The Power of Two Way Prayer
Finding New Meaning in Addiction Recovery and Spiritual Growth
by Father Bill W.
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Pub Date Jul 01 2025 | Archive Date Aug 15 2025
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Description
A tool for those in addiction recovery and anyone seeking spiritual growth.
Two way prayer builds upon the 11th step of Alcoholics Anonymous, which encourages prayer and meditation to deepen one's connection with God during the path to sobriety. The practice has emerged as a valuable part of the addiction recovery process and has been validated in scientific studies.
Priest and recovering alcoholic, Fr. Bill W. offers detailed, step-by-step instructions as well as sample writings that demonstrate how practical, intimate, and transforming this type of prayer can be. At the heart of the practice, there is dedicated morning devotion and quiet time, where a person asks for spiritual guidance, pauses and listens for the answer, and begins writing down the guidance that is received. It is this practical approach to prayer through listening and writing that provides a spiritual awakening, since any guidance received must be carried into action as a way to be of service. Readers will be shown how the practice can be shared and how it will comfort and guide them one day at a time as they embark on a deeper and more transformative phase of their recovery journey.
Advance Praise
“What we find in these pages reminds me that the arc of lifelong recovery is a journey demanding commitment, faith, and practical wisdom; thanks to Fr. Bill for showing fellow travelers like me how it works and how to work it along our way.”
—William Cope Moyers, author of Broken, My Story of Addiction and Redemption, and VP Public Affairs & Community Relations, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
“This book is the most detailed and extensive ‘deep dive’ into Step Eleven I have ever read. It explains how Step Eleven was practiced during the early days of the Twelve Step movement when we had a 50-75% recovery rate from alcoholism.”
—Wally P., author of Back to Basics and Listening to God
“Father Bill W.’s book is a wonderful description of a piece of AA history that I didn’t know. I highly recommend this book as a supplement to what we already know about recovery practice and therapy.”
—Linda Farris Kurtz, author of Recovery Groups: A Guide to Creating, Leading, and Working with Groups for Addictions and Mental Health Conditions, Professor Emeritus, Eastern Michigan University
“The practice of Two Way Prayer is a pearl of great price. I’m grateful to Fr. Bill W. for unearthing this treasure and sharing it so generously. It has expanded my prayer life exponentially.”
—Jeff Jay, CIP and author of Love First
“A must-read for all members of Twelve-Step programs and indeed all who are on a spiritual journey and seeking a deeper relationship with their true Self!”
—Ian Mc Cabe, Ph.D., Psy.D. author of Carl Jung and Alcoholics Anonymous
Marketing Plan
- Targeted print, radio, and online publicity campaign to recovery and faith-based outlets
- Submission to trade and library publications
- Advertising in trade, library, and recovery media including Publishers Weekly and Treatment Magazine
- Outreach to leading sobriety and faith-based recovery podcasts and blogs
- Targeted social media and digital campaign to those in recovery and addiction
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781640657991 |
| PRICE | $22.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
