49 tips and insights for understanding addiction by Blea, Juan instant download

49 tips and insights for understanding addiction by Blea, Juan instant download

viii, 124 pages ; 23 cm, \"49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction provides both a rich set of writings and exercises that can help people understand the emotional and physical mechanics of both Addiction and Recovery. This book challenges the reader to approach Addiction from a place of compassion rather than anger so that the trigger/anxiety/compulsion/shame cycle of Addiction can be disrupted\"--Cover, Introduction: how to use the 49 tips & insights -- Prologue: an open letter from an addict to his loved ones -- Understand that addiction is a disease -- Addiction occurs in stages -- Substance abuse is indicated by a spectrum that leads to addiction -- We are all connected -- Labels like \"addict\" or \"alcoholic\" can be self-fulfilling prophecies -- Break recovery into small and manageable steps -- The stages of addiction recovery -- We can't wish addiction away, but -- There's always hope in the face of addiction -- Develop realistic goals for recovery -- Have a plan ready in case of a crisis -- Addiction causes psychological changes -- Depression is a disease that substance abuse worsens -- There's no single approach to treating addiction that works for everyone -- Being present in the moment is the key to recovery -- Recovery support should not lead to enabling -- Reflective journaling can help aid recovery -- Criminalizing addiction causes more harm than good -- Love surrounds those struggling with an addiction -- Art really can help the recovery process -- Four (4) rules to remember that can beat addiction -- Lyric analysis is a useful activity in recovery -- Addiction can be symptomatic of a deeper issue -- Find light, even in addiction, Substance abuse all too often causes the mother's wail -- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure -- Addiction splits a person against him- or herself -- We all have the power to produce the lives we want to live -- The stages of change can help with readiness assessment -- The flow of negative energ