Shortness of Breath or Glumlot Letters

Shortness of Breath: A Guide to Better Living and Breathing

Author: Andrew L Ries

For more than 25 years, SHORTNESS OF BREATH: A Guide to Better Living and Breathing has been a helpful tool for educating patients about chronic lung disease, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This user-friendly book presents a wealth of pertinent information in a style the average reader can comprehend. SHORTNESS OF BREATH covers the psychological and physiological impacts of lung disease, offering suggestions on exercise programs, relaxation techniques, travel precautions, diet, and more.

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Glumlot Letters

Author: M Stanley

With wit and humor, this delightful work covers the serious matter of recovery from alcoholism. In the same way that C.S.Lewis's The Screwtape Letters taught spiritual principles, Glumlot presents a practical application of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

In letters to a fellow devil, Glumlot writes about his attempts in tempting a human away from A.A., sobriety, and recovery. He discusses meetings, sponsorship, the Big Book and the Steps in great detail, and warns that these can lead a human to "...an intractable infection of serenity by the Enemy [God]."

Audrey DeLaMarte

In a wickedly delicious parody of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters, Stanley M. turns his sights on the Twelve Steps and the recovery process. The Glumlot Letters are correspondence between two devils, Twigmold and Glumlot, and the subject is tempting a human away from AA, sobriety and recovery.

Twigmold's "patient" has begun drinking to excess and he's delighted. Glumlot warns him, however, not to take heart too soon, to examine the quality of the blackouts. If the blackout "blocks the light of the Enemy," and suspends rational judgment, it is a triumph for the Lowerarchy and an excellent opportunity for Twigmold to make his appearance and make his patient feel "abandoned and utterly hopeless."

The patient, however, turns to AA and is poised on the threshold of Step Four, to Twigmold's dismay. Don't worry, says Glumlot. Convince him that he can do it by himself and that it has to be an exactly perfect "scorching and clueless" inventory.

Whatever the author aims at, he hits a bullseye, and he doesn't miss a misunderstanding about the Steps or a place where we can trip over human egoisms and fall on our recovering faces. If we've had a stumbling recovery, probably this book will show us where our problems lie.

What People Are Saying

Paul O.
Now here's something different. So much recovery literature is trite and even corny. The Glumlot Letters is well thought out, well worded and well worth reading.

Frank D.
What do other authors of 12-step books say?
I love your book!! What a great idea! I just devoured it when it was recommended to me. I went back to get another copy for my father...

Gerry McD.
What do people in the treatment profession say?
I think every AA sponsor ought to read it... everybody in treatment settings or professional staff ought to read it. It's a great piece of work.

Charles B.
What do owners of 12-step bookstores say?
This is a gem...full of humor, spiritual insights, experience. A 10-strike!

LizAnn A.
What do regular AA members say?
The real surprise was how the book improved the quality of the program I was working!