Life Recovery

The world's great philosophers and spiritual leaders teach us that happiness depends on how we look at life. In Higher, Charles Hanna explores why and how we can create the best possible outlook. By finding our Higher Perspective, Higher Power, and Higher Purpose, he demonstrates how we can challenge our demons and become our best selves. His experience of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery following an eight-year cocaine addiction will resonate powerfully with all listeners, whether they have experienced addiction or not.

Happiness the Danish way — Bring more comfort, happiness, and wellbeing into your life Did you know that the Danes are considered the happiest people in the world? Did you know that they strongly believe that their environment has a significant impact on their quality of life? Do you want to adopt the Danish secrets to enjoying simple pleasures? Then this is the book for you. Rita Hayes has worked with numerous Danes and one thing remains clear: They hold the key to lasting happiness. Why? They believe in Hygge – loosely translated as “a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being...

This is the shocking story of a life secretly shattered by pathological gambling addiction and the first steps to putting the pieces back together. For more than 12 years, Patrick Foster lived a double life. Turning 31, a popular and sociable young teacher and former professional cricketer, he had a lovely girlfriend and a supportive family. But he was hiding a secret and debilitating gambling addiction from even those closest to him.

Watch Alan's attempts to overcome his past through professional sports - baseball and harness racing - and then a high profile career in sales. Plummet with him into a 24-year cycle of cocaine addiction and recovery. Before it's over, his addiction will destroy his aspirations and relationships and almost kill him. Yet he will walk out the other side.

“...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 ...

If you thought sailing the world is an endless holiday of bikinis and martinis, get ready for a bucket-list adventure of a lifetime! Gripping true stories open a window into the liveaboard lifestyle and complex challenges of blue water sailing—where simple decisions have real-life consequences and where the most provocative obstacles live inside a sailor's soul. If you are intrigued by an escape from the ordinary, come aboard as a sailor and two seadogs discover exactly what it’s like to live life sideways. Living Life Sideways Prequel – The Departure Seduced by the sea and enchanting...

Comfortably Insane is more than just overcoming addiction. It is about recognizing your flaws, taking ownership of them, recognizing that change is within you, and making the daily choice to do better and be better. My book provides 42 lessons learned to help you on your journey out of the hell of alcoholism.

Several years ago, P.E. Moskowitz had a near-death experience, followed by a nervous breakdown. As they willed themselves back to life using a variety of drugs, both prescription and illicit, they started to wonder: Why are so many of us seeking out these types of interventions to deal with our daily reality?

An unflinching memoir of survival, redemption, and the unstoppable human spirit. Born into violence, poverty, and chaos on the unforgiving streets of Southeast London, Mark Anthony seemed destined for a life of destruction. Abandoned by his father, battered by abuse, entangled in crime, drugs, and despair, his early years read like a grim checklist of everything that could go wrong. Expelled from schools, locked in children’s homes, betrayed, imprisoned — even battling cancer, bankruptcy, and false accusations — Mark’s life spiraled again and again to the brink of ruin. But in his ...

"It's cancer." Dr Philippa Kaye was 39 years old when she heard those dreaded words. The diagnosis of bowel cancer would change her life and mean crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient. She soon discovered that her years of training and experience had not prepared her for the realities of actually living with cancer. Doctors Get Cancer Too tells Dr Kaye's moving story of being on both sides of the desk, and shares the insights she gained not only through the diagnosis and treatment but in surviving and thriving through cancer and beyond.

Do you have an injury and are having difficulty recovering? Is navigating the mountain of information online overwhelming? This guide will present you with a blueprint that will help you quickly recover and return to an active lifestyle. What if everything you think you know about injury recovery is wrong? If you have ever been injured, you know that there is an overload of conflicting information out there, making it difficult to decide on a path to recovery. So, how do you know if you are making the best decisions for your health? If you suffer from back, knee, shoulder, neck, hip, ...

Drug addiction is a serious problem. One that our government is not doing enough to rectify. Perhaps you are currently dealing with a drug addiction and are finding it difficult to quit without the necessary support. Or maybe you are unsure what the downsides of using drugs are, and don’t know about the crippling impact of drug addiction.

Life After Divorce: A Practical Guide to Moving Forward Divorce isn’t just an ending—it’s the beginning of something new. But where do you start when everything feels like it’s falling apart? Life After Divorce: A Practical Guide to Moving Forward is your roadmap to reclaiming your happiness, confidence, and future. Packed with real-life strategies, expert advice, and emotional support, this guide walks you through the toughest moments and helps you rebuild your life—on your own terms. Whether you’re struggling with the emotional toll, financial adjustments, co-parenting ...

There is a lot that you can do to free yourself from the pangs of long COVID. You can take back your life and regain your control over it. You might be wondering how, but that is why this book was written - to guide you on how to regain control over the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of your life after a COVID-19 illness.

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 ...

Although still considered a taboo subject, sex addiction has become a secretly growing epidemic in today's society. The advent of social media, the easy access to free sexual content on the internet and the ability to remain anonymous in the exchange of these sexual activities has made it very easy for those with addictive personalities to lose control. It is believed that between three and six percent of the American population is suffering from some form of sexual addiction.

Beschreibung: Alkoholsucht ist eine weitverbreitete und komplexe Krankheit, die das Leben der Betroffenen und ihrer Angehörigen tiefgreifend beeinflusst. Dieses umfassende Handbuch bietet eine detaillierte Untersuchung der Ursachen, Formen und Auswirkungen der Alkoholsucht und zeigt praxisnahe Wege zur Genesung und zur Rückkehr in ein erfülltes, alkoholfreies Leben auf.

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.

Discover everything you need to know about moving on with your life after the death of your husband. While many people think that this signifies the end of the world, sooner or later, you will understand that it is a new beginning....

In this programme, you will understand that your addiction is not an illness and neither is it a lifetime condition. It is an ingrained habit fed and strengthened by the pathways in your brain and the life you are leading. And why it is that your willpower alone will never be enough. You will be realising why you are not aiming to recover from your addiction. Instead you want to move forward to a life that is better and healthier. Your addiction will slowly cease to be the overwhelming problem it is now.