Empowering Your Sober Self

The LifeRing Approach to Addiction Recovery

Martin Nicolaus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2009
Jossey Bass Wiley (Verlag)
978-0-470-37229-6 (ISBN)

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A powerful alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous This book details an increasingly popular program of recovery for the increasingly large number of people who are uncomfortable with what they perceive to be the religious overtones of Alcoholics Anonymous. A program of individual spiritual empowerment that focuses on the ability to not submit to that first impulsive desire, Empowering Your Sober Self focuses on sobriety, self-help, and secularity (no formal religious affiliations). Most important to this program is the concept of a personal and unique recovery program that may or may not include attending groups. The book includes many illustrative stories, along with exercises and self-tests used in LifeRing training. Martin Nicolaus (Berkeley, CA) is cofounder and principal spokesperson for the burgeoning LifeRing movement, as well as a public-interest attorney.

Martin Nicolaus is the cofounder and C.E.O. of LifeRing Secular Recovery. He is an attorney in private practice who lives in Berkeley, California.

Foreword by William L. White. Acknowledgments. Introduction. My Story. The LifeRing Philosophy. 1. A Person Addicted Is a Person in Confl ict. The Divided Self. "A" (Addicted Self) Versus "S" (Sober Self). 2. Prepare Your Sober Self for Action. Reinforcing Your Sober Self. Motivating Yourself to Start. You're Not Defective. The Power of Habit. 3. How LifeRing Works. The LifeRing Meeting. An X-Ray of the Meeting Dynamic. 4. Building a Personal Recovery Program. Why Build a Personal Recovery Program. Building a Personal Recovery Program on Your Own. The Challenges and Rewards of a Personal Recovery Program. 5. About Powerlessness. Choice or Powerlessness. How the Powerlessness Doctrine Drives Out Newcomers. Powerlessness for Women and Minorities. 6. About the Disease Theory of Alcoholism. The "Medical Business". Drinking and Public Health. The Perfect Storm That Made the Treatment System. The Cure for the Disease Model. 7. Genetic Headlines Meet Laboratory Realities. Headline Fantasies Versus Laboratory Research. The Dangers of Genetic Fatalism. Conclusion. Recovery as Liberation. An Invitation to LifeRing. Notes. References. A Short List of Resources for Recovery. About the Author. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.4.2009
Verlagsort	Chichester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 225 mm
Gewicht	334 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10	0-470-37229-X / 047037229X
ISBN-13	978-0-470-37229-6 / 9780470372296
Zustand	Neuware