Hi I'm Bill and I'm Old by William Alexander
Takes readers on a journey of discovery and, in doing so, overturns the cliches of age, revealing how to: let go of old ideas; experience meditation in a new light; re-vision personal mythologies; discover the virtues of idleness; and, challenge the assumption that older is necessarily wiser.:William Alexander is a self-described free-lance storyteller who leads sobriety workshops at such venues as Union Theological Seminary, the Esalen Institute, and Hazelden Foundation. He has lived and travelled throughout the U.S. and Central America.
Alexander stopped drinking and using drugs in 1984 and has since been working to move from what he refers to as a deeply self-centered life to an other-centered life. He is an Episcopalian with a Buddhist spiritual practice. He recounted his recovery story in the classic book, Cool Water, and his story of living the sober life in Still Waters. Alexander wrote Hi, I'm Bill and I'm Old when, after 23 years of sober living, he found himself romancing the drink in a reverie. He writes, I saw, quickly enough, that the only way to move into a useful elder life was to completely re-vision my life, based in whatever wisdom and experience I had gained over all those years of living what I call 'radical sobriety.'
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| ISBN 13 | 9781592856633 |
| ISBN 10 | 1592856632 |
| Title | Hi I'm Bill and I'm Old |
| Author | William Alexander |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hazelden Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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