Life Recovery

Recovering the Seed invites the listener to explore a landscape where healthy human connection and addiction are opposing forces. Tribalism, prejudice, discrimination, shame, isolation, and right-and-wrong thinking are the tenants fueling addiction. A common view of addiction has focused on the obsessive and compulsive use of drugs and alcohol, which is outdated and intrinsically inaccurate.

This memoir entitled “A Safe Place for Brent” is the experience of a UCC and Disciples of Christ minister named Peter Denbo Haskins who founded and directed a ministry in Knox County, Indiana called “Life After Meth.” It is his experience working in the local jail where he combined Christian ministry and secular social work to create a program to combat the methamphetamine epidemic from 2005 until 2018. This book is written to share this story of hope for any minister, social worker, recovering drug addict and struggling family member of an addict or a member of a community that is ...

Hey Christian, do you hunger for power and glory? Do you want to be super dignified and stand out from the rest? Do you feel the need to be more blessed and favoured than other people? Do you want to be served by those lesser than you? Is telling people how to live, but not following your own advice something you enjoy? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, it sounds like you might be after one of those fabulous Biblical crowns mentioned in 1 Peter 5:4. If so, I'm thrilled to let you know that you've come to the right place. In this book, I'll provide you with the 10 vital steps...

“...My heart was pounding so loud I could feel the blood pulsing in my ears. Every nerve was on alert. Did I hear someone behind me? I rolled the garbage cans to the curb, like I did every Thursday night in this wealthy Southern California town, the only task I did unattended, a brief moment away from the watchful eyes of my captors, those I had been sold a slave to when I was just 7 years old in Taiwan. Now was my chance to escape. I bolted, running as fast as I could towards the end of the street and into the car that was waiting for me. Everything I owned, left behind except the ...

How Will You Overcome Tragedy In Your Life? Facing life after loss is an ominous task. The subsequent journey will consist of many trials, revelations, and missteps in a continual evolution throughout life. There is not a straight, clear path to living after trauma. Instead, we learn from our own experiences while gaining valuable perspectives on moving forward to a life with deep awareness and ultimate emotional recovery. This book will help guide you along this path to recovery. Learn to move forward with strength, hope, and empathy by delving into a journey of multiple battles with loss ...

Everyone knows at least one person who demonstrates toxic love, someone who consistently jabs a straw in others and sucks the life right out of them. Without an in-depth understanding of how to navigate these relationships, most people continue to emotionally regress and remain paralyzed in familiar, pain-soaked patterns. But Your Mother Loves You helps listeners overcome this cycle. Kim Honeycutt shares the real-life experience of how a shame-based, self-destructive little girl grew up to be a recovered alcoholic and entered the world of psychology as a professional....

When faced with loss or trauma, the grief can oftentimes feel overwhelming. It can feel difficult, if not impossible, to focus your attention elsewhere. And yet, during hard times is the perfect time to look inward for support and practice self-care. Tuning in to your personal needs and taking the time to create a thoughtful self-care practice can make all the difference in moving forward in a healthy way. In Self-Care for Grief, you’ll find 100 self-care activities that are specifically designed to help you protect your mental health, even while grieving.

Stanice Anderson, motivational speaker and author of 12-Step Programs: A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals, delivers a personal guide to dealing with failure and turning to triumphs. By examining her own obstacles, Anderson relates to problems that many people face today.

101 Tips for Recovering from Addictions can help transform the life of any recovering addict from bleak to bright. These practical suggestions give hope - from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, to realizing this light holds a promising future to reclaim.

You may be an empath, meaning you are a deep feeler and take on the emotions of those around you. Being an empath can be a wonderful thing because you care for others, and you feel things very deeply, in a world that likes to shut out emotions. But it can also be draining and energy-sucking. Understanding who you are is the first step towards improving your life, health, and relationships. So how does an empath find happiness, joy, and positive energy for themselves?

An anxious attachment style slowly decays many relationships: whether from causing petty arguments, breakdowns in trust, or spirals of overthinking. Anxious attachment leads to fights and an array of other issues. Often, you may not even realize it!!

Character Witness is a memoir about a son's relationship with his mother, chronicling her struggle with mental illness, addiction, and poverty while exploring how the son's troubles as a young man began to mirror hers.

Are you feeling exhausted, burned out, or struggling to keep up with the demands of daily life? Unlock the life-changing secrets to overcoming burnout and reclaiming your energy with this groundbreaking guide from the acclaimed 30 Day Expert Series. With this essential book, you'll learn how to: Identify the symptoms of burnout and what to look out for Get immediate relief and change long-term (without resorting to intravenous caffeine!) Get a week-by-week roadmap to releasing stress and finding rest Prioritize your well-being in the face of the constant demands of a hectic world Take ...

A Life Long Spiritual Walk as a Friend of Bill W. is a tribute to her formative years, being around her grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, mom and dad, and all her loving animals. She has Native roots in Canada with the Blood tribe and in Montana with the Blackfeet tribe, all of which contribute to the woman she is. She attributes the beginnings of her walk to being led to the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous on her most vulnerable and most teachable day, that being the day she began to hear for the first time in a long time. The rest of the journey speaks for itself.

In the first collection of stories, celebrated leaders deliver inspiring accounts about how they have overcome deep trauma to serve others. Stories include rediscovering personal passion, healing from abuse, the struggles of motherhood, addiction, sobriety, caring for aging parents, moving on after divorce, and the importance of community. Through their pain, these authors remove the veil that covers mental health awareness to show others what is possible. By looking within and accepting help from external sources, they have transformed into a group of coaches, speakers, and advocates in ...

What is life like without alcohol? And could you cope? If you feel the need to sort out your issue with alcohol but you are scared or reluctant to quit because you can't imagine life without a drink, then this audiobook is for you. Here's an awakening and thought-provoking book aimed at people contemplating cutting down or even giving up their drinking forever, and a book that might just change your life!

As an ex junky I wrote this book to help addicts and their devastated families. Throughout my two decades of sobriety, I've been working with those still in the trenches and the folks caught in their orbit, trying to solve the riddle of an unstoppable addict. Why would a person do something so harmful to themself and the ones they love? Are they a disaster because they're on drugs, or on drugs because they were a disaster? The drugs are usually just a symptom of a bigger problem.

Living with insensitive, tactless, careless, inattentive, difficult, self-absorbed, neglectful, damaging, condemning, harsh, hard, treacherous, deceiving, prejudiced, and paralyzing people…can make you crazy! Chances are, there's at least one person like that in your life right now-a person who is always right. Behavior ranges from indifference and unconcern to complete narcissism and destruction. Dr. Paul Meier and Dr. Robert Wise created this important text to assist you in recognizing this behavior and dealing with it.

"The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Blueprint" is a transformative guide for anyone who has endured the frustration, humiliation, and pain of narcissistic abuse. It provides insight into the psyche of a narcissist and the impact of their behavior on the victim's life.. The author presents a step-by-step recovery plan. This book combines personal narratives with cutting-edge scientific research, experience, and insight to offer a unique and effective approach to recovery. This plan includes practical for healing, rebuilding self-esteem, and establishing boundaries.

Still in denial, and in the midst of plans to sail around the world, Desiree finds herself at the doors of an alcohol rehabilitation centre. Her mind goes into overdrive. Hold on!!! This is not right!!! I am a professional, an accountant. I hold down an important job. I have plans, big plans. I am going sailing. I AM FINE!!!! And then she sees that mirror again. It had been following her around lately. And in the mirror...she sees desperate eyes, a bloated pasty face, an overweight middle aged woman having a panic attack. In this prequel to her first book about her sailing adventures (A ...