Life Recovery

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relaxed when your supervisor loses her temper. What if you were peaceful instead of anxious? What if your life were filled with nurturing relationships and a warm sense of belonging? This is what it feels like when you've achieved emotional freedom.

Prologue At a young age his life revolved around the next paycheck and nights at the local tavern. After three years he knew the mind numbing factory work, was but a slow death drowning in drudgery. The excitement of adulthood had long ago lost its luster. The endless cycle that he had fallen into with only a high school education he saw no favorable escape from. Tranversing the highway of life between youth and responiably there are unexpected bends and turns and even detours along the way. Decisions made, both good and not so favorable, affect each each leg of our journey. Late on a ...

Centered around multi-million dollar stakes and a series of nationally televised poker tournaments, Fading Hearts on the River offers a story of odds - the odds of a newborn surviving severe jaundice, the odds of Congress passing a law that renders one's online gambling income inaccessible, the odds of drawing the right card on the turn or the river.

This comprehensive guide provides a proven, step-by-step approach to breaking free from nicotine addiction, helping you overcome cravings, manage stress, and build a new, smoke-free life without feeling deprived or overwhelmed.

Over the past 10 years, Ron has sat across his desk from, talked over the phone to, met via telehealth with, and taught in drug education classroom settings with literally hundreds of individuals helping them overcome the allusive addictive behavior. He was intrinsically motivated to write this audiobook to uncover the timeless truths about addictive behavior and how to escape its grasp. A common theme continued to surface over the years revealing, what he calls “hidden secrets”, that are hiding in plain sight.

This book is the step by step blueprint on how to create the life you desire free from addiction. You will learn how to leverage the 5 Foundational Freedoms, the 4 Codes, and the 3 Decrees so you can learn how to take back your life once and for all. This audiobook is filled with the tools, habits and strategies that blend evidence-based methods along with holistic principles to help you heal through any addiction, and are unlike any traditional program you may have encountered before.

Famously neurotic comedian Richard Lewis finds himself on a gurney in the ER at the age of 44, hallucinating from excess cocaine use and his body poisoned by acute alcoholism. The same dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired his best material had, it seemed, turned on him. In this very funny, deeply honest, and inspiring book, Lewis explores how he got there, how he finally got on the road to recovery, and how he copes with being Richard Lewis sober on a daily basis.

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 ...

Millones de personas trabajadoras y exitosas de todo el mundo han caído en la trampa del alcoholismo. Poco a poco el alcohol se ha convertido en su panacea para el estrés y los problemas de la vida. Sin embargo, hay un problema con este pequeño 'lujo' que nos permitimos... nos hace miserables, roba nuestro valioso tiempo y en última instancia nos quiere matar. Sin embargo, a pesar de todo esto, no podemos imaginar una vida sin esto!

Cut back or quit drinking entirely…fast! Are you worried you're drinking too much? Has alcohol become a major part of your life? Do you fear it's affecting your health? Your relationships? Your career? Millions of people are dependent on alcohol to self-medicate trauma, stress, depression, or succumbing to peer pressure to drink more than they want. They'd love to cut-back but fear losing the buzz they associate with alcohol, and mistakenly believe that a sober life will doom them to a life of loss, boredom, pain, and misery. Cassandra Gaisford, a New Zealand-based health counsellor, ...

Have you ever been in a position when you felt compelled to break emotionally? Do you ever wonder why your emotions get the best of you at times? Have you ever pondered over what the term "emotional flexibility" means and why it is so vital to health? Wesley Holland has highlighted the most fundamental characteristics of creating emotional flexibility in his book, Emotional Flexibility: Essential Guide to Master Stress and Build Resilience for a Better Life. This book not only explains but also teaches the notion of bending rather than breaking.

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!

Precisely plotting the slippery slope of a heroin addict's existence, The Hummingbird Kiss paints a bleak picture but still manages to offer a ray of hope. The '70s are young, and 18-year-old Trish is a newlywed. When a Florida judge sentences her junkie husband to ten years for stealing stereos, she immediately seeks out a fix, and before she knows it she's hooked. There follows a long sojourn as she and her friends work small scams to score, head to California in search of better highs, move back to Florida, shoot up and nod off every chance they get — until death gets some of them.

The book Drug Hell is a true story of the former drug addict, and criminal, Kimmo Harjula. His hell began when he was only seven years old. His parents were alcoholics, and he was continually beaten and sexually assaulted throughout his childhood. To survive, he began to sniff glue, smoke hash and drinking alcohol. His life became a crazy mess, filled with drugs and serious crime, which lasted for over thirty years. He was placed in fortysix foster homes before the age of eighteen and spent fourteen years in prison.

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.

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!!

God Made Man - Discovering Your Purpose and Living an Intentional Life I’ll make you a promise. This isn’t another feel-good, pat-on-the-back book that gets tossed onto your wife’s nightstand. I don’t read them either. I wrote this for you in hopes of encouraging men to embrace alpha manhood without having to worry about being attacked for it. Now, the truth is, we can do better. In some cases, much better, but until we know where we’ve been, there’s no way we’ll ever know where we’re going. Let’s knock the rust off of the toxic masculinity mantle and start living an ...

In 16 brilliantly observed true stories, Sam Harris emerges as a natural humorist in league with David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Carrie Fisher, and Steve Martin, but with a voice uniquely his own. Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for his "manic, witty commentary", and with a storytelling talent the New York Times calls " New Yorker - worthy," he puts a comedic spin on full-disclosure episodes from his own colorful life. What better place to find painfully funny material than in growing up gay, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt?

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....

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.