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Author: Biella Blom Publisher: ISBN: 9781973200208 Category : Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
Do you love an addict or an alcoholic? Loving an addict is one of the most painful and traumatic life journeys that any sober-minded person can experience. Feelings of betrayal, powerlessness, anger, fear, desperation and raw grief are an ever constant companion. The person you love disappears as they chase their addiction. People who love an addict inadvertently get drawn in by the addict and their lives begin to revolve around the dysfunctional hell that the addict's life is. According to the World Drug Report, approximately 247million people worldwide were in active addiction during 2016. Statistics on alcohol abuse are not as easily determined because alcohol is a socially accepted drug. It is estimated that 1 in every 12 adults suffer from alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol is a drug. There is very little that separates the emotional pain and dysfunction that saturates your life whether you love an alcoholic or a drug addict. Both substances are mind-altering, both substances reprogram the human brain, both substances render the addict powerless over their addiction. The only person who can break an addict's addiction is the addict. No one can convince, force, coerce or threaten an addict to seek professional help. No one can love an addict into sobriety either. This book is about understanding and helping your loved one, and also about helping yourself. You can never 'learn' to live with an addict. You either come to accept the hard truth or you separate yourself from the addict. Separation can sometimes drive an addict to seek professional help, but it's no guarantee. Sometimes you have to just let go. This book will explain how your addict thinks; however, understanding alone does not mean that you can protect them and yourself. You also need the psychological reediness to act and face certain outcomes. Let me show you how.
Author: Biella Blom Publisher: ISBN: 9781973200208 Category : Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
Do you love an addict or an alcoholic? Loving an addict is one of the most painful and traumatic life journeys that any sober-minded person can experience. Feelings of betrayal, powerlessness, anger, fear, desperation and raw grief are an ever constant companion. The person you love disappears as they chase their addiction. People who love an addict inadvertently get drawn in by the addict and their lives begin to revolve around the dysfunctional hell that the addict's life is. According to the World Drug Report, approximately 247million people worldwide were in active addiction during 2016. Statistics on alcohol abuse are not as easily determined because alcohol is a socially accepted drug. It is estimated that 1 in every 12 adults suffer from alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol is a drug. There is very little that separates the emotional pain and dysfunction that saturates your life whether you love an alcoholic or a drug addict. Both substances are mind-altering, both substances reprogram the human brain, both substances render the addict powerless over their addiction. The only person who can break an addict's addiction is the addict. No one can convince, force, coerce or threaten an addict to seek professional help. No one can love an addict into sobriety either. This book is about understanding and helping your loved one, and also about helping yourself. You can never 'learn' to live with an addict. You either come to accept the hard truth or you separate yourself from the addict. Separation can sometimes drive an addict to seek professional help, but it's no guarantee. Sometimes you have to just let go. This book will explain how your addict thinks; however, understanding alone does not mean that you can protect them and yourself. You also need the psychological reediness to act and face certain outcomes. Let me show you how.
Author: Jackson Oppy Publisher: Kerr Publishing ISBN: 1925282481 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
This book is not about drugs, it is about people. It is about those suffering from addiction and the struggles of the people around them. As well as describing how to identify if a loved one is in addiction, it provides clear information about the solution. With the right treatment addicts can recover. Jackson Oppy has walked the road he describes, knows the pain of addiction and knows the road back to wellness, wholeness and stable family and social life. Am I Living With an Addict? is the route map to wellness. Jackson Oppy used drugs actively for 15 years. He and his family experienced all the pitfalls and trauma that comes with having a loved one in the grip of addiction and the hopelessness of believing that there was no way out. After countless attempts to stop and after losing everything, Jackson entered recovery at age 35 and now lives alcohol- and drug-free. He now uses his experience in both active addiction and in recovery to help others at Hader Clinic in Melbourne. In his current role he deals with addicts and their families everyday, using his intimate knowledge of the problem and the solution.
Author: Heather O'Hara Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1684098564 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 48
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Addiction is an increasing problem in our society. While there are a variety of programs and “steps” that addicts can follow to work towards recovery, there is no rule book for us—the people who are in love with an addict. All of our journeys are different and yet, the same—filled with chaos, uncertainty, and confusion. This book may not hold any magical solutions to your challenges, but it just might provide you with the comfort and companionship that the author longe
Author: James Craig Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1607996006 Category : Drug abuse Languages : en Pages : 128
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James Craig, M.D., had a thriving medical practice, a loving family, and a house becoming of his profession. And with all of this, it was not meant to last. At least not without change. A closer look revealed a body of lies and deceptions so engrained that he had nowhere to look but up as federal agents finally confronted Dr. Craig about false patients receiving controlled narcotics. Dr. Craig leads readers through the tumultuous upbringing that set a pattern for addiction, and then finally through the knowledge and understanding he discovered that broke the chains of his past. James shows readers how to overcome the past and how to be rid of projections for the future that needlessly destroy them today. By revealing overlooked workings of the human psyche, he shows you how to live in the present. For James Craig it was Being a Drug Addict, but the lessons he has learned will help anyone struggling with addiction. Dr. Craig dares everyone to try the changes outlined in this book. There is nothing to lose but some hopelessness, misery, and pain. James C. Craig, M.D. is a physician in private practice in Ellijay, Georgia, where he lives with his wife, Leslie, and son, Anderson. He received his undergraduate training at Emory University and medical school training at The Medical College of Georgia.
Author: Beverly Miller Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1453501061 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 82
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This autobiography is a true story about the life being ignorant to drugs. It will also reveal to my readers how much pain that I still feel in my heart about my parents’ and grandparents’ deaths. I will continue to show people the struggle that I am still going through today is what I went through for thirty years. How I became the worst alcoholic there was. I was also molested in my younger years, which is still, to this day, very painful. I had to almost watch my mother take her last breath and didn’t even realize what was going on. My grandmother was there for us during those very gloomy and rough days. Because it was so hard, sometimes I did not want to live. Parents need to listen to their kids especially when it comes to molestation; sometimes you may have to ask questions. How I had to kiss my mom on her face, forehead, and hands to tell her good-bye, and she didn’t even know that we were there. I made a very bad mistake when I crossed that street, and the little boy snatched his hand away from me and was hit by a car. How I watched him lie there almost lifeless and could not help him. I was with a man that used drugs, and when the relationship crumbled, the drinking became much worse. How rehab really helped me the second time. How, after seventeen years and no drugs, we are back and even happier. How a person using any kind of substance abuse can alter your mind and the decisions that you may make. When I returned home from rehab, you would not imagine where I found beer bottles and cans. How my cousin was almost killed trying to protect me. How I was beat up by the ones who were supposed to protect and serve. How I had started seeing someone and found out that he was a druggie and dropped him as quickly as I picked him up. How to look for signs when they are on drugs. How drugs can sometimes make a person lose everything that they have. How I have never been so embarrassed in my life until the marshal knocked on my door. How you can try and try again to help a person, but it won’t work unless they want help themselves. How some folks do not want help; they are just going through the motions. How my friend, also an addict, jumped off the subway platform in front of a train. How I know from people in general not to get into a relationship when in a rehab; you are really trying to find yourself again, and you honestly don’t know what you want. This is a must; don’t let a man/woman bring you down. How my surgery made me look at life totally different. How when you really need your family, they are going to be there, no matter what time, day or night. How my brothers became the best fathers ever, and that was because of the positivity that they had in their life. My sisters are fabulous mothers as well as myself. How I learned that through it all, God will stand by you at all times. How I lost my mom on November 5, 1979, and then my father followed her on June 22, 1990, and my grandmother followed on June 13, 1998. How my uncle Junior was there for us from the time my mom was sick; until this day, he has never walked away. How it took me years to step into the hospitals that both my parents passed away in. How we went through everyday problems; the difference was that we had no parents growing up. How you really need to treasure your parents while they are here; don’t wait until they are gone to tell them how much you love them. After all, they gave us life. How I raised kids and was a single parent, and they are okay kids. How I still have bad feelings about the men who molested me. How I am living proof that you can have tremendous fun without a drink in your hands. What made me say “This is it.” How I almost died from being the alcoholic that I was. I would tell you, if you haven’t drank or used drugs, you are not missing anything. You would like to make decisions on a sober conscience. Sometimes the decision you make while using drugs may haunt you for life. How I came to reality to realize that my b
Author: Meilena Hauslendale Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1304249751 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 98
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This book is dedicated to the family members that still suffer with living with alcoholism and addiction in the home. Making change is often the hardest thing we can do, but it is the best solution for ourselves and for our loved ones with addictions. Never fear independent thinking and growth. Move forward and seek the happiness you deserve and want. We are never stuck in a situation. There are always choices to be made and options. There is always opportunity for growth. Take that opportunity and embrace it.
Author: Mark Andersch Publisher: Pageturner Press and Media ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book is not just your typical story of one mans battle with his addictions but a comprehensive guide through the recovery process for addicts, the families of addicts, and the addicted loved ones in our lives. With over twenty years of his life spent addicted to drugs, sex, self-mutilation, gambling, alcohol, and prescription pills, Mark has already earned his PhD in addiction psychology and addictive behaviors. Assembled from a copious array of his own knowledge and life experiences, the wisdom and experiences of other addicts (both actively using and those in recovery), obtainable educational materials, countless hours of one-on-one, family, and group therapy sessions, and actual implementation throughout the last four years of his everyday life, Mark peels back the many layers of his addictions in an all-out attempt to wage war and win against the constant daily battles inside his head. Fraught with countless failures, relapses, and mental setbacks, his heart bleeds onto these pages the emotional and psychological pain that addiction has brought into his life and the lives of those who love him, for addiction doesn't discriminate whom it tears apart! With a fervent love of cinema and superheroes, an adoration of history spanning all eras of civilization, and an unquenchable desire for intellectual wealth and knowledge through the absorption of books, Mark projects a calming sense of reasoning and logic all without shying away from the exploration of his own vulnerabilities and of his own demons in a last-ditch attempt to break the cycle of addiction. Join him on his journey of self-discover your journey of self-discovery! Learn from his life experiences living as an addict. Expand on what he has applied to his own life, and transform it into your own applications so that together we can finally begin to see that the battle to regain our self-worth and defeat our addictions or understand a loved one living in addiction is a winnable one after all!
Author: Vivienne Gardner Edwards Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781481966276 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 66
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What you don't know can hurt you! Drug addiction can affect the whole family, not just the user. There are many safety issues to consider when there is a drug addict in the home. This book outlines many common problems and suggests solutions and ways to stay safe.
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