Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way

Healing from addiction can be an intensely painful process as decades of frozen grief are unpacked. This book is written to help recovering addicts to work through old wounds including bereavement, abandonment, betrayal, and abuse. It uses effective mindfulness practices to complement longterm recovery and to help process sometimes overwhelming feelings. Mindfulness is also recognised as a powerful tool in relapse prevention. Interspersed with personal reflections from the author's own experience, Drug Addiction Recovery suggests ways to come to terms with the past and to live peacefully in the present. Topics include: the nature of addiction associated addictive or dysfunctional behaviours why we need to grieve mindfulness and the brain coping with depression, shame and alienation guided meditations written and verbal exercises recovery stories For those building emotional and spiritual wellbeing in recovery, CHRISTOPHER DINES offers ways to enhance self-respect, and points the path to serenity.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dines, Rudolph E Tanzi, Rudolph E. Tanzi
• Assisted by: Rudolph E. Tanzi (Foreword)
• Publisher: Sheldon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781847094940
• ISBN: 978-1-84709-494-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 195 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mindfulness & Meditation, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Tobacco, Family & health, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation, Coping with drug & alcohol problems, Popular medicine & health, Addiction & therapy, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, drug addiction surviving addiction recovery support; sober staying sober clean staying clean coping with addiction; mindfulness self help relaxation meditation abstinence narcotics substance abuse; drug addicts dependency relapse addictive behaviour;