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12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592857884
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery written by Allen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to staying connected to our support systems and avoiding opportunities to use during the coronavirus pandemic, we can also keep confronting and conquering the self-destructive things we think and do that undercut our health and sanity. Concise advice on hunting down the personal culprits that sabotage sobriety and personal happiness. To grow in recovery, we must grow up emotionally. This means getting honest with ourselves and facing up to the self-defeating thoughts and actions that put our sobriety at risk. Although there are as many ways to mess up recovery as there are alcoholics and addicts, some general themes exist, which include: confusing self-concern with selfishness; not making amends; using the program to try to become perfect; not getting help for relationship troubles; and believing that life should be easy. In simple, down-to-earth language, Allen Berger explores the twelve most commonly confronted beliefs and attitudes that can sabotage recovery. He then provides tools for working through these problems in daily life. This useful guide offers fresh perspectives on how the process of change begins with basic self-awareness and a commitment to working a daily program.

12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 159285995X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone written by Allen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the classic 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery offers a fresh list of "smart" things to do to attain and sustain emotional sobriety. Learn the attitudes and behaviors that are key to attaining and sustaining emotional sobriety and developing a deeper trust in the process of life. Dr. Allen Berger draws on the teachings of Bill W. and psychotherapy pioneers to offer us twelve hallmarks of emotional sobriety. These “right actions” help us develop the confidence to be accountable for our behavior, to practice asking for what we want and need, and to cultivate a deeper trust in the process of life. Dr. Berger’s list of smart things includes understanding who you are and what’s important to you learning not to take others’ reactions personally trusting your inner compass Through practicing these twelve things, we find release from what Bill W. described as an “absolute dependence on people or circumstances. Freed from the emotional immaturity that fueled our addictive personality and hurt ourselves and others, we can develop the tools to find strength from within and continue our successful journey of recovery.

12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 161649655X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery written by Allen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are facing relapse, learning to overcoming complacency, or taking responsibility for your feelings and actions, this book will equip you to overcome some of the most common relapse hazards you may encounter on your path to long-term recovery. This book gives you the tools you need to work through twelve pitfalls that you are likely to encounter on your path to long-term recovery. Whether you are facing relapse, learning to overcoming complacency, or take responsibility for your feelings and actions, this book will equip you to overcome some of the most common relapse hazards. Recovery from addiction is often compared to a journey where you meet new people, rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit, and learn new things about yourself that give you hope for the future. But like all journeys, there are also pitfalls that can jeopardize your sobriety. With his popular book, 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery, Allen Berger has shown many people how to confront self-defeating thoughts and behaviors that can sabotage their sobriety. In this sequel, Allen gives you the tools you need to work through twelve pitfalls that you are likely to encounter on your path to long-term recovery. Whether you are facing relapse, learning to overcome complacency, or taking responsibility for your feelings and actions, this book will equip you to overcome some of the most common relapse hazards as you make your trek along “the Road of Happy Destiny.”

12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1616496541
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery written by Allen Berger and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With his popular book, 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery, Allen Berger has shown many people how to confront self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. With this sequel, you'll gain the tools to work through twelve more hazards on the path to long-term recovery--and you'll meet others who've used these tools, too. Whether you're facing relapse, learning to overcome complacency, or working to take responsibility for your feelings and actions, this book will guide you along 'the road of happy destiny'"--Page 4 of cover.

12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery & 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze an

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1616491035
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery & 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze an written by Allen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bundle of two ebooks by recovery expert Dr. Allen Berger to help you avoid pitfalls and be proactive in your recovery journey. 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery contains concise advice on hunting down the personal culprits that sabotage sobriety and personal happiness. To grow in recovery, we must grow up emotionally. This means getting honest with ourselves and facing up to the self-defeating thoughts and actions that put our sobriety at risk. Although there are as many ways to mess up recovery as there are alcoholics and addicts, some general themes exist, which include: confusing self-concern with selfishness; not making amends; using the program to try to become perfect; not getting help for relationship troubles; and believing that life should be easy. In simple, down-to-earth language, Allen Berger explores the twelve most commonly confronted beliefs and attitudes that can sabotage recovery. He then provides tools for working through these problems in daily life. 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone offers a fresh list of "smart" things to do to attain and sustain emotional sobriety. Whether it's called "dry drunk" or "white knuckle sobriety," it's that stage in recovery when we realize that "putting the plug in the jug" isn't enough. The next step is taking responsibility for the emotional immaturity that fuels our addictive personality and has a tremendous impact on ourselves and others. These smart things include: understanding who you are and what's important to you; learning not to take others' reactions personally; trusting your inner compass; and taking responsibility for your reactions to problematic situations.

12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1616494468
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book 12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends written by Allen Berger and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know there are hidden rewards to making amends? Without a willingness to experience our painful feelings, we can never grow and mature into the person we'd like to be. We can never reach our potential. We can never become our true-self. To grow, we must stay in close contact with our experience, whatever it is. We need to stay in close contact with how we behaved in our relationships in order to make a thorough list of those we have harmed. We must face the wrongs we have done without running away from the truth. If we were rigorously honest with ourselves while making the list of people we had harmed, we probably felt one or more of the following feelings: anxiety, shame, discomfort, or guilt. This is exactly what we were suppose to feel. We were learning that we don't have to feel comfortable to be OK. In fact, another hidden reward is that the more willing we are to feel uncomfortable the more comfortable we become. Yes, another paradox! One of the many hidden rewards in working Steps 8,9, and 10 is to stay in close contact with our experience so we can learn from it. This self-understanding is at the heart of self-forgiveness and emotional recovery. --Excerpted from 12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends

12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety

Author : Allen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1616499214
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety written by Allen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . .

Compassion and Self-hate

Author : Theodore Isaac Rubin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Compassion and Self-hate written by Theodore Isaac Rubin and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rewired

Author : Erica Spiegelman
Publisher : Hatherleigh Press
ISBN 13 : 1578265665
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Rewired written by Erica Spiegelman and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A counselor at one of the most innovative and renowned drug and alcohol treatment centers in the world introduces an empowering approach to addiction recovery that addresses the whole self—mind, body, and spirit This “useful and practical perspective on what you can do to recover from [addiction]” can replace or supplement 12-step programs—at any stage in your recovery (Allen Berger, Ph.D., author of 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery) Rewired is a new, breakthrough approach to fighting addiction and self-damaging behavior by acknowledging our personal power to bring ourselves back from the brink. Centered on the concept of self-actualization, Rewired will guide you towards not only physical sobriety, but a mental, emotional, and spiritual sobriety by learning to identify key principles within yourself, including authenticity, honesty, gratitude, and understanding a need for solitude. Rewired addresses the whole self; just as addiction affects every part of one’s life, so too must its treatment. By helping us to build a healthy space to support our own recovery, we can rewrite the negative behaviors that result in addiction. Usable in conjunction with or in place of 12-step programs, Rewired allows for a more holistic approach, helping to create a personalized treatment plan that is right for you. Each section in Rewired includes: • Personal anecdotes from the author’s own struggles with alcoholism and addiction • Inspiring true success stories of patients overcoming their addictions • Questions to engage you into finding what is missing from your recovery • Positive affirmations and intentions to guide and motivate With all the variables, both physical and emotional, that play into overcoming addiction, Rewired enables us to stay strong and positive as we progress on the path to recovery. Rewired teaches patience and compassion, the two cornerstones of a new, humanist approach to curing addiction. Remember, addicts are not broken people that need to be fixed—they just have a few crossed wires.

The 7 Key Principles of Successful Recovery

Author : Mel B.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592859542
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The 7 Key Principles of Successful Recovery written by Mel B. and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mel B. and Bill P. offer a unique look at the historical and spiritual roots of the principles of recovery and how they apply to staying sober, building emotional stability, and fulfilling human potential. The key principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are widely familiar as seven popular slogans: First things first. Live and let live. Easy does it. Let go and let God. One day at a time. Pass it on. Keep it simple. This inspiring book explores the deep wisdom behind these simple sayings and shows how the underlying principles relate not only to recovery but also to living happily and well in a confusing world.Mel B. and Bill P. offer a unique look at the historical, spiritual, and Twelve Step roots of the main principles of recovery. Full of practical help and support, this book gives readers a clear and useful sense of how these principles apply to the main goals of recovery: staying clean and sober, building emotional stability and maturity for successful living in sobriety, and finding the will and the way to get along with others and fulfill our full human potential.

The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Author : Troy DuFrene
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1572249293
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom to Know the Difference written by Troy DuFrene and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Maybe you’ve just started on the road to recovering from addiction. Or you’ve tried to stop abusing alcohol or drugs before, but haven’t been successful. Perhaps you’re making progress in a support group or 12-step program, but want to add an approach grounded in science. No matter how far you’ve come, how far you still have left to go, or which path you’ve chosen, this book can help you end your struggle with addiction. The Wisdom to Know the Difference is an addiction recovery workbook based in acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT. Research shows that ACT is a powerful treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, and other issues, and it can be used alone or in combination with any 12-step program. On this particular path, you’ll learn to accept what you can’t change about yourself and your past and commit to changing the things you can. You’ll overcome your addiction by focusing on what you value most, like your talents, friends, career, relationships, and family. There’s no need to wait any longer. This book will help you find the serenity, courage, and wisdom it takes to leave substance abuse behind for good.

Still Standing

Author : Bucky Sinister
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1609252977
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Still Standing written by Bucky Sinister and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recovering alcoholic and veteran of the punk rock and spoken word scenes shares stories of getting sober, staying sober, and living a better life. Poet, comedian and author Bucky Sinister shares stories of misfits, freaks, and weirdos who have come to recovery after years of hard living pushed them to the brink. Coming from various backgrounds, these tattoo artists, bartenders, musicians, flight attendants and others all needed to answer the all-important question: What Now? Bucky Sinister knows all too well the power that words contain. Sober since February 19th, 2002, he’s traveled near and far to share tales from the trenches about the ups and downs of living sober. Using a mixture of poetic reflection, autobiography and philosophy, Bucky Sinister goes beyond the 12-step guide, offering a manual to unpacking the mind and finding clarity.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Author : Bill W.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698176936
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Alcoholics Anonymous written by Bill W. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

Passages Through Recovery

Author : Terence T Gorski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592858058
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Passages Through Recovery written by Terence T Gorski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passages through Recovery presents an action plan for preventing relapse, one that can help us understand how recovery works and what is needed to move from active addiction to sobriety. "Abstinence from alcohol and other drugs is only the beginning of sobriety. It's the ticket to get into the theater, not the movie we are going to see."--Passages through Recovery One of the most important things we learn in recovery is that there really is a way out of all the misery--if we know which way to go. But abstinence from alcohol and other drugs is just the beginning of our journey, not our destination. And, that journey can be a rough one if we don't know what lies ahead.Based on the experiences of thousands of recovering men and women, Passages through Recovery presents an action plan for preventing relapse, one that can help us understand how recovery works and what is needed to move from active addiction to sobriety. Gorski's pioneering work describes six stages of recovery from chemical dependency and offers sound advice for working through the challenges of each stage--challenges that can create frustration and lead to relapse.Passages through Recovery clearly demonstrates that sobriety is more than just healing the damage. "It's a way of thinking, acting, and relating to others," Gorski writes, "that promotes continued physical, psychological, social, and spiritual health. The skills necessary for long-term sobriety are all directed at finding meaning and purpose in life."Use this book as a compass in your recovery to help you stay on course.

A Program For You

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592857981
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book A Program For You written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Program for You leads each of us--newcomer or old-timer--to a deeper understanding of recovery as a way of life. A Program for You leads each of us--newcomer or old-timer--to a deeper understanding of recovery as a way of life. A Program for You clears our way for discovering positive, powerful answers to these questions. In the years since 1939, the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, has guided millions in their search for a design for healthy living free of addictive behaviors. Now, two program old-timers share their years of intensive study of the Big Book, revealing the vitality of its message for those of us reading it today.This celebration of the basic text of Twelve Step recovery breathes new life into the Big Book's timeless wisdom. Thoroughly annotated line and page, written with down-to-earth humor and simplicity, and providing a contemporary context for understanding, A Program for You helps us experience the same path of renewal that Bill W. and the first on hundred AA members did.

We Are the Luckiest

Author : Laura McKowen
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608687864
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book We Are the Luckiest written by Laura McKowen and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It’s the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s going to save lives.” — Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something — anything — else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy. She recognized that “those of us who answer the invitation to wake up, whatever our invitation, are really the luckiest of all.” Here, in straight-talking chapters filled with personal stories, McKowen addresses issues such as facing facts, the question of AA, and other people’s drinking. Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, she relentlessly emphasizes the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.

The Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781557763709
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book The Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides are meant to be used by NA members at any stage of recovery, whether it's the first time through the steps, or whether they have been a guiding force for many years. This book is intentionally written to be relevant to newcomers and to help more experienced memebers develop a deeper understanding of the Twelve Steps.