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For those who have chased relief but found ruin . . . this is a story of redemption. For decades, Brian Harris lived in blackouts, chaos, and shame. A husband, father, and small-town businessman, he looked successful on the outside while addiction hollowed him out on the inside. He drank to disappear, and nearly succeeded. Sobriety saved his life, but it didn’t make everything easy. When tragedy struck his family, Brian had to face his darkest moment without the bottle that once numbed it all.

El Libro Grande es el texto clásico fundamental de Alcohólicos Anónimos (AA) y una obra esencial en la recuperación del alcoholismo. Este libro expone de forma clara los principios de los Doce Pasos, que son la base del programa de recuperación de AA, y está diseñado para ayudar a las personas que luchan con el alcoholismo a encontrar una vía hacia la sobriedad y el bienestar.

Now complete with daily prompts to reflect on each day of a month-long, alcohol-free plan, the author of This Naked Mind helps readers challenge their thinking, find clarity, and form new habits. Changing your habits can be hard without the right tools. This is especially true for alcohol...

Алкоголизм не просто вредная привычка, а болезнь, от которой умирают, уверен известный писатель Андрей Рубанов. Хуже того, зависимый человек может разрушить не только свою жизнь, но и жизнь окружающих. Рубанов знает, о чём говорит: он смог победить зависимость после 18 лет употребления алкоголя. Автор сопровождает рассказ о личном опыте рассуждениями о культуре алкоголя в России, разбирает психологические, социальные и физиологические аспекты зависимости и способы борьбы с ней. Эта жёсткая и правдивая книга открывает путь к трезвости без морализаторства, принуждения и чувства вины.

This audiobook started out as a joke. As I wrote it though, over the space of a year and a half, I realized a couple of things. First, I still have issues to work out. Second, a zillion other people are working on the same things. With that in mind, I've put together a collection of anecdotes and advice based on hard-won lessons about alcohol, triggers for over-drinking, building better habits, and success in life.

Eine Meditation (Entspannung) aus der langjährigen Erfahrung von Dr. Alfred Pöltel. Die Inhalte: 43 Minuten Hypnose zum Einschlafen, 5 Minuten Hypnose für den Alltag. Aufbau nach der JIPI Methode: J - Jetzt (bewusstes Abschalten und Fokussierung auf Entspannung im Jetzt), I - Ich will (Öffnung des Willens als Basis für den Erfolg), P - Positive Affirmationen (100% bejahende, positive Sätze), I - Ich Affirmationen (für eine größere Wirkung).

Of course, a medically supervised detox is always highly recommended. However, not everyone takes this route, at least not every time they need to sober up. I sure didn’t. If I went to the county detox or hospital every single time I went through what I came to call "The Fear", they would have probably just started turning me away, or I’d be broke. I was a chronic relapser, so I’ve had a lot of practice. My pattern was to take down a liter of vodka per day - plus other miscellaneous party favors when money was good - until I got too sick to work, function, or continue drinking.

Chasing the Dragon: Running to Get High is a collection of diatribes, training tips, and off-color wisdom, all processing the running life and how to get the biggest (legal) highs from your life and your runs. The author taps into his personal experience with running and addiction to look at questions such as why recovering addicts turn to running and the nature of positive addictions.

Craig Beck ist ein angesehener Familienmensch mit zwei Kindern, einem wunderschönen Zuhause und einer erfolgreichen Medienkarriere; er ist Geschäftsführer in zahlreichen Gesellschaften und leitete in der Vergangenheit zudem eine große Wohlfahrtsorganisation für Kinder. Craig war trotz seiner Angewohnheit, zwei Flaschen Wein jeden Abend zu trinken, ein erfolgreicher und funktionierender Geschäftsmann.

Wife Mother Drunk is an intergenerational memoir recounting the author’s harrowing struggle with alcoholism, tracing it back through her ancestry to the times of the pioneers when the seeds of trauma were first planted, long before they overtook her otherwise loving life.

The Badass and Sober Experiment: How to Quit Drinking and Start Thinking is your ultimate guide to quitting alcohol without losing your edge. Whether you're looking to stop drinking, maintain sobriety, or embrace a sober lifestyle in the new year, this refreshingly honest and humor-filled book offers practical strategies for alcohol-free living.

Développement personnel : vive la sobriété ! le phénomène anglais débarque en France, le témoignage de Catherine Gray montre les bienfaits insoupçonnés de la sobriété,,un accueil presse dithyrambique. La sobriété, nouveau phénomène de société ? C'est en tout cas ce que tend à prouver le succès du livre de Catherine Gray - journaliste anglaise - qui décrit sa joie d'avoir pris la décision - il y a 4 ans - d'arrêter de boire. Un meilleur sommeil, une beau plus lisse, une silhouette affinée, des relations humaines plus stables, une énergie retrouvée et de substantielles économies ! Bref : Le bonheur.

Wife of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W., Lois tells many wonderful stories from her and Bill's lives.

Whether you want to cut back on your drinking, stop drinking entirely, or learn how to be happy and healthy again, this audiobook will easily teach you everything you need to know. Plan for your success. Discover practical strategies, techniques, and lifestyle choices that will set you up for maximum success when reducing your alcohol intake for the next 30 days or longer. Whether you've decided you need to take a break from drinking or are wishing you could feel good like you used to, then you've come to the right place.

Where do we find truth? It is true the sun comes up everyday in every country on earth. The law of gravity is true, each time I throw a rock high in the sky it will return. As adolescents we would find the largest boulder we could dislodge then roll it up to the edge of a steep ravine to let it roll downhill taking everything in it’s path out, so for every force there is an opposite and equal force, that is true. Ten out of ten people on earth will eventually die.

Die Alkoholsucht ist eine Krankheit, die deutlich weiter verbreitet ist, als viele es glauben. Unbehandelt kann sie schlimme Folgen haben, doch ist es nie zu spät, diese zu bekämpfen. Unser Ratgeber ist für alle, die selbst unter Alkoholsucht leiden oder fürchten, auf dem Weg in die Sucht zu sein, sowie für alle Angehörigen, Freunde, Kollegen und andere Personen, die in ihrem Leben mit Alkoholsüchtigen zu tun haben.

Learning How to Drive Your Bus is a magical and informative bus ride to finding your way to a good sober way of living. You learn how to maneuver away from anxiety, depression, and drug and alcohol addiction.

Miles Cook never dreamed he’d be an alcoholic. Waking one day he realizing how trapped he had become. He embarked on a journey of self-acceptance and vulnerability to claw his way out before it was too late. With a powerful message and wry self-acceptance, Sobering Thoughts lays bare Miles’ toxic 30-year relationship with alcohol. This deeply moving audiobook will speak to your heart as you watch Miles’ struggle through a roller-coaster of self-taught recovery as he tries to reclaim his life.

An Inspiring collection of prayers, quotes and meditations, some of which are gleaned from 12 step meetings and adapted from common prayers and devotional readings. Anyone who has had difficulty with their prayer life, or problems finding, "the right words" to speak with his or her Higher Power will find abundant resources in this overflowing collection. I pray these prayers, quotes and meditations ignite your prayer life.

In this thought-provoking exploration of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, a veteran of the program reveals the recovery journey for what it truly is: a modern retelling of the classic hero’s journey of transformation that frees spiritual energy trapped by addiction, pouring it back into the world, thus healing both the individual and the society.