When it came out in 2016, I loved Ian Morgan Cron’s book The Road Back to You. Some call it “the book that started a million enneagram journeys.”

I’ve always wanted to chat with Ian and, today, you and I both get to do just that, as we walk this his latest book called The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between.

Did you know that anyone–addicts or non-addicts–can benefit from working the Twelve Steps and find the freedom, joy, and intimacy with God that their hearts long for?

We all suffer from a sense of spiritual homelessness–a feeling that we’re not fully at home in the world. To cope with our painful feelings and life traumas, we search for quick “fixes” that eventually become habitual, self-destructive behaviors that ultimately create more problems than they solve.

As a person in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, Ian is no stranger to these destructive habits. It wasn’t until he embraced the Twelve Steps that he found true freedom.

He knows from personal experience that Twelve Step recovery is more than just a life-saving strategy for guiding substance users into sobriety. 

Everybody is addicted to something to numb the discomfort of living in a messed-up world, he says, but the good news is that if you committedly “work the steps,” you will eventually have a vital spiritual awakening that will give you an entirely new and radically beautiful orientation toward the life God has for you.

I hope you’ll click the play button below to learn more about Ian and his new book.

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In today’s episode, I ask Ian about:

• Why admitting defeat is a ‘liberating acknowledgement of reality’
• How surrender can be an empowering act for us rather than a disempowering one
• The power of admitting your wrongs to another person, and how tatt vulnerability contributes to your healing
• And lots more!

Order Ian’s Book

You can order your copy of The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between right now!

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Purchase a copy of my new book (written with Jesse Wisnewski) Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career. There, you can also download the introduction and first chapter for free!

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