Download or read book Positive Recovery Daily Guide written by MAPP, Jason ZW, Jason Powers, , and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find happiness and success in the wake of addiction with Positive Recovery Daily Guide: A Practical Guide for Individuals in Recovery Who Wish to Thrive. Written by Jason Z. W. Powers, MD, MAPP, this life-changing book introduces positive interventions (PIs) that are designed to improve relationships, increase meaning and purpose in life, strengthen recovery, and balance emotional health-all while boosting overall happiness and well-being. Avoiding a relapse is a success in itself, but really flourishing in recovery is quite another thing. That's why these PIs are made to build a foundation that is tailored to help you thrive throughout the process. With a new PI for every day of the year, readers quickly learn the benefits of developing positive habits (aiming for progress over perfection), how journaling can help them achieve their goals, the healing effects of meditation, and much more. Devised for those suffering from a wide variety of addictions, the advice in this guide easily works in conjunction with other recovery treatment approaches to optimize success. While there are no shortcuts when trying to live the best life possible, Positive Recovery Daily Guide proves that the journey ahead is one worth taking.

Download or read book Now What written by William Cope Moyers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction and recovery insider and expert William Cope Moyers answers the question "Now What?" for addicts and their loved ones, every step of their journey from contemplation through intervention, treatment, and recovery. Addiction and recovery insider and expert William Cope Moyers answers the question “Now what?” for addicts and their loved ones along every step of their journey through contemplation, intervention, treatment, and recovery.As the survivor of multiple relapses and near-fatal experiences with his addiction to alcohol and other drugs, William Cope Moyers knows what it’s like to desperately need, but not know how to find, a good treatment program. As Moyers was struggling, his parents--television journalist Bill Moyers and his wife, Judith--were also battling to understand what was happening to their son and what to do about it. Thanks to a successful intervention, intensive inpatient treatment, and a rigorous Twelve Step program, Moyers has been clean and sober since 1994, and has devoted his life to guiding others in getting the help they need.In the course of his work as a recovery advocate and ambassador with Hazelden Foundation, Moyers has talked with hundreds of alcoholics, addicts, and their families and has been a lifeline in helping them get the treatment they need. Drawing from both his own journey and the experiences of those he’s helped, Moyers applies his passion and trademark down-to-earth, style to lead readers through the process ofrecognizing when someone needs help,finding a quality treatment program,navigating the treatment process, andestablishing a support system after treatment.

Download or read book Full Recovery written by Brian McAlister and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s no wonder Full Recovery has become the go-to resource for those in recovery and treatment professionals alike. Brian McAlister’s personal journey from nomadic drug-addicted biker to successful entrepreneur and businessman is beyond inspirational. More than simply serving as a renowned guide for navigating the road to recovery, McAlister takes readers on a spiritual journey of empowerment and self-discovery. By way of his own personal challenges, Brian discovered the secret that turns addiction and limitation into inspiration. He then created this revolutionary program to help others turn their own defeat into personal success. Overcoming addictive behavior is really just the beginning of recovery. Full Recovery provides practical instruction on harnessing the intense single-minded focus so common in addictive personalities, and redirecting that power of focus to improve interpersonal relationships, achieve financial abundance, and increase career satisfaction. No matter where you are on the road to recovery, this program will help you unlock your creativity, design a personal action plan for your life, create momentum, and achieve measurable results.

Download or read book How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days written by Howard Bronson and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It’s over. Now what?” Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will. Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken heart. They will guide you through a brief period of mourning for your loss, and then the process of rebuilding yourself and your life. You are encouraged to enjoy good memories of the relationship that’s just ended, while remembering the reasons for the breakup. You will learn to take responsibility for your own emotions, face your fears, and ultimately to seek new people and new experiences. Find out: ·How and why to cry ’til dry ·Good ways to beat loneliness ·Why it pays to forgive your ex ·How to "let go" of old memories and resentments How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days prescribes a wide array of tested and proven insights and exercises. After thirty days of active self-restoration, your heart will be healed and whole again–and you’ll be ready for anything. Of course, your feelings of grief, hurt, or shame may come and go. But in less than a month, you can be ready to deal with life's new challenges with a positive sense of emotional balance you may never have had before.

Download or read book Enough Already written by Bob Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enough Already! is an easy read that educates alcoholics and addicts on precisely what to do to get and stay sober. After learning about the disease of alcoholism/addiction and time-tested tools of recovery, the reader is introduced to relapse prevention strategies, the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step programs, and coping skills to deal with uncomfortable emotions that often lead to drug and alcohol use. This is followed by specific instructions on how to get started in recovery and a final inspiring chapter entitled "The Miracle." Having years of sobriety and experience in the field of chemical dependency, Bob presents the information in this book drawing from personal and professional perspectives. Therefore, the reader learns the principles of sobriety and how to apply them in daily living through Bob's candid self-disclosure - a unique quality of this book.

Download or read book The Athlete s Guide to Recovery written by Rountree Sage and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery is the first comprehensive, practical exploration of the art and science of athletic rest. If you've hit a wall in your training, maybe it's because your body isn't recovering enough from each workout to become stronger. Hard workouts tear down the body, but rest allows the body to repair and come back stronger than before. Athletes who neglect their recovery will gain little from workouts, risking injury, overtraining, and burn out. The Athlete's Guide to Recovery offers a full exploration of rest and recovery for athletes. In her book, certified triathlon and running coach and pioneering yoga for athletes instructor Sage Rountree will guide you to full recovery and improved performance, revealing how to measure your fatigue and recovery, how much rest you need, and how to make the best use of recovery tools. Drawing on her own experience along with interviews with coaches, trainers, and elite athletes, Rountree details daily recovery techniques, demystifying common aids like ice baths, compression apparel, and supplements. She explains in detail how to employ restorative practices such as massage, meditation, and yoga. You will learn which methods work best and how and when they are most effective. The Athlete's Guide to Recovery explores: • Periodization and overtraining • Ways to measure fatigue and recovery including heart rate tests, heart rate variability, EPOC, and apps • Stress reduction • Sleep, napping, nutrition, hydration, and supplements • Cold and heat like icing, ice baths, saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools, and heating pads • Home remedies including compression wear, creams, and salts • Technological aids like e-stim, ultrasound, Normatec • Massage, self-massage, and foam rolling • Restorative yoga • Meditation and breathing Then you can put these tools and techniques to practice using two comprehensive recovery plans for both short- and long-distance training. This invaluable resource will enable you to maintain that hard-to-find balance between rigorous training and rest so that you can feel great and compete at your highest level.

Download or read book Recovery Options written by Joseph Volpicelli and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-05-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and compassionate guide to overcoming substance problems "A no-nonsense, state-of-the-art guide."--Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Coming Plague "Comprehensive, illuminating, easy to read."--William Cope Moyers, Vice President of Public Affairs, Hazelden Foundation In Recovery Options: The Complete Guide, Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D., an award-winning addiction research pioneer, and Maia Szalavitz, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and former addict, provide frank and impartial appraisals of all the major treatment options, including: * Alcoholics Anonymous * Moderate drinking programs * Alternative treatments * Therapeutic communities * Cognitive therapies * Other 12-step programs * Medications * Methadone * Harm reduction * How families can help In Recovery Options: The Complete Guide, you will learn what addictionis--and what it isn't. You will examine both the mechanism of addiction and how you can make the best treatment choices . . . why some people are particularly prone to substance problems . . . and the genetic and learning mechanisms that help create these conditions. You'll explore the various types of treatment and the ideas on which they are based, and find out how effective each treatment is--and which ones are not effective. Finally, you'll find supportive information on staying clean and sober, preventing relapse, and minimizing damage caused by slips that may occur. Featuring the dramatic real-life stories of patients' experiences (both good and bad) with various methods of recovery, this warm, sympathetic, and accessible guide to overcoming alcohol and other drug problems will help you and your loved ones begin the journey away from substance misuse toward a better life.

Download or read book 366 Days of Recovery My First Year in Recovery written by Rozelle F. White Sr. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a daily recovery guide depicting the authors first year in recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. It shows the power of God, and how He was able to turn a "junkie", (junkie, meaning drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, over-eating, video games, internet, power, control, etc.) into a productive member of society. The recovery guide can be used for individuals recovering or trying to recover from any number of addictions. It lets the recovering person and the family know what it takes to stay clean and live a productive life. The book is also a great guide for families who do not understand the horrors of addiction whatever they may be. It helps the family show empathy instead of sympathy for their loved one. Each day has a title, a description of that day and a quote at the end to reflect a positive reinforcement regarding the recovery process.

Download or read book Positive Discipline for Parenting in Recovery written by Jane Nelsen and published by Empowering People. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give up guilt and shameRebuild trustCreate structure and routineImprove communicationsLearn parenting skills

Download or read book Thirty Days to Hope Freedom from Sexual Addiction written by Milton S. Magness and published by Gentle Path Press. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise thirty-day guide to healing from sexual addiction

Download or read book When the Servant Becomes the Master written by Jason Powers and published by Central Recovery Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an experienced and respected physician specializing in addiction medicine who is himself in recovery.

Download or read book Easy Recovery written by Recovery Reviews and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy Recovery: A Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Workbook, by Recovery Reviews is a guide through recovery from all kinds of addiction including, but not limited to crack cocaine, heroin, alcohol, sex, gambling, food and shopping. This is a workbook that will help recovering addicts who are in their early stages of recovery to establish balance and a healthy lifestyle. Easy Recovery is a practical daily guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. With a lot of compassion for yourself and a vision for your future, Recovery Reviews offers a platform to for you to create the future you desire. Easy Recovery is for those who are in recovery from suffering from a full spectrum of addiction, from drugs, alcohol, emotions, and activity addictions to addictions to work, stress, bad relationships, social and digital media, and adrenaline. Do you understand that compulsive behaviors can be as controlling of any other addiction? The process of staying clean and sober and becoming unhooked from any compulsive behavior is a daily activity. As said by many professionals in the addiction field, the question is not "Why the addiction?" but "Why the pain? What pain is your addiction bandaging? With a focus on personal recovery, Recovery Reviews takes us through the proven essentials of daily addiction recovery and treatment. This is a groundbreaking journey to freedom from addiction using simple and practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse. This recovery workbook will be especially useful if you are in recovery, gone through addiction counseling or therapy, attend 12 step meetings, or any other way of recovery. This is a great workbook to help you overcome your cravings while creating a healthier lifestyle so that you can live the life you've always wanted. Easy Recovery provides practical help, comfort, and hope.

Download or read book The Sober Journey written by Dirk Foster and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sobriety is a difficult challenge for everyone. If you're new to sobriety, or have been sober for years, there are many daily challenges, anxieties and fears that can threaten long term recovery. Prayer and meditation are simple, reliable and time-tested methods that can help you improve your chances of staying sober and living in peace and joy. Based on the principles behind Step 11, The Sober Journey provides simple solutions to finding serenity and success in recovery. Written with many examples from the authors own experience, and offering an easy guide to follow, The Sober Journey is for anyone seeking a healthy and productive life free from the fears and anxieties that plague the minds of most addicts and alcoholics.

Download or read book Positive Path Recovery written by Gary Blanchard and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-22 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positive Path Recovery (PPR) combines a number of evidence-based addiction treatment methods to provide clients with a positive and hopeful view of the recovery process. Treatment professionals learn how to motivate people for change, to encourage personal awareness, growth, and acceptance, and to facilitate building and maintaining successful recovery from addiction. This approach is compatible with conventional, Twelve-Step based treatment and is ideal for spiritually resistant clients, people with co-occurring disorders, and those with a history of chronic relapse episodes. Major portions of this book were found in Gary's now out-of-print book, Success-Centered Addiction Recovery Facilitation.

Download or read book Self Empowerment Workbook written by Freud Recovery and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Empowerment Workbook: A Guide to 90 Days of Practical Relapse Prevention, by Freud Recovery is a guide through recovery from all kinds of addiction including, but not limited to crack cocaine, heroin, alcohol, sex, gambling, food and shopping. This is a workbook that will help recovering addicts who are in their early stages of recovery to establish balance and a healthy lifestyle. Use this book to journal your way through recovery. Respond to the daily prompts honestly to yourself; write it out in the book and you will experience the grace of working your recovery. Self-Empowerment Workbook is a practical daily guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. With a lot of compassion for yourself and a vision for your future, Freud Recovery offers a platform to for you to create the future you desire. Self-Empowerment Workbook is for those who are in recovery from suffering from a full spectrum of addiction, from drugs, alcohol, emotions, and activity addictions to addictions to work, stress, bad relationships, social and digital media, and adrenaline. Do you understand that compulsive behaviors can be as controlling of any other addiction? The process of staying clean and sober and becoming unhooked from any compulsive behavior is a daily activity. As said by many professionals in the addiction field, the question is not "Why the addiction?" but "Why the pain? What pain is your addiction bandaging? With a focus on personal recovery, Freud Recovery takes us through the proven essentials of daily addiction recovery and treatment. This is a groundbreaking journey to freedom from addiction using simple and practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse. This recovery workbook will be especially useful if you are in recovery, gone through addiction counseling or therapy, attend 12 step meetings, or any other way of recovery. This is a great workbook to help you overcome your cravings while creating a healthier lifestyle so that you can live the life you've always wanted. Self-Empowerment Workbook provides practical help, comfort, and hope.

Download or read book Sobriety and Addiction Recovery Journal written by Mayra Cian Mayra Cian Moore and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you feel bad, you feel like you're losing hope, like you can't resist the urge, It's Okay! This Sobriety and Addiction Recovery Journal is designed to be a thoughtful and relaxing daily Guide for you to help recovering from Alcohol, Drugs and any addictions. This book gives you access to day-to-day progress as well as do more in depth journaling and reflection with the daily guided questions and space to fill by Recording the date, how you feel, a positive affirmation, goal for the day, morning gratitude, mood, if you stayed sober or not, if yes what contributed to it and if no what truggered the setback.. 110 Pages, sized 6"x9" An Amazing gift for people who struggle with addiction Soft cover, matte finish

Download or read book 101 Affirmations for Addiction Recovery written by Erica Spiegelman and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential collection of daily affirmations to help with recovery from Erica Spiegelman, author of best-selling book Rewired. Conquer negative thinking. Banish self-doubt. Create a vision of hope. The journey of recovery lasts a lifetime — and it’s never too late to take the first step. Every day, we have the opportunity to form new neural pathways based on our experiences — and unlock the door to successful recovery from addiction. By reframing our situation in ways positive, uplifting and empowering, we learn to nurture and support ourselves with proper self-care while we work to develop healthy behaviors and thought habits. From Erica Spiegelman, author of breakout book Rewired, comes 101 Affirmations for Addiction & Recovery, a complete collection of personal affirmations for those in need of healing from current or previous addictions. Touching on important topics like coping skills, setting healthy boundaries and embracing authenticity, these affirmations closely align with the Rewired Program, a best-selling series of recovery tools that are used worldwide in the treatment of addiction.