Download or read book My Walk My Journey My Recovery written by Mama Cotton and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Walk, My Journey, My Recovery by Mama Cotton We all have our own trials and tribulations that we must deal with in our lives. Even when you think you may have lost all hope, you need to still have hope and faith in God. Mama Cotton’s personal tale of drugs and alcohol was her calling to write a book, to share her testimony. When God brings you to it, He’ll bring you through it. Have faith in God because He causes all things to work together for you, good and bad.
Download or read book Mind Estranged written by Bethany Yeiser and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MIND ESTRANGED tells the story of Bethany's life, from her years as a promising university student through her gradual descent into schizophrenia, and unexpected, full recovery. While slowly losing her sanity, she traveled the world. She returned to the U.S. unable to work or study, and soon found herself homeless, delusional, and controlled by voices that talked to her and gave her orders in her mind. Bethany's memoir enables the reader to enter into the mind of a person with schizophrenia, homeless and roaming the streets. While living in the shadows of society, her illness drove her to refuse all contact with her family and friends, and eventually led to her arrest and hospitalization. Against all odds, she recovered from schizophrenia, returned to college, and graduated with honors. Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, a professor of psychiatry who treated Bethany, writes, "Bethany is living proof that recovery from schizophrenia is possible with good medical care, solid family support and the courage to keep fighting the tormenting voices that ordered her every move and controlled her every thought. MIND ESTRANGED is also a powerful message of encouragement and support for any human being facing an overwhelming challenge at some point in life." MIND ESTRANGED is the companion book to FLIGHT FROM REASON: A Mother's Story of Schizophrenia, Recovery and Hope, by Karen S. Yeiser. FLIGHT FROM REASON parallels the timeline of MIND ESTRANGED.
Download or read book The Soulful Journey of Recovery written by Tian Dayton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a book full of the latest information, this is a dynamic, interactive, and personalized journey of recovery for those impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Finally, they can put their past behind them where it belongs! For those who have grown up in a family with addiction, mental illness, or other adverse childhood experiences (ACES), the heartache and pain doesn’t end when they grow up and leave home. The legacy can last a lifetime and spread to generations unseen, as author Janet Wotitiz first showed readers in the groundbreaking Adult Children of Alcoholics. In The ACoA Trauma Syndrome Dr. Tian Dayton picked up where Dr. Woititz left off, filling in the decades of research that tell us why pain from yesterday recreates itself over and over again in our today. In The Soulful Journey of Recovery, Dr. Dayton gives us the how. There is a journey of recovery that you can start today. Simple, elegantly written and researched, poignant, penetrating, and on point, Dr. Dayton will move with you through the confusion, pain, and anger you may carry in secrecy and silence. Through engaging and enlightening exercises, you will give voice to hidden wounds and space to your innermost emotions and thoughts. Online links will also offer guided meditations, film clips and other tools to enhance the work you do in the book. You will learn what happened to you growing up with dysfunction and you will learn how to deal with it in the present. You will discover that recovery is a self-affirming life adventure, and the kindest and best thing you can do for yourself and future generations. Some books can change your life. This is one of them.
Download or read book RECOVERY 2 0 written by Tommy Rosen and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The feeling was electric-energy humming through my body. I felt like blood was pouring into areas of my tissues that it had not been able to reach for some time. It was relieving and healing, subtler than the feeling from getting off on drugs, but it was detectable and lovely, and of course, there was no hangover, just a feeling of more ease than I could remember. I felt a warmth come over me similar to what I felt when I had done heroin, but far from the darkness of that insanity, this was pure light-a way through." - Tommy Rosen, on his first yoga experience Most of us deal with addiction in some form. While you may not be a fall-down drunk, anorexic, or a gambling addict, you likely struggle with addiction in other ways. Workaholism, overeating, and compulsively engaging with technology like video games, texting, and Facebook are also highly common examples. And if you don't suffer from addiction, chances are you know someone who does. Through more than 20 years of recovery and in working professionally with others, Tommy Rosen has uncovered core elements of recovery and healing, what he refers to as Recovery 2.0. In the book, he shares his own past struggles with addiction, and powerful, tested tools for breaking free from the obstacles that stand in the way of a holistic and lasting recovery. Building off the key tenets of the 12-Step program, he has developed an innovative approach that includes • Looking at the roots of addiction; your family history and "Addiction Story" • Daily breathing practices, meditation, yoga, and body awareness • A healthy, alkaline-based diet to aid with detox, boost immunity, increase vitality, support your entire recovery, and help prevent relapse • Discovering your mission, living on purpose, and being of service to others Recovery 2.0 will help readers not only release their addictions, but thrive in their recovery.
Download or read book Unpolished Journey written by Morgan Blair and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unpolished Journey takes the reader through a raw and uncensored look at what recovery from an eating disorder, depression, and PTSD look like on a daily basis. The book is a collection of journal entries spanning the course of six years where through poetry, short stories, prose, and a jumble of other thoughts an honest portrayal of the realities of mental illness are unearthed. Morgan Blair is an artist whose work is inspired by her mental health recovery journey. She is the founder of Unpolished Journey, an organization where creatives effected by mental health can share and sell their work. Morgan graduate of School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently getting her masters at Northwestern University where she is studying to become a therapist. Whether painting, drawing, taking pictures, making videos, writing, or anything in between, Morgan can always be found getting her hands dirty while creating a new piece of art. Morgan never stays in one place and is always traveling around, exploring the world, and finding new spaces that fill her soul. Currently you can find her hiking mountains in Colorado and camping in back country places.
Download or read book Don t Drink And Go To Meetings written by Dan F. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Dan F. has lived a pretty interesting life, a big part of it spent as a recovering alcoholic. He has made fortunes and, unfortunately lost a lot more than he made. He never seemed to have much trouble making money. Holding on to it was another matter... Dan has been homeless and he has lived in beautiful houses. He has slept in alleyways and he has been the guest of foreign dignitaries and prime ministers. As a recovering alcoholic, the author has been through the extremes of life, both good and bad. He quotes Judy Collins, “I’ve looked at life from both sides now.” In Don't Drink And Go To Meetings, the author takes you along as he recalls the person he used to be, reconnecting with a painful part of his past. A lot of that life was spent in blackouts as excessive drinking binges left him no memory of what had occurred when he was out cold. Along the way, he learns some valuable lessons about life, and he hopes to pass them on to others who are attempting their own journey to recovery. Filled with amusing anecdotes and the author’s witty storytelling, this book is both entertaining and insightful.
Download or read book Wellness Recovery Action Plan WRAP written by Mary Ellen Copeland and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daily Affirmations for Forgiving and Moving On written by Tian Dayton and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 1992-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgiveness is a magic key to recovery. It helps us move past our pain, grief and resentment and move on in life. This book assists the reader by offering positive affirmations of hope, strength and inspiration to anyone faced with this last recovery hurdle.
Download or read book written by Richard Kane and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this book is about my journey from brokenness to wholeness as a child i survived physical and sexual abuse as i got older i found comfort in the bottle i became a drunk i made the rounds of the hospitals, detox, and the jails i rode with motorcycle gangs i hit bottom when i thought about suicide i have gotten better in 12 step recovery meetings i allowed GOD and the 12 steps to change me into a sober, loveing, and gentle person i hope my book will help others
Download or read book Girl Walks Out of a Bar written by Lisa F. Smith and published by SelectBooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisa Smith was a bright, young lawyer at a prestigious firm in NYC in the early nineties when alcoholism started to take over her life. What was once a way of escaping her insecurity and negativity became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is Smith's darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story of her formative years, the decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery. Smith describes how her spiraling circumstances conspired with her predisposition to depression and self-medication, nurturing an environment ripe for addiction to flourish. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a candid portrait of alcoholism through the lens of gritty New York realism. Beneath the façade of success lies the reality of addiction.
Download or read book Walking for Health and Fitness written by Frank S Ring and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine my surprise when walking solved my major health problem! -Watch my video below for the complete story- Are you like me? Or, should I say like I was in the recent past. Injured again from running, not exercising due to the injury, my body not recovering as quickly as it did when I was younger, and feeling a little depressed. I needed help to get in shape during the rehab from my back injury. I found walking is the easiest way to get in shape and stay in shape. Why should you be enthusiastic about Walking for Health and Fitness? Walking is free. Walking is easy to do. Walking is easy on your muscles, joints, and bones! Walking for Health and Fitness gives you specific steps to take to get moving today and keep you moving well into the future. Its 170-pages were designed to be read quickly, highlight the benefits of walking, and most importantly... get you out the door walking! Each of its 22 chapters ends with "Your Next Step"; a very simple plan-of-action to follow as you begin your walking exercise. Discover the benefits of listening to audiobooks with the FREE DOWNLOAD of the Walking for Health and Fitness Audiobook. An investment in yourself! Doctor's visits, lost time at work, and the lessened quality of life due to preventable illness all add up to a significant sum of time and money. This book is an investment in yourself! What could be better than that? Your health, happiness, and life depend on it! There's no question walking is good for you. Think about the tortoise and the hare. When you take a long-term view of the benefits of walking for health and fitness, you'll see it makes sense to slow yourself down and to continue to walk for fitness to stay healthy well into old age. Also, let me show you how to get in shape after 50. The book is organized into 4 sections: Getting Started Basic Training Beyond the Basics Mindset Don't become a statistic! Health care costs steadily increase with body mass Obesity is one of the biggest drivers of preventable chronic diseases Heart disease and stroke cost America nearly $1 billion a day Low back pain has a major economic impact with total costs related to this condition exceeding $100 billion per year. Your Next Step: You must decide right now not to become a statistic. You have it within yourself to take control of your health! After a back injury forced me out of work for four months, I began walking for exercise as a way to get in shape. Being out in the fresh air, feeling the rhythmic movement of the walking stride, and using walking meditations to get deeper into my thoughts with a walking meditation. As a walker I've: Slowed down and improved my mindset Done Walking meditation Listen and absorbed audiobooks Take pictures Recorded my thoughts into my iPhone Looked forward to my walks Also, I supercharge my walk with bodyweight exercises and I've used walking to lose weight! In contrast, when I was a runner and worked out at the gym I'd have to get myself psyched up just to get out the door and I usually used the little annoyances in life as an excuse to not work out. Walking has worked wonders in my life so let me show you how to get in shape and use walking for exercise to improve your health and fitness. Discover how to get in shape the easy way. Watch my video below and read the Look inside preview! Walk on, Frank S. Ring
Download or read book Wisdom for Today Along Recovery Lane written by John S. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journey to Destiny Traveling Through Infertility written by Danielle Q. Kinsey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come exist inside of this emotional journey of a young, black woman braving the road of infertility. Feel every devastation and triumph that details this journey and even her traumatic past that surfaces because of the pressures of it. You don't want to miss this compelling and inspiring story, which aims to speak to all women. Women that are running towards their destiny, in spite of their baggage, pain, and truth.
Download or read book What It Takes to Make It Through written by ASR Suicide Studies Collective and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When I am suicidal, all rational thinking dissolves and black and white thinking prevails. It’s all or nothing, everyone or no one, never or forever. There is no room for sometimes, maybe, or less than perfect.” Let’s have a real conversation about suicide. It reflects a tragic loss of hope. It often raises more questions than can be answered. It moves across time into generations. So many are affected, and their stories of raw experience are often hidden in the threads of stigma. We want to amplify these voices. We put out a public call inviting individuals who have been touched by suicide through contemplation, attempt, or loss to share their unfiltered, personal journeys. These stories were collected as part of the Storybook Project, through the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg (ASR) Suicide & Depression Studies Program at St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada. What It Takes to Make It Through, published through the Storybook Project, is a moving and inspiring collection of short stories about suicide and is accompanied by essays from practitioners in the field. In connecting with these powerful stories of loss, resilience, and hope, we invite you to shift your perceptions of suicide, and be open to the struggle and grief of others. 100% of the proceeds from this book will go to the ASR Program to support suicide research and education initiatives. “There is hope for you. It doesn’t have to be about saving the world, although that’s cool too, and something you still like to think about. It can just be about saving yourself. That is enough. You are enough. You’re still here, and I’m glad.”
Download or read book The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery written by Lawrence Peltz, MD and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mindfulness, the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is, is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Because at the heart of addiction is the fear of painful emotional states, addicts compulsively seek drugs and alcohol to avoid or escape emotional pain. Mindfulness, on the other hand, helps us develop greater acceptance and ease with life’s challenges, as well as greater self-compassion. Here, Dr. Lawrence Peltz, who has worked as an addiction psychiatrist for nearly three decades, draws from his clinical experience and on the techniques of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to explain the fundamental dynamics of addiction and the stages of the recovery process, and also gives us specific mindfulness exercises to support recovery.
Download or read book Stop Walking on Eggshells written by Paul Mason and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are "walking on eggshells" to avoid the next confrontation? If the answer is "yes," someone you care about may have borderline personality disorder (BPD). Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped nearly half a million people with friends and family members suffering from BPD understand this destructive disorder, set boundaries, and help their loved ones stop relying on dangerous BPD behaviors. This fully revised edition has been updated with the very latest BPD research and includes coping and communication skills you can use to stabilize your relationship with the BPD sufferer in your life. This compassionate guide will enable you to: Make sense out of the chaos Stand up for yourself and assert your needs Defuse arguments and conflicts Protect yourself and others from violent behavior
Download or read book Weighting on God written by Mary Jane Settle and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From doting parents and attentive doctors to well-meaning spouses and friends, many of us have been reminded since we were young to take our vitamins. Purple and orange Flintstones characters have been replaced with less colorful caplets of vitamin C and potassium. Now Mary Jane Settle offers a new type of vitamin—spiritual vitamins, God's words. And these supplements are free and easy to swallow. After battling weight issues for years, Mary made a life-changing decision that has turned her physical and spiritual lives around. She underwent gastric bypass surgery and has never felt better. Upon realizing how drastically the food she ate affected her body physically, she became aware that she was also carrying excess mental weight. So taking her vitamins, watching her diet, and exercising faithfully have strengthened her muscles. But daily supplements of God's Word, a diet of kindness and compassion, and exercising her faith have strengthened her spiritual life. In this inspiring book that chronicles Mary's ups and downs, Mary emphasizes the importance of recognizing the symptoms of a deficient spiritual diet and nourishing your body with nutrients that can only come from God. If you have ever struggled with weight physically or spiritually, try Weighting on God.
