Place Called Self Women, Sobriety and Radical Transformation

Name: Place Called Self Women, Sobriety and Radical Transformation
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ISBN: 9781592850983

ISBN-10: 1592850987

ISBN-13: 9781592850983

Edition: 2004

Authors: Stephanie Brown, Yvonne Pearson, Brown

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Why is it that newfound sobriety, with its hard-won joys and accomplishments, can be such a lonely and unsatisfying experience for many women? The answer, according to pioneering therapist Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., can be found by looking in the mirror. Once a woman leaves behind the numbing comforts of alcohol or other drugs, she is left to face herself--perhaps for the first time in her life. With gentle guidance and personal stories, Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing feelings in the process of weaving for themselves a true sense of self. Dr. Stephanie Brown, a pioneering addiction researcher and therapist, offers women a map to find their way through the rocky spots…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Hazelden
Publication date: 7/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.44" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Welcome to Recovery



What Is Recovery?



A Developmental Process



Losing a Self: The Active Addiction Stage



Recovery Shock: The Transition Stage



The Growth of a New Self: The Early Recovery Stage



Grown Up and Living Sober: The Ongoing Recovery Stage



The Paradoxes of Recovery



The Power in Powerlessness



The Wholeness of a Divided Self: Accepting Conflict



Independence Built on Dependence: Becoming Separate through Connection



Standing Alone with the Help of Others: The Apprentice Model of AA and Other Twelve Step Groups



At Home in Recovery



The Gifts of Recovery


Epilogue


The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous


The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous


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