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About this book
Something big happened in the life of Dennis Dempsey when he was in his early twenties. Now fifty years later, he tells his story with a disarming degree of honesty. Alcohol Was My God narrates how a young man with a terrible drinking problem got sober and over time became a professor of theology. Alcoholics Anonymous put him in touch with a spirituality that served as the spark plug that restarted his Catholic engine. The Catholic Church opened up a path that blended spirituality and religion as two sides of the same coin, uncovering the treasures of a tradition that spans many centuries. This book offers a unique blend of personal witness and academic analysis by an author who lives recovery as he researches and writes about Catholic theology.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Part One: Background
- Part Two: Alcohol Was My God
- Part Three: A Ninety Day Wonder Grows Rapidly Then Relapses
- Part Four: Making My Way Back Both to A.A. and the Catholic Church
- Part Five: From Rigidity to Open-Minded Inquiry
- Part Six: Personal Synthesis
- Appendix 1: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Appendix 2: The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous (short form)
- Bibliography