A ground-breaking book on dream interpretation for anyone working toward recovery in a 12-Step program.

You will actually learn how to use your dreams to enhance recovery, sobriety, and spirituality as you work each of the 12 Steps. The book provides innovative tools that will help you:
•Understand the meaning of your dreams
•Use your dreams for recovery
•Create a personal dream glossary
•Start a 12-Step dreamwork group
•Use prayer and meditation effectively

Shelly Marshall is the internationally known author of six recovery books that have sold over two million copies. In this book she uses personal anecdotes as well as spiritual principles from the work of Edgar Cayce and scores of dreams with interpretations by actual 12-Step participants, making this book an invaluable tool.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments	ix xiii
Part I - Dreaming for Recovery
1Dreaming for Recovery 2Processing Your Dream Messages 3Dreamwork and 12-Step Enhancement 4Forming a 12-Step Dreamwork Group	p. 1 p. 14 p. 37 p. 54
Part II - Your Dreamwork Glossary and How to Use It
Your Dreamwork Glossary The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire Colors Numbers Animate Objects (Domestic and Wild Animals, Birds, Marine Life, and Insects) Behavior and Activity (Includes Sexual Dreams) Clothes, Accessories and Jewelry Figures and Features Plants Health, Illness, and Death Inanimate Objects (All “Things” Not Listed Elsewhere) Spiritual Symbols Vehicles and Buildings	p. 75 p. 78 p. 87 p. 91 p. 97 p. 101 p. 104 p. 107 p. 111 p. 113 p. 116 p. 119 p. 121
Part III - Dreams from the Fellowship
Dreams from the Fellowship Pre-program Dreams Examine Ourselves and Be Honest Trust and Rely on God Take Meritorious and Moral Action Service to Others Relapse Dreams Reassurance and Encouragement Humor Death and Rebirth Precognition and Warnings	p. 127 p. 131 p. 136 p. 144 p. 153 p. 160 p. 165 p. 172 p. 176 p. 178 p. 181
Appendix IListing Your 12-Step Principles Appendix IIPun Fun in Dreams Appendix IIIThe 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Appendix IVThe 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous Endnotes Bibliography Resource Directory Index	p. 185 p. 189 p. 199 p. 201 p. 203 p. 205 p. 211 p. 213