May's Book Receives 5 Tail Wags on the Recovery Readometer!
Welcome to another episode of Reads and Recovery on the Recovery Daily Podcast. Today, I discuss the book "Man’s Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl. This book offers a narrative of survival and an exploration of the human spirit's resilience in unavoidable struggles.
Viktor Frankl shares his experiences as a Holocaust survivor along with his psychological theories. His theory of Logotherapy was one that kept him motivated to finish his work after the war.
This book recounts his life in the concentration camps and his observations of fellow prisoners, and then focuses on his psychological insights.
Frankl’s narrative gripped me from the very beginning. He emphasizes that those who found meaning, even in the smallest thoughts or actions, were more likely to survive. This search for meaning is very relatable to those of us in recovery.
Frankl writes about moments of kindness among prisoners and even guards and the impact our thoughts can have on our will to survive. Frankl explains that we can find meaning through work, love, and the attitude we adopt toward unavoidable suffering. I found that these principles resonate deeply with AA’s principles, emphasizing work, service, and attitude.
Frankl’s insights are inspirational and can offer guidance for those in recovery. His experiences and theories remind us that we can find purpose amid suffering, which is a message of hope. Personally, this book has validated my efforts to reframe my recovery and disability, by emphasizing that its ok for sadness and hope, suffering and resilience, to coexist.

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