Please Tell: A Child’s Story About Sexual Abuse (Early Steps)
Written and illustrated by a young girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children in a way that no adult can. Jessie’s words carry the message, “It’s o.k. to tell; help can come when you tell.” This book is an excellent tool for therapists, counselors, child protection workers, teachers, …
It’s Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive
Two of today’s top addiction consultants guide families devastated by a loved one’s addiction. As countless families can attest, addiction is a disease that destroys families, not just individuals. Secrecy, depression, anger, and confusion are hallmark traits of addicted families. Addiction wrecks the family’s home life, consumes the family’s financial resources, and depletes the family’s emotional reserves. Now, …
Get the better of your anger before it gets the better of you.Someone blames you, berates you, fails you, talks behind your back. Sure, you’re mad–but what good does it do you? Plenty, if you learn the lessons of this wise and practical book, which teaches how anger, that most destructive of emotions, can be put to good, …
Of Course You’re Angry: A Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse
Though we may not like to admit it, all of us get angry. At times we feel irked, exasperated, irritated, resentful, even enraged. Anger is a normal and healthy human emotion; learning to acknowledge and express it appropriately, however, especially for those in early recovery, is another story. First published in 1985, this timely revision of the …
Food for Thought offers wise and comforting words for compulsive overeaters who seek to understand the role of food in their lives. Each day’s reading in the best-selling classic–the first Hazelden meditation book to address the needs of overeaters–supports a life of physical, emotional, and spiritual balance.Read daily by millions, Hazelden meditation books have set the standard for …
Twelve Steps For Overeaters: An Interpretation Of The Twelve Steps Of Overeaters Anonymous
The author of the popular Food for Thought takes a fresh, in-depth look at the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. Each chapter carefully examines and interprets each of the individual …
Almost Anorexic: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Relationship with Food a Problem? (The Almost Effect)
Millions of men and women struggle with disordered eating. Some stand at the mirror wondering how they can face the day when they look so fat. Others binge, purge, or exercise compulsively. Many skip meals, go on diet after diet, or cut out entire food groups. Still, they are never thin enough.While only 1 in 200 adults will …
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
With astonishing honesty, this memoir, Get Me Out of Here, reveals what mental illness looks and feels like from the inside, and how healing from borderline personality disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. A mother, wife, and working professional, Reiland was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at the age of 29–a diagnosis …
“By the time I’d gotten to Al-Anon… people responded with ‘Thank God,’ or ‘It’s about time.’ I wasn’t a horrible person. It’s not like I had buried bodies under my floorboards. I was just a little dramatic and a tiny bit controlling.” –Misti B.Most people in the throes of codependency’s problematic behaviors typically don’t see their plight as …
There is no end to new beginnings. If you have just set out on the journey of recovery with the Twelve Steps as your guideposts, or if you are beginning again with renewed spirit, these daily meditations will help you along your way, illuminating at every turn the simple beauty of the cornerstone concepts of recovery.By providing a …