The Tao of Recovery: A Quiet Path to Wellness
By Jim McGregor
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The friends and family of a drug or alcohol addict are often left out of the recovery process. The timeless wisdom of the Tao has been adapted to gently change those who are suffering into peaceful, healthy, self-confident humans, ready to fully rejoin life in a serene and harmonious way.
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The Tao of Recovery - Jim McGregor
The Tao of Recovery
THE TAO OF RECOVERY
A Humanics Publication
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Copyright © 1992 by Humanics Limited
Copyright © 1997 by Humanics Trade
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
MacGregor, James 1920-
The Tao of Recovery: a quiet path to wellness / by James MacGregor
p. cm.
ISBN 0-89334-249-1
1. Lao-tzu. Tao te ching. 2. Self-Healing I. Title. II. Title: Recovery
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Cover design by Jill Dible
Contents
Preface
PART I: BEING
The Mystery of Recovery
Flowing with the River
Knowing Myself
Trying Too Hard
Allow
Strange Thinking
Waiting
Easy Does It
The Mountaintop Is Rocky
I Surrender to Humility
Another Paradox
I Am Here
I Can’t Explain It
If I Can Explain It, That’s Not It
I Now Understand
Returning
PART II: AWAKENING
Awareness
Wishing Will Not Make It So
Where Are My Feelings?
Insecure
Up and Down
Complacency
My Desires Hold Me Back
Stopping Short
No Mind
Nothing Is Forever
Quiet
Emptiness Is Fullness
Sickness
There Is More
I Am Different
I Am Childlike
Names
The Universe Is Small
PART III: RECOVERING
Powerless Is Powerful
Competition
Power in the Present
Contentment
Robber Barons
Lose and Win
Endings
I Won But I Lost
Gain and Loss
Success Is Not Success
Less Is More
The System
Unfair
Life Overvalued
Withered and Dry
Helping But Hurting
Work Without Working
Force
Nonviolence
I See Without Looking
PART IV: LIVING
Community
Nature
Obligations
A Small Risk
Detachment
I Am Restless
Moderation
Low Lands
Motives
Heroes
Leaders Are Not Leaders
Chaos Attracts Experts
Cleverness
Cunning and Baffling
Meddling
Minding My Own Business
Nonaction Is Not No-action
Where Are All the Others?
Judge Not—Fear Not
Virtue
What is Great?
Small and Simple Are Great
Living But Dead
Responsibility
Abandonment
Hope
Abundance
Foreword
The Tao is called the Great Mother:
empty yet inexhaustible,
it gives birth to infinite worlds.
It is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.
TAO TE CHING
According to legend, Lao-tzu lived for a long time in the country of Chou, but seeing its decline he departed. When he reached the frontier, the guard said, Since you are going away, Sir, could you write a book to teach me the art of living?
Whereupon Lao-tzu wrote his book about the Tao, and departed.
In the same way, Jim McGregor offers us the experiences of his life, with words that reflect both the courage of his recovery and the wisdom of his heart. He reminds us that all healing rests in our ability