Learning to Soar!: A Guide for People Who Want to Create Their Own Recovery Programs

Wixson, Jennifer

ISBN 10: 0963668900 ISBN 13: 9780963668905

Verlag: White Wave, 1994

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A revolutionary new approach in the field of addiction and recovery, Learning to SOAR! asserts not only that complete recovery is possible, but also that you have the right and responsibility to create your own recovery program.

Learning to SOAR! shows how to:
* get sober and stay sober (break your addiction)
* reconnect with your feelings
* set healthy limits and boundaries
* define your emotional needs and wants
* live with emotional pain
* forgive and accept yourself and others
* explore your spirituality

The book follows former alcohol addict Jennifer Wixson through the three stages of recovery. Wixson redefines recovery NOT as the ability to drink again but rather as the healthy wholeness of the human being. Wixson (sober since 1988) asserts that alcohol (and other addictions) are not necessary to a healthy, happy life and by focusing on this aspect most recovery programs set people up for failure by separating them permanently from others. People who become addicted to alcohol are no different from anyone else, she writes. There's no such thing as an 'alcoholic.' We are not a society of two types of people -- like Dr. Seuss' Star Belly Sneeches and Sneeches Without Stars -- we are simply a society in denial.

Wixson firmly believes that it's possible for everyone to heal, and that complete recovery is possible. Her own life is a testament to her radical new philosophy.

The print edition contains a foreword by Ken Hamilton, M.D., founder of the non-profit organization H.O.P.E. (Healing of Persons Exceptional).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: White Wave
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0963668900
• ISBN 13: 9780963668905
• Einband: Broschiert
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar