A Recovery Journey

In this third volume, the author looks at the broad philosophical and cultural issues that continue to influence his daily-recovery and mental-health journey.

Marohn begins with his observations about the self-created illusions, the deceptions, that lie beneath the surface of our consciousness when we believe that accumulating experiences is the answer, that financial security comes with a warranty, or that immortality is guaranteed. He challenges the "grace" believers by suggesting that the divinity-within school is a more powerful model of growth.

Doubt, Marohn believes, is the great jump-starter for psychological maturity and freedom can often be attained by paring down, limiting our choices, minimalizing our life styles.

For those on the path of mental and psychological well-being, Marohn maintains that the American culture's insistence on closure, certainty, and instant solutions are in constant conflict with experience, which the author believes, trumps even the received-wisdom, ancient-text, and clergy-controlled orthodoxies.