship. Our experiences are unique, but they often overlap. They can be used to help others, as I hope mine will help another. Alex M. is a long-time recovered member of Alcoholics Anonymous who has written about A.A. with a focus on how to recover in A.A. regardless of one's religious or spiritual beliefs. His other five books about A.A. are: Here Are The Steps We Took—How to Complete the 12 Steps of A.A. in Eight Sessions, Practice These Principles—Daily Meditations on the 12 Step Principles of A.A., Design For Living—Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics, Daily Reprieve—A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics, a daily meditation book on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the lighthearted Gods of Our Misunderstanding In A.A.—Not Just for Atheists & Agnostics.

Alex M. is a retired physician and life-long atheist living in the Midwest where he got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous in 2006. Since so many newcomers flee A.A. because of its God-centric focus, Alex believes his responsibility is to share his experience on how recovery can be attained through the A.A. Fellowship, its 12 Step program and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous whether or not one believes in God. Freedom From Bondage—One Day At A Time In A.A. is his sixth book about A.A. His earlier books are Practice These Principles--Daily Meditations on the 12 Step Principles of A.A., Here Are The Steps We Took--How to Complete the 12 Steps of A.A. in Eight Sessions, Gods of Our Misunderstanding In A.A.--not just for Atheists & Agnostics, Daily Reprieve--A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics, which is a daily meditation book on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and Design For Living--Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics, which is on A.A.'s 12 Steps. Alex has published twelve articles in the international A.A. Grapevine magazine, including "God on Every Page" in the special edition October 2016 A.A. Grapevine for Atheist & Agnostic Members, and it is included in the 2018 Grapevine book One Big Tent. He has also published in his A.A. Area Newsletter and wrote an article called "A Friend of Jim B" for the book Do Tell! Stories by Atheists & Agnostics in AA. In 2010 he started a program which takes A.A. meetings to alcoholics in his community who are unable to attend their regular meetings due to medical conditions or legal restrictions. An article on this outreach service called "24 Hour Delivery" was published in the A.A. Grapevine in February, 2014. His Home Group was the first atheist-agnostic A.A. meeting in his region. Service work remains the foundation of his recovery. He is active in A.A. sponsorship and volunteers for various service committees in his local Intergroup. Alex is also an Ivy League college English Major and avid reader, loves pre-Code Hollywood films, relaxes by gardening and wood-turning, and lives with two headstrong rescue cats in a farmhouse built in 1842.