Are you at your wit's end, having tried everything you can think of to make your addicted loved one stop?
If someone you love is engaging in addictive behaviors such as alcohol and drug misuse, eating disorders, smoking, gambling, Internet addiction, sex addiction, compulsive overspending, or relationship addiction, you are undoubtedly experiencing unpredictability in your relationship.
Some of the most common emotions you will experience include:
-Guilt and shame -Anger and anxiety -Confusion and powerlessness
Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, friend, or colleague, the key to changing this reality for yourself lies in shifting your focus from your loved one’s addiction to your own self-care.
Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction presents a dramatically fresh approach to help you get off the roller-coaster chaos of addiction, maintain your own sanity and serenity, and live your best life.
About thirty million Americans who smoke say they want to quit, but lack the motivation. Smoking: 201 Reasons to Quit provides that motivation by focusing on why you should not smoke, rather than how to quit. The book contains a complete in-depth explanation of the dangers and disadvantages of smoking. The book describes more than one hundred ways that tobacco harms smokers' health, often leading to prolonged disability and early death. A medical advisory panel of prominent physicians has reviewed these sections about tobacco-related illnesses. The book includes discussions of problems caused by nicotine addiction, the best methods of quitting tobacco, the health hazards of secondhand smoke to others, and the ways that smoking increases the dangers of injury and death. Jack Klugman, star of stage and screen and an antismoking activist who fortunately survived the cancer caused by his smoking, wrote the book’s foreword.
"In Pursuit of Joy is one of the most compelling books I have read in the last ten years. Gary Green tells his own deeply moving story of a journey from depression and alcohol problems to a life of peace with himself and the world. Although this is one man’s story, it applies to any of us who have ever felt alone with our problems, that we are unlovable in some way, and that there is no way out of the maze. Mr. Green shares the different paths that eventually led him out of his own maze, ranging from the philosophical to the psychological to the spiritual, never preaching, but always inviting people to find their own way to lead a richer, more joyful life. This book speaks directly to the heart of the matter and, uniquely, to the heart of the reader. If Mr. Green, a self-described “regular guy,” can recover his life, maybe we all can."
Review by Susan Gingerich, co-author of The Illness Management and Recovery Program, The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia, Coping Skills Group, and Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia.
The first book to combine how-to, self-help and spiritual genres to address the needs of millions of readers as they strive to detach from the Culture of Chaos and embrace a life of balance. It is through this inner harmony and balance that one may then create a meaningful, authentic reality. With a down-to-earth approach, the reader is guided through the process of emotional healing and renewal of spirit through the familiar analogy of housekeeping: cleaning, organizing, and "airing out" our lives, room by room, task by task.
Did you know that of the 40-60,000 thoughts we have each day, 80% of those thoughts are negative? And, many of our thoughts are assumptions …crap we make up to fill in the blanks when all the facts are not available. Have you ever thought …
The boss is stupid
Our coworker doesn’t pull their weight
My kids never pay attention
My spouse takes me for granted
By assuming the worst, we create a negative story for ourselves and we feel crappy. If you want to create a positive story for yourself, your family, your work team, or your organization …Happy Crap: The Power of Positive Assumptions is a must have with 8 tools to help choose positive assumptions no matter what the situation.
Here is a great little book of powerful, timeless methods for people looking to transform their lives. The Little Guide to Big Changes shows people how to work with their inner self to create positive, lasting outer changes. Anyone who wants to change their circumstances can benefit from the six steps to inner transformation. Each step can be done alone or in concert with the other steps, resulting in big changes. They are the catalyst to changing your life. A good self-help and personal growth book for anyone looking to make changes in their life.
The subject of the warrior lifestyle, which simply means living a life of excellence, is addressed in this third and final volume of the incredibly insightful and highly acclaimed Warrior Wisdom series. Dr. Bohdi Sanders continue to delve into the lifestyle of the warrior and what it means to be a true warrior in today s society. You might be surprised to find out what traits truly distinguish someone as a true warrior. The character traits and wisdom of the warrior are thoroughly examined throughout his insightful commentary on over 160 wisdom quotes from around the world and spanning the ages, in every volume in his very engaging and insightful series, Warrior Wisdom.
In Warrior Wisdom: The Warrior's Path, the final volume in the series, Dr. Sanders continues to examine various warrior traits such as: honor, integrity, justice, respect, filial duty, physical training, mental training, and duty to your fellow man. Dr. Sanders continues his discussion on just exactly what it takes to walk the path of the warrior, in short, easy to understand commentaries that accompany each of the quotes featured in this book. The wisdom contained in each volume in the Warrior Wisdom series is not just for martial artists, law enforcement personnel, or military men and women; it is for anyone who seeks to live a live of character, honor, and integrity, which is ultimately what the warrior lifestyle is all about living a life of excellence.
From the depths of despair to a life filled with unconditional love, peace, gratitude, joy and conscious choices, O'Kelley-Leigh takes you on an inspirational journey of transformation and spirituality. Silent M.a.g.i.c. and Other Remedies offers insight into cultivating and developing a relationship with a God of your own understanding, developing a loving relationship with yourself, and discovering what our part is in developing fulfilling relationships with others. This book is filled with life lessons, probing questions, and practical tools to experience and achieve true freedom, lasting happiness and inner peace.
