Clearing Away the Wreckage of the Past
by John & Elaine Leadem
This guide is intended to provide you with emotional and spiritual support as you progress through the completion of your 4th-7th Steps. The format used is appropriate for individuals in all 12 Step fellowships not just those whose focus is counseling on addictions.
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Codependent No More
Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent-and you may find yourself in this book-Codependent No More.
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The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life.
With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More is a simple, straightforward, readable map of the perplexing world of codependency-charting the path to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness.
Melody Beattie is the author of Beyond Codependency, The Language of Letting Go, Stop Being Mean to Yourself, and Playing It by Heart.
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Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time
You're learning to let go, to live your life free of the grip of someone else's problems. And yet you find you've just started on the long journey of recovery. A guided tour past the pitfalls of recovery, Beyond Codependency is dedicated to those struggling to master the art of self-care. It is a book about what to do once the pain has stopped and you've begun to suspect that you have a life to live. It is about what happens next.
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In simple, straightforward terms, Beattie takes you into the territory beyond codependency, into the realm of recovery and relapse, family-of-origin work and relationships, surrender and spirituality. With personal stories, hard-won insights, and activities, her book teaches the lessons of dealing with shame, growing in self-esteem, overcoming deprivation, and getting past fatal attractions long enough to find relationships that work.
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It Will Never Happen to Me
With her reassuring and informative approach, Claudia Black expertly identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families-shame, neglect, unreasonable role expectations, and physical abuse. Using narratives and profiles, she describes survival techniques characteristic of children raised in alcoholic families, including the unspoken laws of don't talk, don't trust, and don't feel.
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First explaining how such learned responses cause difficulties in adulthood, Black carefully guides readers in identifying self-defeating, destructive behaviors and finding a healthier, happier way to live.
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* a proven seller by a respected recovery author
* contains easy-to-follow, useful exercises
* can be used by individuals or in a therapeutic setting
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One in the Spirit: Meditation Course for Recovering Couples
by John & Elaine Leadem
One in the Spirit is a meditative course in spiritual and emotional intimacy written for couples involved in 12 Step fellowships. When the honeymoon of early recovery fades, most of us become keenly aware that there is a great deal more to do after taking a First Step. The identification of our powerlessness and unmanageability was the beginning of a process that creates the depth of personal change that would allow us to participate fully in a committed love relationship. This course is designed to help you and your partner apply the principles of recovery from addictive illnesses to your relationship.
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