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From the Edge of the Cliff: Understanding the Two Phases of Recovery and Becoming the Person You're Meant to Be provides addicts with practical lessons on how to understand and successfully navigate the two phases of recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction. However, it is also a remarkably touching, real-life story of someone who has used these same lessons to maintain 28 years of successful recovery. This audiobook contains an entire section on the hazards of drugs prescribed by physicians not well versed in addiction recovery.

Quitting destructive drinking is the easy part - staying quit is the hard part. What do you do tonight, tomorrow, next weekend, when you go on vacation, for the rest of your life? Okay, I Quit. Now What? is filled with practical strategies and concepts to make the most out of living sober. Many people expect too much out of life just because they quit drinking. This is an honest and raw view of life after liquor. Living sober can be the greatest thing you ever do - but you must be an active participant in your own Re-Invention to get the most out of sobriety.

Weltweit haben tausende Menschen mit dem Prinzip aus "Alkohol hat mich belogen" das Trinken aufgegeben. Mit diesem Hörbuch erhalten Sie Zugang zu den Hypnose-Sitzungen, welche Sie täglich hören sollten, um Ihre neu gewonnenen Überzeugungen zum Thema Alkohol tief in Ihrem Unterbewusstsein zu verankern.

Craig Beck ist ein angesehener Familienmensch mit zwei Kindern, einem wunderschönen Zuhause und einer erfolgreichen Medienkarriere; er ist Geschäftsführer in zahlreichen Gesellschaften und leitete in der Vergangenheit zudem eine große Wohlfahrtsorganisation für Kinder. Craig war trotz seiner Angewohnheit, zwei Flaschen Wein jeden Abend zu trinken, ein erfolgreicher und funktionierender Geschäftsmann.

Tens of millions of women today drink to excess and their numbers are growing. Now Dr. Kitty Harris, an experienced counselor and therapist who is herself a recovering alcoholic with more than 30 years of sobriety, presents a new model for recovery that focuses on treating the pain in women's lives that can lead to a vicious cycle of addiction - not on the shame that fuels it. Combining her personal and professional experience, Dr. Harris offers tools that can help women who want to recover.

Afhold dig fra at drikke I tredive dage og find ud af hvordan du har det. Annie Grace væbner sine læsere med forskningsbaseret information for at gore noget ved den kulturelle og følelsesmæssige programmering, vi udsættes for i forbindelse med alkohol. Resultatet er en opmærksom fremgangsmåde, som giver læseren kontrollen tilbage og permanent standser trangen. Der er et kapitel viet til hver dag i eksperimentet - der er visdom, testede strategier, og provokerende ny information, som supplerer planen og støtter den trinvise succes, når man opdager, hvad der føles rigtigt.

Un recorrido desde los inicios de nuestra comunidad hasta la creación de la Conferencia de Servicios Generales, contado por sus protagonistas Bill W., Lois, Dr. Bob, Reverendo Shoemaker, y algunos de los primeros delegados, entre otros, en una selección de artículos publicados previamente en la revista Grapevine y ahora narrados en español. Ahora por primera vez disponible como descarga digital.

Are you and your partner curious about sobriety or better managing your drinking? In Sober Love, Dr. Joseph Nowinski offers practical advice and proven strategies to help couples end their relationship with alcohol—and redefine their relationship with each other. Alcohol misuse can become an insidious problem for many couples. As a psychologist with extensive experience in designing effective treatment programs, Dr. Nowinski describes how and why people—and couples—develop alcohol problems

Grant Muller was nearly killing himself – quite literally. A desperate quest to get rich had made him a millionaire before the age of 30 but then taken him to the brink: homeless, living on drugs and hustle. If his lifestyle didn’t end him, one of the thugs he owed money to would surely do the job. So when he finally got off the streets and got clean, he knew everything had to change. He reinvented himself, and along the way came to understand that real success in sales isn’t just about the hustle, or about being top of mind. It’s about the human connections you create.

Through Maggie’s youth, she was reminded by her preacher father of The 3 Things: you are part of a family, be true to yourself, and glorify God in all that you do. But as Maggie shares in this transformational book, those old truths take on new meaning in modern life, recovery, and motherhood.

Alcohol addiction, also known as alcoholism, is an illness that affects folks of all strolls of life. Experts have attempted to pinpoint factors like genetics, sex, competition, or socioeconomics that may predispose you to get addicted to alcohol. Nevertheless, it has no single cause; however, psychological, hereditary, and behavioral factors can all donate to getting the disease.

The purpose of this book is to introduce a true introspection of the inner workings of the mind and reality of the author and his journey from poverty, drug addiction, mental illness, imprisonment, and homelessness to a successful self-made expert and professional entrepreneur in the field of mental/behavioral healthcare and addictions services. The book is a testament that treatment when empathic, genuine, spiritual, eclectic, and most important, culturally sensitive, works. This book is the author's testimony that recovery is not only possible but limitless.

Many alcoholics who might gain life-saving sobriety are turned away from Alcoholics Anonymous by an insistence on belief in a god, specifically, a Christian god. Christianity may not be the official religion of AA, but a stubbornness about ending meetings with The Jesus Prayer, aka, The Lords Prayer is just one example of Christian domination of meetings.

Circle of Wine pulls back the cover and gives us glimpses into the convoluted layers that make up the addictive circle of alcohol addiction that sucks its victims in and keeps them spiraling out of control. Author Greta Kay reaches beyond rhetoric and excuses to carve out a compassionate, clear path for those ready to gain freedom from their addiction.

The roles of faith, belief and spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous. The beliefs of drinking alcoholics about their alcoholism, their life and alcohol are what keeps them drinking. These beliefs are shaped by the alcoholic’s mental obsession which excuses and justifies drinking at every turn. Obsessions of every kind function by excusing and justifying aberrant behavior. Loss of faith in these excuses and justifications coupled with a crisis situation and the availability sobriety knowledge enables the alcoholic to see clearly and get sober.

What begins as a blissful vacation aboard a cruise ship swiftly descends into a harrowing ordeal when the author's husband is unexpectedly ensnared in the world of enforced sobriety. This poignant memoir opens the door to a seldom-seen system, revealing the realities of a mandatory rehabilitation system that operates under the guise of care. As the narrative unfolds, the listener is taken on a deeply personal journey that exposes the underbelly of a rehab industry fraught with systemic flaws and bureaucratic apathy.

Coming from a place of overwhelming compassion for both the addict and the parent, Patty provides a no-nonsense approach to instructing parents on healthier ways to navigate the challenges they face as the parent of a struggling child, whether the child is 14 or 54. She offers clear and concise dos and don'ts to help parents protect themselves from the ravages of this disease. She debunks terms like enabling, detachment, and self-care and guides parents through practical tools and behaviors to help them begin to find peace even if their child continues to struggle.

Hast du das Problem, dass der Alkohol dein Leben bestimmt, oder dass du auf dem besten Weg dahin bist? Dann ist dein Trinkverhalten bereits problematisch. Dieser Ratgeber erläutert die körperlichen, psychologischen und sozialen Aspekte der Sucht. Wir machen uns auf die Suche nach den Ursachen und du erfährst, wie du deine Einstellungen und Gewohnheiten ändern kannst.

If you or someone you love are among the 19.4 million people who suffer alcohol or drug addiction, this unvarnished, raw recount of the various ways and many years the author suffered, can serve as the understanding and validation you need. As her story reveals, the initial “escape” alcohol offers, quickly brings compounding issues setting the person on a path of denial that can lead to destruction.

Are you watching the self-destruction of a loved one struggling with substance abuse, or are you the one addicted? Perhaps you are an observer standing outside the arena watching the chaos and asking yourself, "Why don't they just quit?" If you find yourself in one of these situations, this book is written with you in mind. By sharing our family's story of tragedy and triumph, we have an opportunity to encourage those whose life's pathways have taken them to some of the same dark places our family has been.