Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects - Steps Six and Seven

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My sponsor wanted me to read this book while working steps 6 and 7. I'm beyond grateful! I don't know that I would've worked step 6 so thoroughly if it weren't for reading this book. It was a great guide to help me use their suggestions on what may qualify as a character defect. In fact, I'm going to purchase the follow-up book "the ripple effect". I'm going to gift my copy of "drop the rock" to someone at my AA home group who's about to work the 6th step. I gotta pay this forward and share! :)

This book has been a wonderful addition to my 12-Step program... but it can be of great help for ANYONE looking to release negative behaviors, beliefs, attitudes & perspectives that have held them back from living more peacefully and freely.

Bill Wilson referred to AA as a 'Spiritual Kindergarten'. If that is so, then the material in 'Drop The Rock' is for those of us at the Masters or Doctoral level. This book is NOT for the newcomer. Nor is it for those who are blissfully filling their days by 'not drinking and going to meetings'. 'Drop The Rock' is clearly targeted at those who have been sober for some time, but find there are still persistent annoying life problems that resist the all the work one has put into fixing these flaws. This book is short, concise and to the point. The authors have left out much of the new-agey recovery jargon and slogans that weighs down most meetings. Instead, they approach Steps 6 & 7 from a practical and logical perspective which demystifies the two steps on which so much of our future happiness hangs. It is an excellent book. One which you could build a meeting or study group around. However, the book is not for everyone. 'Drop The Rock' is only for those who know the intense hunger of desiring real change in life. .

Wow! I have been in the program for almost 24 years and this is one of the best books on the 6th and 7th steps I have ever read. i am buying 10 copies to have for all of my friends in the program who after many years still suffer from hanging on to our character defects. i recommend it to anyone in the program. its about taking action!

This book will help anyone - 12 stepper or not. It brings areas of your life to light, allowing you to see your part in it and how you use it. A great source for anyone wanting to grow and change into a better person, the person God intended you to be.

Before I read the book I was looking for practical advice on how to do the whole process of removing my character defects-I found all the answers in this little book. It is a practical, hands-on guide to spiritual and emotional growth.I am so grateful to have been recommended to read it by so many other OA members.

This book de mystifies the process of removing character defects. IF you are struggling with what to do with the short directions on step six, this is the book. It gives a detailed description of the life long process of eliminating the defects that we have made into our personalities. As in all things in recovery it guides us through the tentative first steps. I have been searching for a book like this for a very long time. This book has changed the course of my recovery for the better.