Addiction Recovery Family

In einer Zeit, in der digitale Medien unser Leben dominieren, stellt sich eine drängende Frage: Wann wird das Spiel zur Sucht? Dieses Buch beleuchtet eindrucksvoll die Gefahren der virtuellen Welt für Kinder und Jugendliche und zeigt, wie Eltern, Lehrer und die Gesellschaft zusammenarbeiten können, um ihre Kinder vor der Spielsucht zu schützen.

Drawing from his leadership and ministry experience as president of Alpha USA and Vineyard Churches USA and from his own life experiences as an ordinary Christian, Hunter calls us to reframe our salvation and discipleship. He believes that God intends us to become cooperative friends of Jesus, living in creative goodness for the sake of others through the power of the Holy Spirit.

When Bob and Linda Waxler received a phone call warning them their beloved and accomplished son Jonathan was taking heroin, they began a journey that took them through the detox hospitals and halfway houses of America. But the second call a year later, from the medical examiner in San Francisco, informing them that Jonathan had died, plunged them into the deep darkness -- a long, lonely journey into the center of themselves. Their task was to survive in a world that would never again be the same, and they did survive and even triumph, incorporating Jonathan into their lives not as a lost ...

Historias que nos recuerdan que nos sobran razones para sentirnos agradecidos. Los Cuentos de Recuperación son el resultado del impacto que generaron en la Rev. Sonia Echezuría las historias de personas que han sobrevivido y superado situaciones difíciles tales como adicciones, severas disfunciones familiares, separaciones, cáncer y trastornos psiquiátricos. Sus protagonistas nos recuerdan que a pesar de todas las vicisitudes que la vida nos depara, bien vale la pena vivir.

Forget everything you thought you knew about addiction. After working with and listening to hundreds of people struggling with addictions, Lisa began formulating strategies for measuring success. What works and what doesn't? She knew there is no better source than the people struggling themselves. From talking to people with years of sobriety to those panhandling on the streets, she began to see patterns which led to an unyielding search for answers and advocacy for those that couldn't advocate for themselves.

Twenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father's ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge - desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.

Are you watching the self-destruction of a loved one struggling with substance abuse, or are you the one addicted? Perhaps you are an observer standing outside the arena watching the chaos and asking yourself, "Why don't they just quit?" If you find yourself in one of these situations, this book is written with you in mind. By sharing our family's story of tragedy and triumph, we have an opportunity to encourage those whose life's pathways have taken them to some of the same dark places our family has been.

Este es un libro escrito a cuatro manos por un padre y un hijo. La historia es la misma, contada desde el lugar protagónico de ambos. Juntos cuentan cómo se reencontraron y aprendieron a vincularse. Cómo, a cuatro manos también, y con la inestimable ayuda de amigos y profesionales, reunieron los pedazos de una familia rota y volvieron a mirarse a los ojos con afecto y compasión.

Eine Mutter kämpft: Was tun, wenn das eigene Kind computerspielsüchtig wird? Lennart ist zehn, als sich seine Leidenschaft für Onlinespiele wie "Fortnite" und "Brawl Stars" zur Sucht entwickelt - mit den psychischen und körperlichen Symptomen eines Junkies. Eindringlich schildert seine Mutter Ulrike Wolpers, wie ihre Familie in diese Situation hineinschlittert und bald einem übermächtigen Gegner gegenübersteht. Sie erzählt von Selbstzweifeln und Gefühlen der Machtlosigkeit, den Auswirkungen von Onlinegames und wie sie diesen erfolgreich den Kampf ansagt.

Secrets breed distance. Truth doesn’t always make sense. Friends sometimes come unexpectedly. Jen Morel can’t seem to put all the pieces together. Searching for her birth father is difficult and emotional. When she thinks she might have a lead on him - and the gold - she finds a dead end. Her best friend has a secret and she’ll need Jen’s support as her news comes out. Life changing events are happening all around her and she’s needed now more than ever. She spends more time on her friends than on her own issues. It’s fulfilling to be in a position to help, but stressful that ...

The true life stories of four people recovering from addiction, intermingled with their search for a higher power, helped along the way by a lovable dog named Rosie. Addiction does not discriminate, evidenced in the characters who battle addiction in this touching story, veterans, child abuse victims, and domestic abuse sufferers. As a registered nurse working in the field of addiction treatment, I find R.H. Pfeiffer s work to be authentic and true-to-life, heart-wrenching yet hopeful and optimistic.

Born into a family of Irish traveller heritage, Big John Fury descends from a long line of bare-knuckle fighters, including King of the Gypsies. So it’s no surprise that he too found himself fighting outside the ring at a young age. From his early years in Manchester, John learned to box by practising bare-knuckle fighting within the travelling community, before graduating into the sport professionally. The ring has never been far from his sights, and John has played a crucial role in coaching and being a cornerman for his two-time British heavyweight champion son, Tyson Fury.

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...

The RESTART series of books focuses on starting life again, whether it be after a broken marriage, divorce, death, financial issues, health, addiction, family issues, or spirituality connecting with your higher power after overcoming life's obstacles. Each book in the series focuses on a different portion of restarting one's life. Book 1 - Restart - It Takes 12 Steps to Recover, and 7 Steps to Restarting the Family is the 2nd book in the series that hones on the new RESTART methodology. R-Realization of Self E-Emotional Awareness S-Self-Motivation T-Tactical Thinking A-Awareness of Others R...

Have you ever felt like life was finally going well, when suddenly life decides to throw you a curve ball? Life will knock you down when you least expect it. The important thing is not how or why we got knocked down, the important thing is how will we respond? In her early 40's, Nadine found herself to be a newly successful entrepreneur...and simultaneously...the mother of a heroin addict. She used this situation to create an out-of- the-box therapeutic travel recovery project which later evolved into establishing a nonprofit serving those choosing to live a lifestyle of recovery.

Cassie True returns from her grandmother’s funeral to a warm welcome by the rehab program staff and participants—and condemnation from the cult leaders. Furious that Cassie slipped through their fingers, the leaders have no sympathy for her loss or the injuries she sustained in an accident. When they learn Corban Dahlstrom helped Cassie escape, their fury escalates and they pressure Cassie to confess sins she didn’t commit. At the same time, the head leader’s son becomes more aggressive in his pursuit of Cassie. Then the unthinkable happens, and she has to choose. Does she focus her...