Chapter headings: Preface Introduction Our flight from the truth of impermanence The rise of grief models Using grief stages in individual psychotherapy Using grief stages in group psychotherapy Using grief stages in addiction treatment A lecture on grief anniversaries What the 12 Steps say about grief On beyond the grief stages Existential therapy Collapsing the…
Contents: Prologue Chapter 1 Apogee Chapter 2 First Love Chapter 3 Homecoming Chapter 4 Diagnosis Chapter 5 Silence Chapter 6 First Love Revisited Chapter 7 True Believers Chapter 8 The Teachings Chapter 9 Wandering Chapter 10 California Chapter 11 Suicide Chapter 12 Meth Chapter 13 The Smile Chapter 14 Clean Chapter 15 A Winding Road…
A trauma-sensitive companion to the Twelve Steps: body-based exercises for deepening your recovery, expanding your spiritual practice, preventing relapse, and understanding the root of your addiction.Foreword by Rabbi Rami Shapiro Selected excerpts: For readers of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and Trauma and the 12 Steps Considering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body…
Chapter headings: Introduction Part 1: The Four Noble Truths The First Noble Truth: Life is a bitch, and then you die! The Second Noble Truth: If you think you have to have it, then it really has you! The Third Noble Truth: Nirvana is the joy of being where you are and loving what is…
Preface 1. Now is the Time 2. Turning Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones 3. Spiritual Deprivation 4. Medication to Meditation 5. Basic Meditation Instructions 6. Finding Your Path For Peace 7. Beginning Your Journey 8. Spiritual Prescription For Growth and Change 9. Meditation 10. Excuses 11. So You Think You’re Different Because You Think Too…
Chapter headings: Part One: The Healing Journey 1. My Journey, Our Journey 2. Reconnecting with Yourself Part Two: Transforming Our Relationship with Compulsions 3. Recognizing Our Compulsions as Friends 4. Learning to Respond 5. Moving from Management to Engagement Part Three: Four Basic Skills for Working with Compulsions 6. Some Fundamentals for Learning the Skills…
Note: This is a book on the science of addiction. It includes a discussion of AA and Buddhism, Ruden is a clinician-scientist working in the field of medicine. Chapter headings: 1. Survival 2. Landscaping the brain 3. The craving response 4. Battling for control 5. Biobalance 6. Biobalance to mindfitness 7. Curing sobriety 8. Response…
Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. publisher@themetpress.com, Selected excerpts: “Herein lies the root connection between haiku and recovery: Both are informed by the unceasing breath of surrender, whose Latin root means “to give back to”. The haiku poet surrenders to Nature in the here-and-now such that the self-as-separate disappears; the recovering alcoholic or addict surrenders…
Chapter headings: Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Darren’s Story 2. From Zen to Tibetan and Back 3. The Grim Face of Addiction 4. 12-Step Programs: What Works and What Doesn’t 5. Buddhist Paths 6. Introducing the Steps Step 1: Principle: Acceptance Step 2: Principle: Confidence Step 3: Principle: Surrender Step 4: Principle: Self-Examination Step 5: Principle:…