epub |eng | 2007-12-28 | Author:Patrick Carnes [Carnes, Patrick]

Page 78 The belief I am basically a bad, unworthy person structures the emotional foundations of the addict's world. Addicts conclude from their family experiences that they are not worthwhile ...

epub |eng | 2011-06-27 | Author:Gabor Maté, MD [Mate, Gabor]

The same dynamics come into play with eating disorders. How, we might ask, could an activity essential for survival become so distorted, undermining a person’s health sometimes to the point ...

epub |eng | 2019-04-12 | Author:Gael McCool

“Denied the comforting blanket of illusory permanence and absolute truth, we have the opportunity and obligation to do something extraordinary: to see the world as it is, and to understand ...

epub |eng | 2018-02-26 | Author:Robert Weiss

COMPARING PRODEPENDENCE AND CODEPENDENCE In many respects, the prodependence and codependence models are mirror images. But with one profound difference. The models vary significantly in how we, as therapists, frame ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richard Reid

And finally, if you’ve dived straight into this chapter, that’s understandable, but please do read Chapters 1 to 4 and the introductory section in Chapter 5 first. Absorbing these will ...

epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Kennedy Lawford [Lawford, Christopher Kennedy and Engel, Beverly]

BEHAVIORS THAT BLOCK YOUR PARTNER’S RECOVERY While fixing and protecting behaviors do not help your partner because they enable him to continue his self-destructive behaviors, other behaviors actually prevent your ...

epub |eng | 2016-07-31 | Author:Robin Barnett [Barnett, Robin]

Beware of hard-sell tactics and aggressive marketing. If answers seem less than transparent, or if you can’t reach someone in charge, look elsewhere. Don’t feel pressure to accept a facility ...

epub |eng | 2001-04-04 | Author:Harriet Braiker

Anger Is a Matter of Degree Like many people, you probably have a number of misconceptions about the nature of anger that contribute to and inflate your fears. First, you ...

mobi |eng | 2015-02-27 | Author:Jeffery Dawson

Chapter 8: Setting Boundaries For Controlling Behavior Marriage is a partnership. That might sound obvious, but it’s surprising how many husbands and wives want to control every aspect of their ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2015-08-12 | Author:Jackson MacKenzie

Hopefully, this section has provided you with some useful tools to jump-start your journey. Disseminating the truth is the best way to help yourself out of the dark. Knowledge is ...

epub |eng | 2010-06-02 | Author:Melody Beattie [Beattie, Melody]

Y You Are Lovable—Feb. 29 THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS* We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-02 | Author:Mel Ash [Ash, Mel]

When we were active in our denial and diseases, our dreams were full of grandiosity and self-justification. “The world doesn't understand my dreams” was our sob to no one in ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2009-05-25 | Author:William G Borchert

11 Nightmare on Clinton Street IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING, 1935. CLARK BURNHAM had been in Vermont for some months selling his beloved cottage and the surrounding property on ...

epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Joyce Meyer [MEYER, JOYCE]

Merely knowing what to do does no good if we don’t do it! Christine had spent years in church. She knew a great deal of the Bible and was teaching ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-03 | Author:Joyce Meyer

CHAPTER 9 Pressing Past Anger and Unforgiveness Do you ever get angry? Of course you do; we all do. God never tells us not to feel anger. He says, "Be ...