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I just finished reading "The Good House" by Ann Leary. The main character is an outspoken New England realtor, hiding her alcoholism from her town and herself. It's well written and a real page turner.
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"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker (He explains how true fear (as opposed to unwarranted fear) can save your life, and how to know the difference.
"The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
"The Gift of Imperfection" by Berene Brown Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
"The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
"The Gift of Imperfection" by Berene Brown Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
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"The Gift of Imperfection" by Berene Brown Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.[/QUOTE]
This is a great book. Very human. She also has a great talk about the same (two talks actually) online at the TED website. Both are totally worth watching.
Thanks Anna for reminding me of this book!
This is a great book. Very human. She also has a great talk about the same (two talks actually) online at the TED website. Both are totally worth watching.
Thanks Anna for reminding me of this book!
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I highly recommend "a new earth" by Eckhart Tolle for anyone wanting an insight to the ego and how to Look beyond it. I read this book years ago and now again through my recovery and it is amazing.
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Cool Water - Alcoholism, Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery William Alexander
One Breath at a Time - Buddhism and the 12 Steps Bill Griffin
The Skeptics Guide to the 12 Steps - Phillip Z
Understanding the Twelve Steps: An Interpretation and Guide for Recovering People - Terence Gorski
Drop the Rock - Removing Character Defects Bill P
Disclaimer - reading the books is no substitute for taking the actions!
One Breath at a Time - Buddhism and the 12 Steps Bill Griffin
The Skeptics Guide to the 12 Steps - Phillip Z
Understanding the Twelve Steps: An Interpretation and Guide for Recovering People - Terence Gorski
Drop the Rock - Removing Character Defects Bill P
Disclaimer - reading the books is no substitute for taking the actions!
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Spiritual- Victory Over the Darkness & Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson
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I'm currently reading how to cure alcoholism that talks about how to use the drug naltrexone correctly to retrain neural pathways through the extinction process. It's amazing and has been used in Finland since the 60's. 78% effective rate.
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Thanks everyone! This is a helpful thread. I have read Ekhart Tolle, he is a great author, Seat of the Soul, I thought was great. My sister thought the latter was too far out. I read these before I got sober, I was trying at the time. I loaned someone my copy of The Way is Within and cannot think of the author, that book was superb. It was a keeper. One you look back on and flip through when you need inspiration but do not have much time.
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Seat of the Soul, I thought was great .
it is it a bit foggy. I do know it made an impact on me at the time.
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Clean - Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy by: David Sheff.
This is a new book, my husband heard about it on a talk show. I haven't started it yet, but picked it up at the library today. Has anyone else read it?
This is a new book, my husband heard about it on a talk show. I haven't started it yet, but picked it up at the library today. Has anyone else read it?
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I haven't read it yet but I will.
David Sheff is a well known author, and my only minor concern is that he is not an addict. He is the father of an addicted son and wrote Beautiful Boy about his son's addiction.
David Sheff is a well known author, and my only minor concern is that he is not an addict. He is the father of an addicted son and wrote Beautiful Boy about his son's addiction.
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Being a Biography Junkie, I have also ordered a brand new book (a memoir) called Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska. She is a young mother, whose post-partum depression re-ignites her alcoholism which she thought was in her long-ago past.
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Drunk Mom sounds interesting, I'll look for it. I haven't started Clean yet, so will follow up later to let folks know what I think. I tend to relate best to authors portraying their own dialogue with addiction.
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I am three-quarters of the way through this one and it is quite good (particularly for those who like auto-biographies): "Sober Mercies: How Love Caught up with a Christian Drunk," by Heather Harpham Kopp. The title kind of explains it but, essentially, the author struggles with reconciling her faith and her addiction. However, that is only one element in a really well-written, funny, and, at times, painfully honest account of being an alcoholic and almost losing everything (including her son who was also addicted but she was too drunk to notice most of the time). Again, I am only about 3/4 of the way through but I am completely loving it even though I am not Christian or particularly religious. Great, and eventually, very uplifting story.
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