12 Step Recovery Guide for Men of African Ancestry: Spiritual Principles, Concepts & Exercises. Ment

"Perhaps the first and most ubiquitous narcotic on the planet is propaganda. No one is free from its influence, not even the dead or the unborn. "The book is deliberately oblique in its scope not to raise questions FOR you but the questions IN you.....we rely on the innate ability to intuit, to know instinctively and empirically......We hope to accomplish many goals but we will start with our quest to rediscover our collective indebted humanity as people of African descent - that is from the past, present and future of ourselves and to confront the fears, inhibitions and shame associated with denying ourselves an entire framework of truths...........It summons us as men of African Ancestry both individually and collectively to practice a deep level of self-honesty with ourselves and each other. This level of honesty challenges us to begin a conversation and not a competition; to engage in both a critique and a criticism so that we can embark on our healing for ourselves. We open this therapeutic conversation with us, about us and for us......