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.

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.

by John & Elaine Leadem

Many will look around at the wreckage of addiction with the numb confusion and lack of clear direction that the survivors of a tornado-torn town face the morning after the winds have stopped.  The first three of the Twelve Steps stops the destructive forces of addiction; the Fourth Step provides the opportunity to determine what will need to be rebuilt.

This guide through the Fourth Step is designed to:

• provide inspiration to help the reader move through the fear and doubt often associated with this Step
• help identify and overcome the obstacles to successfully complete an inventory
• demystify the inventory process with the introduction of four simple ingredients for completing an inventory

Readers will find short, practical exercises to help them clarify their feelings and questions about a Higher Power. Readers will also find gentle reassurance and guidance on topics that include:

• recognizing our culture of busyness
• experiencing our Higher Power in everyday life
• embracing the paradoxical nature of our Higher Power
• establishing habits of quiet and solitude

by Patrick Carnes, PhD

The author helps you understand how and why you fall into love addiction and provides ways to identify and get out of it. Sort out the unhealthy, addictive elements in your relationship, while you learn new things about accepting yourself and others.

Taking a systematic, hands-on approach, Facing the Shadow explains how to break free of problematic sexual behavior and live a healthier, more fulfilling life. Dr. Carnes sets the stage for the recovery tasks and then provides practical, easy-to-follow exercises specifically designed to help understand and address the issues underlying sexual behavior.

When relationships become a drug, love hurts. Perhaps you, like many others, are experiencing the pain of an addictive relationship-the kind of relationship thats painful to be in, yet impossible to leave. It may be your first such relationship, or you may have found yourself in a pattern that you just cant seem to break.

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.

On the journey to sexual sobriety, many sex addicts find themselves wondering, “How am I going to have a normal relationship?” or “Will it be possible to repair my marriage now that I’ve confessed my destructive behavior?” and “Will I ever have sex again?”

Pornography, cybersex, prostitutes, voyeurism, multiple affairs. No matter their “drug” of choice, men who act out sexually leave their partners reeling in fear, rage, incredible shame, and isolation.  In this book, Claudia Black once again shows us there is hope.

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.

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.

Drawing on extensive research and revealing case studies, the book develops concrete tasks and plans for restoring nurturing and sensuality, building fulfilling relationships, exploring intimacy and creating healthy sexuality. Woven throughout are stories of recovery which illustrate sexual healing principles, model new behavior and motivate change.