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Impossible Joy chronicles the author's journey through sex addiction and 23 years of 12 Step recovery. From a religious "believism," which did not work, to a personal encounter with the One who really does loose from the power of lust and cleanse. Gives readers a Scripturally sound basis for making their own saving Connection. What emerges is a real Jesus for "For Sinners Only," a new view of the humanity of the Son of man put in practical terms, promising not only sobriety but joyous recovery and freedom.
- Sales Rank: #1650526 in Books
- Published on: 1999-07-15
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 276 pages
From the Publisher
Breaking the lust barrier has proven to be the great obstacle in recovery from sex addiction. IMPOSSIBLE JOY is a breakthrough book for sex-addicted and other Christians in or out of the church or 12 Step recovery movement. It is the long- missing link between religious belief and a recovery that works. Ron J. has given us the incredible story of his encounter with the humanly-tempted, suffering, saving Son of man who was lost to him and many others in the religious System. Not for the faint- hearted, JOY promises fulfillment of what the Steps prepare the way for, finding what our lust was really looking for.
From the Author
Back from that "pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization" of sex on the streets, and now several years sexually sober, I was nevertheless down for the count. That impossible temptation in the Post Office had me on the ropes, with no defense against the "drink" that would reignite the hellish obsession. That's when I started crying out, "I don't have it, Lord! Sobriety is not enough! I've got to know who you are for me!" And for the first time ever, in that spiritual conflict only the lust- addicted will understand, I felt the loving, liberating Presence of the saving One.
That was the beginning of a sea change in my recovery, which for years had been driven by fear. But now, there was joyous victory in "the expulsive power of a new affection." Later, in an isolated cabin in the high Sierras, pouring over Jesus' life in the Gospels, struck with his utter humanity and seeing the Son of man being made sin for me, I began to discover the One I had supposedly believed in all my life, but had never known. The One who was actually saving me from my lust--in my lust--one temptation at a time. That's where this book got started. He is my impossible joy today, the One I wish everyone could discover.
About the Author
Ron J. (pseudonym) went from washing dishes in a house of ill repute at sixteen and bucking rivets on bombers at seventeen to serving in the U.S. Navy at the end of WWII. Education: UCLA in History and Literature and graduate studies in Theology. He served as Special Agent in the FBI and was briefly in the Christian ministry, until his sex addiction catapulted him out of church, ministry, and marriage. Forays into the dance business and playwriting were followed by writing extensively in the high-tech electronics field. Ron was directly involved in the early formations of the 12 Step sex addiction recovery movement. Currently he is very active in the fellowships of recovery and in writing, lecturing, and speaking.
Ron J. has written three books and scores of papers for the 12 Step sex addiction recovery movement from 1979 to the present. Books in process for the general public are: Playboy R Us-- Picture-Sex and the New Lust , and Lust Virus, an examination of the cultural and historical forces driving the pseudo-sexual revolution. His play "Big City Blues," was produced Off-Broadway by the Negro Ensemble Company, NYC, in 1980, and he wrote a weekly newspaper column, "Inside Out."
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Victory over Temptation
By A Customer
Having recently finished reading Impossible Joy, I feel compelled to respond to some of the statements made in the previous review.
First, Ron's premise that we addicts are "sinners" is completely consistent with the 12 step movement. Our illness compels us to perpetrate moral crimes. The fact that it is truly an illness explains why we can't stop on our own, but does not absolve us of the responsibility for, or consequence of our "sins". Ron's analysis of scripture clearly articulates how Jesus, the true "higher power," not only saved us from the ultimate consequence of our sins, but can also provide ongoing victory over all of our temptations, one temptation at a time.
The previous reviewer's assertion that the original 12 steps formulated by Alcoholics Anonymous doesn't have Jesus in it, is laughable. Bill Wilson based the steps on the spiritual principles of the Oxford Group, a nondenominational Christian movement founded by Frank Buchman, a Lutheran minister. It is true that Bill and Dr. Bob removed references to Christ, sin, the Holy Spirit, etc, from the 12 steps in order not to alienate alcoholics of other faiths, or no faith, because AA's primary goal was sobriety, not salvation. However, the Road of Happy Destiny, mapped out in these steps, leads directly to our savior. In Impossible Joy, Ron describes how Jesus, walking with us, can bear our temptations and help us live - not free from temptation, but free from the obsession of our particular weakness and the compulsion to act on our temptation.
Certainly people who reject God's laws and his son are forced to reject this book. Recovery from addiction requires admission of our powerlessness to do right, repentance, and absolute surrender to God (Steps 1 - 3). Impossible Joy is advanced recovery, a valuable resource for us addicts who want to move beyond sobriety to true recovery.
In fairness, since this book forces us to look at our powerlessness and our desperate need for God, it will not appeal to those who can't face the truth. In fact, it could cause them to resort to politically-correct-sounding attacks and name calling.
"No God, no peace. Know God, know peace."
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Unspeakably Grateful
By Brian P
Hi, my name is Brian. I am a grateful recovering sexaholic. I am so unspeakable grateful for what I am reading in this book, that words fail me. Despite having been involved in 12-Step of several years, having worked the Steps diligently, I knew I was missing something. There was, for some reason, still a spiritual misconnection. Now, through this book, I am learning why. More importantly, I am discovering the Complete Solution. Thank you SO MUCH Ron, for having the courage to write this book, and the perseverance to get it published.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
The Hard and Real Truth
By Greg B.
There really are not adequate words to describe this book. I am a recovering Sexaholic and have been active in 12-Step fellowships, and this book has brought me to a new level of recovery. It has helped to point me to a new level of connection with my Savior, and has given me real hope for a life of joy. I could continue to gush for paragraphs, but I won't. Get the book, read it and learn for yourself. It is ADVANCED recovery, for an ADVANCED form of addiction, sexaholism. I know guys who have been able to maintain 15+ years of sobriety from alcohol who can't maintain a year of sobriety from lust because they can't, or won't apply this book to their lives. The solution to addiction, "slavery to sin," is simple in its description, a mere 270 some odd pages. It is however not simple to do, it takes diligence and the help of someone greater than yourself, a Savior. Until you find God, the real God, there is no hope for salvation from your powerlessness over the disease that will ultimately kill you, SIN.
I searched for help from religion, even Christianity, but Religion couldn't save me. I tried to do it on my own, I couldn't save me. I tried to get help from others, others couldn't save me. Only God, as described in this book, only Jesus could save me. This has been my experience, and whatever you believe, you can't disprove my experience, nor can you disprove the experience of Ron J.. He lays out not some theoretical formula for recovery, but rather what was "forced on him by the crucible" of his recovery. Whatever you believe, this works, and it works completely. Those who attempt to make 12-Step programs some secular attempt at hope consider this, some goverment agencies won't refer to 12-steps because they consider it a breech of seperation between church and state. And, Yes, the original name of AA was going to be "The James Gang," based on the book of James in the Bible, "The Big Big Book," but they wanted people to discover God from experience, not preaching. Discover him, I have, and you can too, and the saving power of his life, death, and resurection. Read with an open mind, try it and see if it doesn't work for you too.
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