Loving someone in recovery : the answers you need when your partner Is recovering from addiction / Beverly Berg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berg, Beverly.

Series:

New Harbinger loving someone series.

The New Harbinger loving someone series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recovering addicts.

Recovering alcoholics.

Codependency.

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Loving Someone in Recovery, a therapist offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help readers sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take steps to reignite intimacy. Drawn from the author's successful Conscious Couples Recovery Workshop, this book addresses the roles that both partners play in recovery, and aims to help readers rebuild trust and connection.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1; Taking the Struggle out of Recovery; CHAPTER 2; Getting Acquainted with Addiction-Free Reality: Breaking the Fantasy Spells; CHAPTER 3; Establishing and Maintaining Boundaries: Getting to Know Yourself; CHAPTER 4; Moods and Emotions: Living with the Ups and Downs; CHAPTER 5; Rapport: Responding, Not Reacting; CHAPTER 6; Intimacy and Desire: Bringin' Sexy Back; CHAPTER 7; Exploring Spirituality: What's God Got to Do with It?; CHAPTER 8; Settling Down Together: Staying on Track; Recommended Readings; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9781461954576

1461954576

9781608828999

1608828999