Download or read book The Soul of an Addict written by D. J. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction is more complex than it may seem. Written for the non-addict who seeks to understand substance addiction, The Soul of an Addict shows that addiction not just a disease or a choice. Using statistics, anecdotes from the lives of addicts, and the author's personal experience with addiction and recovery, the book argues that addiction affects all aspects of human existence, including identity, purpose, life structure, and morality. It serves as a religion in the addict's life, and any approach to recovery must also provide these essential needs. With one in seven Americans struggling with substance abuse, this book brings a timely analysis for anyone concerned about addiction."A must-read? As a therapist I will be recommending this book to my clients." -Milt McLelland, CMHC, Roots Counseling Center"One of the best overviews of addiction I have read." -Linford Stutzman, Eastern Mennonite University
Download or read book The Soul of Recovery written by Christopher D. Ringwald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of alcoholics and addicts recover through spirituality. In The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, author and journalist Christopher D. Ringwald tells how and why they seek and achieve these transformations. Ranging as far back as the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society in 1840, Ringwald illuminates the use of spirituality within a wide range of treatment options--from the famous Twelve Step-style programs to those tailored to the needs of addicted women, Native Americans, or homeless teens not ready to quit. Focusing on the results rather than the validity of beliefs espoused by these programs, he demonstrates how addicts recover through practices such as self-examination, meditation, prayer and reliance on a self-defined higher power. But the most compelling evidence of spirituality's importance comes from those directly involved in the process. Ringwald traveled across the country to visit dozens of programs and interview hundreds of addicts, alcoholics, counselors, family members, doctors and scientists. Many share moving stories of suffering, survival, and redemption. A homeless man, a surgeon, a college student, a working mother-each describes the descent into addiction and how spirituality offered a practical, personal means to recovery. Ringwald also examines the controversies surrounding faith-based treatment and the recovery movement, from the conflict between science and spirituality, to skepticism about the "new age" brand of spirituality these programs encourage, to constitutional issues over court-mandated participation in allegedly religious treatment programs. Combining in-depth research with powerful personal accounts, this fascinating exploration of spirituality will provide a fuller understanding of the nature of addiction and how people overcome it.
Download or read book Addiction and Pastoral Care written by Sonia E. Waters and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely resource treating addiction holistically as both a spiritual and a pathological condition Substance addictions present a unique set of challenges for pastoral care. In this book Sonia Waters weaves together personal stories, research, and theological reflection to offer helpful tools for ministers, counselors, chaplains, and anyone else called to care pastorally for those struggling with addiction. Waters uses the story of the Gerasene demoniac in Mark’s Gospel to reframe addiction as a “soul-sickness” that arises from a legion of individual and social vulnerabilities. She includes pastoral reflections on oppression, the War on Drugs, trauma, guilt, discipleship, and identity. The final chapters focus on practical-care skills that address the challenges of recovery, especially ambivalence and resistance to change.
Download or read book Breaking the Spirit of Addiction written by Apostle Sam Jones and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book "Breaking the Spirit of Addiction: Counselor Guide" was written to provide pastors, Christian counselors and laypeople insight on the various addictions. The impulsive and uncontrollable nature of substance abuse and other addictions usually cause addicts and their families to experience devastating emotional and psychological consequences. This book helps counselors to identify the strongholds that addicts and their families struggle with and provide practical biblical based principles to overcome them. About the author The author, Samuel J. Jones, is bishop of the Good News Fellowship of Churches in Birmingham, Alabama. The Good News Fellowship is a mission sponsored by the Eastern Mennonite Missions of Salunga, Pennsylvania. Long before he became bishop, Jones worked successfully with hundreds drug addicts for more than 17 years. He is president and founder of Highways & Hedges Outreach Training Center, which began in Kankakee, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is now located in Birmingham. Bishop Jones is a master trainer for the National Center for Fathering, where he trains facilitators across the nation to facilitate classes to "return the fathers heart to their children." He is a former project director of the Birmingham Fatherhood Initiative at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he worked weekly with more than 250 fathers struggling with some type of addiction. Bishop Jones is a host of a national television show called "Families in Focus: From a Christian Perspective."
Download or read book Mindful Recovery written by Thomas Bien and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance. Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors. Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life. Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.
Download or read book The Spiritual Paradox of Addiction written by Ashok Bedi and published by Nicolas-Hays, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addicts and alcoholics are often highly spiritualized individuals who lack the faith apparatus to make a healthy connection with their spiritual drive. As such, they turn to negative behavior patterns to fulfill that hunger: alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, pornography, social media, and dysfunctional relationships. This book offers a series of insights and methods whereby faith may be restored and positively channeled into life-sustaining behaviors. It is addressed to addicts, their families and friends, as well as interested laypeople, government policymakers, and treatment professionals. The authors include instruction in yoga and breathing exercises, meditation, and mindfulness, as well as case studies and medical guidance for detoxification.
Download or read book Addictions of the Soul written by Miguel Bizarre and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADDICTIONS OF THE SOUL is the second book of a three set collection. The first being THE INTIMATE HORRORS OF RELATIONSHIPS which explored the pain of Love. ADDICTIONS is about how Love is the worst addiction and what the author has seen through his own eyes and eyes of friends who try to replace Love with other things including suicide. It's a very dark collection with a few happy poems in it that will amaze and make you think. This collection is and will be worth anyone's time if they are open to see the darkness that resides inside due to that demon called Love...
Download or read book Addiction and Recovery written by Martha Postlethwaite and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companionship for the lifelong journey of recovery In Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage, Martha Postlethwaite--pastor and a person in recovery--reflects on her pilgrimage of healing through valleys of despair and vistas of resurrection. Addiction and Recovery is not just Postlethwaite's story, though. She also draws on the wisdom of pilgrims who have walked other paths to explore themes such as surrender, truth telling, shame, powerlessness, grace, forgiveness, and resurrection. Together, these chronicles bring hope to people who struggle with the disease of addiction and to those who love them. Each chapter ends with questions to reflect on with conversation partners or in a journal, and a spiritual practice. The spiritual practices are related to the chapter themes and serve as samplers, but they can be woven into the reader's own pilgrimage. Readers will recognize themselves in these stories and reflections, learn that they are not alone, and find reasons to hope as they make their own pilgrimage.
Download or read book Pages from the Soul of an Addict written by Minister J. Michael Cole and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pages from the Soul of an Addict is just that-pages that were poetically written from the author's soul while being bound by the consuming chemical chains of crack cocaine. There are pages of despair, doom, and darkness. However, there are also pages of hope, deliverance, and light. The goal and main objective of this book is to minister to anyone who is still suffering and caught up in the deadly web of drug addiction and to give the nonaddicts a poetically painted picture of what it is like being a drug addict and what it takes for deliverance.
Download or read book He Restoreth My Soul written by Donald L. Hilton (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has accelerated our fascination with pleasure. Indeed, the power of pleasure has been underestimated, and Internet pornography is changing the world in a fundamental way.In this book, author Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD explores the destructive power of pornography addiction, not just from a moral and spiritual perspective, but with the scrutiny of modern science. Current research tells us that there is little difference in physical or chemical changes in the pleasure and control centers of the brain regardless of whether the addiction is "from a chemical or an experience," as stated in the journal Science. (Constance Holden, "Behavioral Addictions: Do They Exist? Science, 294 (5544) 2 November 2001, 980.)Relying on the latest research on addiction, and merging this knowledge with spiritual aspects of repentance and recovery, the author provides understanding and hope to those who seek healing and restoration of both body and spirit, which are the "soul of man."
Download or read book The Soul of Addiction written by Ibraheem Raheem and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a cutting edge resource for clergy working in clinical settings helping people deal with substance abuse and other behavior health challenges. It takes a critical look at the role spirituality plays in recovery from addictions a rising epidemic in our society. It also provides a methodical approach to providing spiritual care in non-traditional settings when helping this target audience. The book is a must have resource for modern ministry encounters.
Download or read book Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery written by Barbara Sinor and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This inspiring and penetrating new book by Dr. Sinor shows how we gather the courage and the force of will to make a transformational change."--Mark Thurston, Ph.D.
Download or read book Soul Recovery written by Ester Nicholson and published by Agape Media International Llc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ester Nicholson's foundational process that she's termed Soul Recovery unlocks the code of dependence as it manifests in substance, relationship and behaviorial addictions, among others. As you're guided through a 12-week process of study and practice, the author courageously shares her inspiring journey that has ultimately led to a new life of wholeness, fearlessness and power. Using examples and daily practices, she reveals the 12 keys that saved her life and the spiritual technology that will bring you serenity and carry you to your dreams. The Soul Recovery process works deeply with life paradigms and practices to create a soul-centred awareness that's so profound that disease; addictions; and everyday problems related to attachments, expectations and limiting beliefs are dissolved in the face of it. A fascinating read, Soul Recovery tells the gritty story of a recovering substance abuser who rose to great career heights while falling into a personal abyss, only to find her way back with newfound glory and purpose. Its powerful lessons and practical, easy-to-use exercises can be used by people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Download or read book The Addicted Soul written by Dovid Goldwasser and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breaking the Spirit of Addiction written by Randy Hunter and published by Xlibris. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epidemic of drug addiction has ruined untold countless lives in the United States and throughout the entire world. As events in the world seem to become progressively worse, so does the problem of drug addiction. I have personally fought the war on drugs, having a career in narcotics law enforcement. Even though God has blessed me to have great success in my career as a narcotics officer, I have come to understand that the only way to rid society of narcotics abuse is to stop the demand. The old business adage of "supply and demand" runs especially true in the narcotics "industry". If people in society want illicit drugs of abuse, someone somewhere is going to produce, grow, manufacture, transport and sell them. I believe that God has called me to minister to anyone that will listen about how to get our families and friends freed from the bondage of drug addiction that is destroying this generation. I have been asked many times by many people about what they could do to help their family and friends that are under the influence of drug abuse. At the time, I didn't have many answers to give them. I then began to ask God in prayer to help me understand the problem of addiction and what God's Word said about it. God answered my prayer and began to give me revelation on this topic. I was inspired by God to primarily focus on the source of drug addiction and how to defeat it. This book was written as a way to learn and understand what God's Holy Word, The Bible, says about addictions. It was meant to be used as a handbook on how you can change lives of others. In writing this book, I want to advise and challenge all those who will read this prelude, that this book is totally based on the Word of God, and faith in the Word, and that Our Heavenly Father is true to keep His word and promises. It is my hope and prayer that you do not just read this book and reference scriptures in it. You need to sit down with your Bible as you read through this book and do your own study and research about these scriptures, it is only then will the Word totally come alive and allow you to receive full revelation about this. It is my opinion that no one should ever completely take someone's word for what the Bible says; you need to know what it says for yourself. You see, the Bible can be very intimidating to read due to its sheer size and many books. Some of it may even be hard to understand. This book is meant to be a guide on the spiritual root of addiction and how to combat it. Its purpose is to enhance a Bible study so you can have guidance and enlightenment on this subject and then you can walk away with a true and real understanding. This book is meant to guide you, encourage you, enlighten you and assist you in your understanding of the Word on the topic of the roots of addiction and the principles involved in dealing with it. As you are reading this, there is someone in either your family or a friend that comes to mind that you are concerned about their addiction to illicit drugs. I ask that you give this book ten minutes of your time and read through the first chapter about the source of addictions. After that, it is my prayer that the word of God will take root in your heart to grow and that you understand that you do not have to sit idly by and watch friends and loved ones destroyed by addiction, but that you can learn how to break the spirit of addiction.
Download or read book The Soul of an Addict written by D. J. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction is more complex than it may seem. Written for the non-addict who seeks to understand substance addiction, The Soul of an Addict shows that addiction not just a disease or a choice. Using statistics, anecdotes from the lives of addicts, and the author's personal experience with addiction and recovery, the book argues that addiction affects all aspects of human existence, including identity, purpose, life structure, and morality. It serves as a religion in the addict's life, and any approach to recovery must also provide these essential needs. With one in seven Americans struggling with substance abuse, this book brings a timely analysis for anyone concerned about addiction.
