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Keepers: Voices of
Secular Recovery,
Compiled and with an introduction by Martin Nicolaus
Keepers is a selection of more than 120 short items
culled from among the best postings by members of the
LifeRing email list during 1996 - 1999. These are
messages of support, personal reflections and insights,
anecdotes, helpful ideas that worked for their authors,
poems, jokes, and other motivational, inspirational
writings. Includes the special section: Holiday Survival
Guide.
Tracey S. says, One book I forgot was Keepers, from
this beloved list. I loved it because when I didn't have
access to the computer, I felt like I was still
connected.
Order direct from LifeRing Press. ==>
http://www.unhooked.com/lifering.com/keepers/index.htm
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Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems --
Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded by Anne M.
Fletcher.
Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts:
hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking
problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked
them a simple question; how did you do it? The result is
the first completely unbiased guide for problem
drinkers, one that shatters long-held assumptions about
alcohol recovery.
Rex, the most helpful book
for me was Sober for Good by Anne Fletcher. Finding and
reading this book changed my life and led me to LSR.
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The Small Book,
by Jack Trimpey
Recovery or relapse is a choice each alcohol-and
drug-dependent person makes daily. Now . . . the founder of Rational
Recovery Systems offers "addicts" the most empowering choice of all:
the opportunity to free themselves from substance abuse forever, not
through he invocation of a "higher Power," but through the
power of reason. A long-awaited counterpoint to 12-step theology |
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Enchiridion And
Selections from the Discourses of Epictetus,
by Epictetus, George Long (Translator)
Many thanks to John Z. for this suggestion. REBT
(Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) draws on the works
of the Stoic philosophers, among others. For those
academically inclined and interested in the historical
foundations of SRC, this is a good start.
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Thought and Action, by S.I. Hayakawa
Tom S. sez: Thanks for doing this
work. We need all the resources we can get.
For me, there were two books that were important to me.
"Language In Though and Action" by S. I.
Hayakawa (yep, "Sleepy Sam - former US Senator and
university prez). He was an instrumental part of
the General Semantics movement and wrote the first
edition in the late 1930s.
General Semantics is another of the important
foundations of CBT-REBT (Cognitive Behavior and Rational
Emotive Behavior Therapy), and we feel can be a very
important aid in recovery from addictions and in dealing
with other life-problems. |
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Mindful Recovery, by
Thomas Ph.D. Bien Tracey S. sez:, I
really enjoyed Mindful Recovery and the Tao of Recovery.
It's also been really helpful to me to read some
co-dependency stuff, like the Language of Letting Go.
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The Tao of Recovery: A Quiet Path to Wellness,
by Jim McGregor
The friends and family of a drug or alcohol addict are often
left out of the recovery process. The timeless wisdom of the
Tao has been adapted to gently change those who are
suffering into peaceful, healthy, self-confident humans,
ready to fully rejoin life in a serene and harmonious way.
The author's personal understanding of the recovery process
and Taoism culminate in this essential guide to
self-rehabilitation.
Tracey S. sez:, I
really enjoyed Mindful Recovery and the Tao of Recovery.
It's also been really helpful to me to read some
co-dependency stuff, like the Language of Letting Go.
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Under
the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities
of Alcoholism, by James Robert Milam
Ten of millions Americans
suffer from alcoholism, yet most people still wrongly
believe that alcoholism is a psychological or moral
problem, and that it can be cured by psychotherapy or
sheer will power. Based on groundbreaking scientific
research, Under The Influence examine the physical
factors that set alcoholics and non-alcoholics apart,
and suggests a bold, stigma-free way of understanding
and treating the alcoholic.
Gary S. From Tom's LSRmail List recommends this one. |
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Rational
Recovery, by Jack Trimpey
Andy R. from Tom's
LSRmail list sez: Someone mentioned The Small
Book. I couldn't find that in my local library but they
did have Rational Recovery. Parts of that book were very
helpful to me, particularly the idea that the
personification of the addictive voice was a helpful
tool, not necessarily meant to be taken literally; and
the whole AVRT idea. Once I could begin to consciously
recognize when the addictive voice within me was
speaking I was able to isolate those thoughts and
strangle them as they deserved. |
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