A poignant and moving account of the author's journey through recovery and his discovery of the evolving meaning of "normal". Includes wisdom gleaned through his relationship with his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. The reader learns how to redefine their understanding of normal as it applies to them.

A poignant and moving account of the author's journey through recovery and his struggles with fear. Includes wisdom gleaned from his life experiences and his twelve-step recovery program. The reader learns how to feel their fear, face it, and continue to grow.

A simple system to change your dating destiny?and it really works!Love starts within you and flows out into the world, not the other way around. This book helps you remove blocks to allow true love into your life. You will attract the right life partner and improve your relationships through a simple three-step plan that uses self-hypnosis to get your mind in the right place for love. First, you'll learn to let go of disempowering beliefs in your subconscious mind. In step two, you...

New, updated edition 2023. Lyn Kelley, Ph.D. is a licensed therapist and certified relationship coach who draws from her own experience her clients' to give you the most practical and up-to-date information about addicted men. You'll learn how "bad" he is on a scale from 1 – 5. You'll know all the early warning signs, why you're attracted to him, how to respond to him, how to "help" him, the questions you MUST ask, and how to save your relationship or move on.Here's what you'll get:...

Since 1991, Dr. Lee Jampolsky's self-help classic Healing the Addictive Mind has given well over 100,000 people around the world the tools to create significant change in their lives. Now he continues his proven and trustworthy blend of practical and positive psychology with HEALING THE ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY. Dr. Jampolsky's straightforward approach, based on firsthand experience, presents ways of healing addictive thinking, behavior, and destructive relationship patterns with forgiveness,...

Introducing an empowering, whole-self approach to addiction recovery—from a counselor at one of the most renowned drug and alcohol treatment centers.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).Just as addiction affects every part of one’s life, so...

Borrowing the wisdom gained in the development of 12 Step Programs, Getting Up, Getting Over, Getting On offers proven support. Micki McWade, LSMW adapts the best techniques, information and life lessons of established recovery programs to provide a concise and comprehensive pathway to a fulfilling life during the painful days of the divorce itself and the adaptive weeks and months that follow.

Emotional abuse is more than just derogatory insults and name-calling. Some forms of emotional abuse can be difficult to recognize. Even though they may be less obvious and therefore harder to detect, these tactics can severely affect your mental and emotional well-being, especially if the abuse continues. The forms of emotional abuse that damage your mental health are common in relationships, but unrecognizable to many who encounter them.Emotionally Abusive Husbands and Boyfri...

Inspired by the 12-step saying, “Life is simple, it’s people who are complicated,” Barb Rogers points out in Keep It Simple and Sane that it’s pretty easy to tell ourselves lie upon lie as we explain away bad behavior associated with drugs, alcohol, food, sex, work…whatever, in an attempt to feel better about our complicated lies. And of course, we can’t do anything to simplify our lives because we’re too busy keeping up with our complicated lives, so we drink, smoke, or shoot, to...

Are you interested in discovering the secret to dramatically improving and transforming your life faster than you ever imagined possible? If you are, this is the book for you!In "Subconscious Mind Power", you'll learn a step-by-step process to tap into the hidden power of your subconscious mind to transform your life."Subconscious Mind Power" is a short book that's easy to read, but it's incredibly powerful and life-changing. Topics covered in "Subconscious Mind Power" incl...

This is a Hands-On guidebook which teaches the highly successful techniques that Dr. Robert Puff uses to help his clients. You will learn to rid yourself of anger, stress-induced illness, depression, addictive behaviors, and other emotional baggage, which inhibit your happiness and make loving relationships difficult.Anger Work techniques explained in the book range from scream release to expressive artwork, from hitting a punching bag to creative visualization, with many more sugg...

Love addiction manifests in many forms, from Fatal Attraction-type obsessive lust to less extreme but nonetheless psychologically and emotionally harmful forms. The most common of these is staying in a bad relationship because of a fear of being alone-the "I hate you but don't leave me" relationship. In ADDICTION TO LOVE, recovering love addict Susan Peabody explains the variety of ways this disorder plays out, from the obsessively doting love addict to the addict who can't disent...