Praise for The Way Within Without

“The Way Within Without: Recovery Edition isn’t a guide to fixing yourself. It’s not a checklist for perfect sobriety or a promise of instant enlightenment. It’s something quieter. Slower. Maybe even more honest.

This book is a conversation—between ancient Taoist wisdom and the restless, recovering mind. Between the voice that used to scream for escape and the one learning to whisper, stay.

Across 81 short chapters, Miguel J. Rios offers poetic reflections, recovery-centered meditations, and questions that don’t try to solve you so much as invite you back to yourself.

Whether you’re newly sober, years into recovery, or simply learning to sit with your own humanity, these verses remind us that healing isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about remembering who you’ve always been beneath the fear and noise.

If you’re looking for rules, you won’t find them here. What you’ll find instead is an invitation—to walk home, one patient step at a time.”

— Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed

“At long last, a book for those in recovery that incorporates the generative wisdom of the Tao, the core of gentleness, and the subtlest practices of letting go. Through grounded paradox and ancient poetry, we are invited to be held by centuries of insights, reaching through time to hold us today.”

— Elena Brower, bestselling author of Practice You, Being You, Softening Time, and Hold Nothing

“Rios encourages stillness, remembrance, and belonging—helping readers find their way home to themselves.”

— Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Life

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