Substance Recovery

During my active addiction, I thought I was going to die and I accepted that. It sounds morbid, but it was where I was in life. I was in love with heroin and the dysfunctional relationship I had with it. Being present in my everyday life was very difficult. Using drugs for the first time at the age of 12, I was just trying to fit in and have fun. Then there was heroin. The crimes I would commit and the hurt I would cause the people I loved never crossed my mind in pursuit of that drug. It didn't matter. I was in love the first time it was in my body. But when I finally stayed in recovery, ...

Learn How To Help An Alcoholic Alcoholism affects everybody. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, if you know an alcoholic, your life will change. Interpersonal relationships will suffer, recovery will stagnate, and families will crumble. Coping with an alcoholic can be the most trying thing in the world, damaging us emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and even physically. Alcoholism and the family can never go hand-in-hand. But it can be treated. Alcohol addiction recovery is possible. Whether coping with an alcoholic spouse, living in an alcoholic family, struggling with an ...

This program is read by the author A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery “This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from...

In Use Once and Destroy, Alexander Lakatos delivers a raw, unflinching account of his personal battle with drug addiction. From the initial descent into substance abuse to the lowest depths of despair, this memoir captures the heart-wrenching realities of addiction. This powerful story not only sheds light on the grip of addiction but also illuminates the path to recovery. Through moments of pain, hope, and resilience, the author reveals how they found the strength to reclaim his life. A compelling read for those seeking understanding, solace, or a guide to hope, this book is a reminder ...

When addiction steals a child, a mother’s world doesn’t just shatter — it collapses from the inside out. In this unfiltered true memoir, Cindy shares the day addiction changed her life forever — and the unraveling that followed. Consumed by grief, she didn’t cling to faith. She abandoned it. The prayers stopped. The hope dried up. The God she once trusted felt distant, even cruel. Grief drove her into a dark and reckless season. She made choices she never imagined she would make. She searched for comfort in the wrong places, met with strangers, and numbed the ache any way she ...

30 Days to Sobriety is a 30-day mindfulness program designed to help you examine your relationship with substance use, become more aware of thoughts, feelings, habits, and attachments, and develop a more present and observant approach to your experience. Each day introduces a different mindfulness exercise or lesson, giving you a simple, structured practice to explore for approximately 15–30 minutes. Inside, you'll find: 30 days of mindfulness exercises and lessons exploring substance use, habits, attachments, and patterns of thought Daily reflection and self-observation practices ...

Are you struggling with addiction? Do you feel like substance abuse has taken over your life? It's time to take back control with the ultimate guide to overcoming addiction, now available in eBook format. Inside these pages, you'll find a comprehensive journey of self-discovery and healing, with expert guidance and personal stories from those who have triumphed over addiction. Chapter by chapter, you'll explore the science and psychology behind substance abuse, the reality of addiction, and the powerful first step of detoxing. You'll develop coping mechanisms and build a support network to ...

Gretchen Beck’s unflinching memoir takes readers on a raw and powerful journey through the chaos of addiction, the relentless fight for sobriety, and the winding road to redemption. After surviving seven overdoses and enduring multiple failed treatment attempts, Gretchen finally found lasting recovery. But her journey didn’t end there. As a substance abuse counselor, she dedicated her life to helping others find hope—until a devastating divorce shattered her world and led to her first experience with heroin. Hitting rock bottom once again, Gretchen swallowed her pride and returned to ...

If you have experienced trauma in your life—particularly childhood trauma—and also struggle with addiction, you should know that you are not alone. Emotions that surface after trauma can include anger, fear, sadness, helplessness, and shame. These emotions can lead to low self-esteem, poor impulse control, and set you up for developing addictive behaviors. That's why acknowledging and working through these feelings is essential to healing from substance use. But where do you start?

Is your life spiraling out of control because of addiction? Are you exhausted from trying countless recovery techniques that don’t stick? Are you longing for a practical, compassionate guide to help you navigate the nuances of your recovery journey? If you’re nodding in agreement, you are not alone. Millions of people worldwide struggle with addiction, often feeling isolated and unseen amidst their fight. But imagine a world where your recovery journey is empowered by understanding, compassion, and real-life validation. Introducing 'Addiction Solutions: A Comprehensive Guide to Long ...

Straight from the journals of a raging, bipolar alcoholic: Sabrina Rose comes clean about her thirty years of being dirty and dying. Raw. Unflinching. Unapologetically human. Thirty, Dirty, & Dying is the harrowing and healing memoir of a woman who clawed her way through the wreckage of childhood trauma, addiction, and bipolar disorder—and lived to write about it. Told with brutal honesty and piercing clarity, this book is not just a survival story—it’s a reckoning. Raised in the shadow of abuse and silence, Sabrina spent years unraveling in private, hiding pain behind bottles, self-...

In this book, ten authors tell their stories of how they experienced Cannabis-Induced Psychosis. CIP AND ME pulls back the curtain on a crisis that too often goes unnamed. Told through the voices of young people who’ve lived through psychosis, this book offers an unflinching look at how high-potency THC can fracture lives and upend futures. Young people walk us through the hardest moments of their lives as their minds unravel. They detail their experiences and search for help in a system with few answers. The authors reflect on what it felt like to lose touch with reality and how they ...

Social worker Jack Trimpey’s major breakthrough in recovering from substance addiction is an unprecedented process that is fully explained in Rational Recovery, your first step towards freedom. For those who are looking to make an extreme change in their lives, Rational Recovery is a proven recovery process and accessible instructional guide for all who are dealing with substance addiction. If you have been discouraged by traditional approaches to addiction recovery, then Rational Recovery will show how you can defeat addiction and remain sober for the rest of your life.

A case study of millennial addiction that challenges society, values, rules and norms regarding relationships, sex, drugs and alcohol. Lock in and listen while generational stories are told to understand the onset of mental illness and the struggle of defending against addiction while trying to find purpose. From the top of potential to rock bottom reality, experience the highs and lows of recovery as surrender is accepted and a soul is found.

"This book will blow your mind! The amount of research and insight puts it in a class of its own. Couldn’t put it down. So authentic and raw, loved it!" - Amazon reviewer I'm writing these books because I'm tired of watching my friends die. Everything that we have done in America to deal with the opioid epidemic has made us drastically worse, and people don't seem to realize it. Irresponsible, profit-mongering pharmaceutical companies created millions of addicts like me. By becoming acquainted with the power and peace that a pocketful of oxy can bring an anxious teenager, readers will ...

As a mother, Cheryl E. Musick would have done anything for her daughter. But when a devastating addiction wreaks havoc on her family, she realizes that sometimes a mother’s love simply isn’t enough. In The Day the Musick Died, Cheryl shares the story of her bubbly, talented daughter Misty and the drug addiction that eventually took her life. As Cheryl writes in her introduction, she hoped one day to write a book with Misty about triumphing over addiction. Tragically, that book will never exist. Instead, Cheryl pours her love for her daughter into this memoir and lets you see Misty the ...

An incredibly raw and powerful memoir, a journey through addiction and recovery that will keep you entertained and hooked until the final page is turned. Spoons Are For Stirring Coffee is a comeback story, Austin Coats’ comeback story…and a hell of a story it is. Austin grew up in a middle class neighborhood, raised by a top class family. A high school football injury gave birth to a hole in his soul and he looked to anything and everything to fill that void. When he found prescription pain medication, he stopped looking. Austin’s story begins in a small Arkansas town where he started...

Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Mining the expertise of leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity. Drawing on...

Therapist Beverly Berg offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help listeners sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take real steps toward reigniting intimacy. With more than 25 years in the field, she has developed a unique set of exercises that address the issues faced by couples in recovery.

If only you could control the outcome… No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks. You are worried your son or daughter’s use of drugs or alcohol has reached a sufficient level of concern that you are exploring or have already admitted your adult child to treatment. You are hard-wired as a parent to love, provide, protect, nurture, and rescue your young, just like every other mammal. You’ve ranted and punished, cried and pleaded, and it may have felt like nothing seemed to ...