The founders of the modern recovery movement, including Bill Wilson, Bob Smith, and other early AAs, were deeply influenced by a handful of inspirational authors, from whom they received practical guidance, key insights, and concrete ideas. Their explorations of inspirational literature and useable spiritual methods gave rise to the program of spiritual self-help now practiced around the world as the twelve-step tradition.
Now, some of the core books that both inspired and were produced by the early twelve-steppers and recovery pioneers - including the first edition of the 1939 landmark "Alcoholic Anonymous" - are collected in this powerful resource, "The Recovery Bible."
Here are early writings by the visionaries of recovery. Their work retains all of its impact and life-changing power - now at the ready for study, immediate guidance, and a lifetime of re-exploration in this one volume.
"The Recovery Bible" includes:
-"Alcoholics Anonymous," the original 1939 landmark
- "The Greatest Thing in the World" by Henry Drummond
-"In Tune with the Infinite "by Ralph Waldo Trine
-"The Mental Equivalent "by Emmet Fox
- "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen
-"The 23rd and 91st Psalms"
-"Religion that Works" by the Rev. Sam Shoemaker
-"The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James

For unhappiness, frustration, loneliness, and other afflictions of the spirit, Dr. Emmet Fox prescribes a powerful remedy based on the life and message of Jesus. In Alter Your Life, Fox explains that these "dreary" problems are actually bad habits of mind -- habits from which we can free ourselves.

"There is no necessity for anything but success, good health,prosperity, and an abounding interest and joy in life," Fox writes

Through a series of brief meditations, Fox shows us how to exchange our bad habits of mind for the healthy ones demonstrated by Jesus. Based upon biblical texts, Alter Your Life offers a progressive, life-changing course designed for all readers, whether or not they have read a religious book before.

Here are brief, pointed, practical instructions in successful living to help achieve real health, happiness, prosperity, greater security, andpeace of mind. In clear, concise terms, Emmet Fox outlines the sevenmental laws that are the stepping stones to full realization of the inner, spiritual Power which ties within the reach of anyone who sincerely wants it and who is willing to apply the principles set forth. Make Your Life Worthwhile reveals how you can put these principles to immediate use to begin transforming your life.

Dr. Fox explains the eleven key words in the Bible and discusses what the Bible has to say about successful living, showing how its wisdom can become a part of your everyday life.

This is a lifetime plan for tapping into the great spiritual truths that underlie, everyday existence and applying them to: Reach through to true spiritual Power • Use your own inner resources more fully • Overcome difficulties • Become a dynamic person • Achieve what you really desire • Pray unselfishly • Get results with positive thinking • Make the most of the present moment • Enhance spiritual growth and material well-being • Build confidence in yourself • Understand your unique role in God's unfolding purpose • and much more.

Change you life in seven days with this simple and direct spiritual plan. The Seven-Day Mental Diet is about throwing out all negativity and thinking only positive thoughts because, as he says, thoughts are things, or they become things. And if you believe that, it follows that everything in your life today is based on past thoughts you had at some point.

Scientific Prayer will enable you, sooner or later, to get yourself, or anyone else, out of any difficulty on the face of the Earth. It is The Golden Key to harmony and happiness. To those who have no acquaintance with the mightiest power in existence, this may appear to be a rash claim, but it needs only a fair trial to prove that, without a shadow of doubt, it is a just one. You need to take no one's word for it, and you should not. Simply try it for yourself, and see.

Dr. Fox explains what death is and why we should not fear our transition.

Here in this collection of 365 daily meditations lives the essence of a great spiritual teacher -- one who truly understood the wellspring of life. The keen insights I captured here speak as freshly to the everyday needs of humanity as they did the day Fox first wrote them.

Culled from Fox's published and unpublished lecture notes and manuscripts, this guide for daily living also includes much-loved passages, from Sermon on the Mount, Fox's million-copy bestseller, along with the popular Power Through Constructive Thinking.

One of the First Books to Demonstrate the Power of Positive Thoughts

Fresh with contemporary relevance, this classic of positive thinking from one of the world's greatest motivational writers offers stirring insights on self-transformation. Based on Emmet Fox's simple message that "thoughts are things" and all potential rests in their creative and constructive use, these thirty-one inspiring essays show how to have it all--health, success, happiness, and a liberated spirit--through the power of constructive thought. First published in 1940, "Power Through Constructive Thinking" has been a never-failing source of strength and renewal for generations of readers.

The Classic Manualfor Harmonious Living

One of the foremost spiritualteachers of the twentieth century, Emmet Fox offers us strategies for bringinghealth, happiness, and prosperity into ourlives. This enduring spiritual classic revealshow to transform negative attitudes intolife-affirming beliefs, understand the natureof divine wisdom, tap into the power ofprayer, and claim our divine right to allof life's abundance.

Once you find your true place in life, you'll find true happiness. Find that, and you'll have all the supply you require to meet your needs regardless of any money or distinction you acquire. Until you are happy, you will never be healthy nor free.

This little booklet meets the needs of those who require an intelligent explanation of the relationship between God and the individual whether they are religiously avowed or skeptic.

The 91st Psalm is a wonderful collection of poems, lyrical, dramatic, elegant, with something to fit every mood and to meet every need. Yet to understand it to the fullest, a clear appreciation of the values lying behind the words will unlock this treasure-chest of spiritual riches.

An unabridged, unaltered edition of The Seven Day Mental Diet -

2011 Reprint of 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Short Sermon 23 pages] given by Fox in 1940. According to Fox, "When you want to solve your problems or change your life, you can see at once that the only way is to change your consciousness." This short essay sets out to explain that all your problems, the explanation of your difficulties, and the explanation of your triumphs in life boil down to this: Life is a State of Consciousness. That is the beginning and the end. Emmet Fox (1886-1951) was born in Ireland, and was an important New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th Century. He had a large influence on the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. His writing, especially "The Sermon on the Mount," became popular in AA. Fox taught that the foundation for all true productive expression was positive thinking. The technique involved having conscious awareness of our daily thought process and connectivity to God in order to realize any change or manifestation in the external environment. This concept was also taught by many mystics, including Rumi, Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, and others from across all wisdom traditions.