Chronic Illness And The Twelve Steps

Author : Martha Cleveland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781592858590

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Chronic Illness and the Twelve Steps by Martha Cleveland Pdf

A self-help guide for those who are chronically ill. When we live with a chronic illness or disability, our spirit is tested. And though we may have no say in our sickness, how we meet its spiritual challenge is entirely up to us. This is the message of Martha Cleveland's heartening book, which maps the spiral of emotional pain that steals the energy of the chronically ill--and shows how to turn this spiral into a path toward spiritual growth. Cleveland herself turned to the Twelve Steps for support during almost two decades of a recurring illness that defied diagnosis. In this book, she shares what the Twelve Step program teaches her about living with chronic illness--coping with feelings of pain, anger, hopelessness, and isolation--and about offsetting such negative emotions with spiritual wellness. An invitation to choose joy over despair, her book reveals how chronic illness can open the spirit to acceptance, serenity, and fulfillment.

Author : Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0985652454

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Recipe for Recovery by Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board Pdf

Based in a tradition of spiritual, mental and emotional recovery, this book provides you with Twelve time-tested Steps, used by people throughout the world for leading a satisfying and fulfilling life, regardless of any physical health challenge. Whether your chronic condition is a result of accident or surgical procedure disorders such as arthritis, lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, diabetes, Crohn's disease life-threatening illness, such as cancer or heart disease back pains, headaches or nerve pains or any other persistent physical illness or pain-related trauma or disease ... the Steps are a practical recipe and guide for reclaiming a celebration of life. This book will demonstrate that you are not alone. Recipe for Recovery is filled with dozens of true-life stories----personal testimonies of other people just like you. Each one speaks to how the principles of Chronic Pain Anonymous literally saved them from self-obsession, fear and depression, opening the menu of their lives to a whole new range of possibilities for happiness, acceptance and service to others."

Author : Martha Cleveland
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0894865625

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The Twelve Step Response to Chronic Illness and Disability by Martha Cleveland Pdf

Author : Martha Cleveland
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Chronic diseases
ISBN : 0062554166

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Living Well by Martha Cleveland Pdf

Author : Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0985652462

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Recipe for Recovery by Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board Pdf

Based in a tradition of spiritual, mental and emotional recovery, this book provides you with Twelve time-tested Steps, used by people throughout the world for leading a satisfying and fulfilling life, regardless of any physical health challenge. Whether your chronic condition is a result of accident or surgical procedure disorders such as arthritis, lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, diabetes, Crohn's disease life-threatening illness, such as cancer or heart disease back pains, headaches or nerve pains or any other persistent physical illness or pain-related trauma or disease ... the Steps are a practical recipe and guide for reclaiming a celebration of life. This book will demonstrate that you are not alone. Recipe for Recovery is filled with dozens of true-life stories--personal testimonies of other people just like you. Each one speaks to how the principles of Chronic Pain Anonymous literally saved them from self-obsession, fear and depression, opening the menu of their lives to a whole new range of possibilities for happiness, acceptance and service to others."

Author : Chronic Pain Anonymous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0985652411

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Stories of Hope by Chronic Pain Anonymous Pdf

Written by members of the Chronic Pain Anonymous Twelve Step fellowship, STORIES OF HOPE presents the tools and principles of the Twelve Steps as catalysts for emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation. Each of the courageous men and women who contributed to this collection shares their journey from despair to hope. You will discover, through the truth of their experiences, how it is possible to live in happiness and contentment, one day at a time, regardless of your chronic pain or chronic illness.

Author : J.S. Dorian
Publisher : Central Recovery Press, LLC
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781936290666

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Above and Beyond by J.S. Dorian Pdf

A meditation for every day of the year. Ties in with CRP titles A Day without Pain and Pain Recovery.

Author : Martha Cleveland,Cleveland
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345385195

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Living Well by Martha Cleveland,Cleveland Pdf

Martha Cleveland describes the ways in which chronic illness or disability often locks us into spirals of emotional pain that steal energy and limit spiritual growth. Cleveland turned to the Twelve Steps for support during almost two decades of living with a rare, recurring medical condition that defied her doctor's diagnosis for much of that time. Drawing on the Twelve Steps, Ms. Cleveland reveals how chronic illness offeres a significant opportunity for spiritual growth that will lead to acceptance, serenity, and fulfilment.

Author : Jamie Marich
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781623174699

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Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded by Jamie Marich Pdf

An inclusive, research-based guide to working the 12 steps: a trauma-informed approach for clinicians, sponsors, and those in recovery. Step 1: You admit that you're powerless over your addiction. Now what? 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have helped countless people on the path to recovery. But many still feel that 12-step programs aren't for them: that the spiritual emphasis is too narrow, the modality too old-school, the setting too triggering, or the space too exclusive. Some struggle with an addict label that can eclipse the histories, traumas, and experiences that feed into addiction, or dismisses the effects of adverse experiences like trauma in the first place. Advances in addiction medicine, trauma, neuropsychiatry, social theory, and overall strides in inclusivity need to be integrated into modern-day 12-step programs to reflect the latest research and what it means to live with an addiction today. Dr. Jamie Marich, an addiction and trauma clinician in recovery herself, builds necessary bridges between the 12-step's core foundations and up-to-date developments in trauma-informed care. Foregrounding the intersections of addiction, trauma, identity, and systems of oppression, Marich's approach treats the whole person--not just the addiction--to foster healing, transformation, and growth. Written for clinicians, therapists, sponsors, and those in recovery, Marich provides an extensive toolkit of trauma-informed skills that: Explains how trauma impacts addiction, recovery, and relapse Celebrates communities who may feel excluded from the program, like atheists, agnostics, and LGBTQ+ folks Welcomes outside help from the fields of trauma, dissociation, mindfulness, and addiction research Explains the differences between being trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive; and Discusses spiritual abuse as a legitimate form of trauma that can profoundly impede spirituality-based approaches to healing.

Author : Toni Bernhard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781614292630

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How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness by Toni Bernhard Pdf

Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering--and those who care for them. Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges and many more, using practical examples to illustrate how mindfulness, equanimity, and compassion can help readers make peace with a life turned upside down. In her characteristic conversational style, Bernhard shows how to cope and make the most of life despite the challenges of chronic illness. Benefit from: • Mindfulness exercises to mitigate physical and emotional pain • Concrete advice for negotiating the everyday hurdles of medical appointments, household chores, and social obligations • Tools for navigating the strains illness can place on relationships Several chapters are directed toward family and friends of the chronically ill, helping them to understand what their loved one is going through and how they can help. Humorous and empathetic, Bernhard shares her own struggles and setbacks with unflinching honesty, offering invaluable support in the search to find peace and well-being.

Author : Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board,Chronic Pain Anonymous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0985652403

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Stories of Hope by Chronic Pain Anonymous Service Board,Chronic Pain Anonymous Pdf

Written by members of the Chronic Pain Anonymous Twelve Step fellowship, STORIES OF HOPE presents the tools and principles of the Twelve Steps as catalysts for emotional, mental and spiritual transformation. Each of the courageous men and women who contributed to this collection shares their journey from despair to hope. You will discover, through the truth of their experiences, how it is possible to live in happiness and contentment, one day at a time, regardless of your chronic pain or chronic illness.

Author : Marc Lewis
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780385682299

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The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis Pdf

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it’s supposed to do—seek pleasure and relief—in a world that’s not cooperating. Brains are designed to restructure themselves with normal learning and development, but this process is accelerated in addiction when highly attractive rewards are pursued repeatedly. Lewis shows why treatment based on the disease model so often fails, and how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery, given the realities of brain plasticity. Combining intimate human stories with clearly rendered scientific explanation, The Biology of Desire is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.

Author : Marvin D. Seppala
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015053120344

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Clinician's Guide to the Twelve Step Principles by Marvin D. Seppala Pdf

Provides clinicians clear coverage of integrating the principles from twelve step programs into clinical treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. Examines both the role of spirituality and the history of the program, including individual recovery stories. And while this text is slanted to such problems, the 12 step program has been used with such addictions and problems as obesity, sexual addiction, gambling, spending...

Author : Kenneth Blum,John Femino,Scott Teitelbaum,John Giordano,Marlene Oscar-Berman,Mark Gold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461472308

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Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery by Kenneth Blum,John Femino,Scott Teitelbaum,John Giordano,Marlene Oscar-Berman,Mark Gold Pdf

Humans are biologically programmed to seek out pleasurable experiences. These experiences are processed in the mesolimbic system, also referred to as the "reward center" of the brain, where a number of chemical messengers work in concert to provide a net release of dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens. In some genetically predisposed individuals, addiction occurs when the mechanisms of the mesolimbic system are disrupted by the use of various drugs of abuse. Since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, it's 12 step program of spiritual and character development has helped countless alcoholics and drug addicts curb their self-destructive behaviors. However, the program was developed at a time when comparatively little was known about the function of the brain and it has never been studied scientifically. This is the first book to take a systematic look at the molecular neurobiology associated with each of the 12 steps and to review the significant body of addiction research literature that is pertinent to the program.​

Author : Stephen Colameco M. D.,Stephen Colameco
Publisher : Booksurge Llc
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1419606212

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Twelve Steps for Those Afflicted With Chronic Pain by Stephen Colameco M. D.,Stephen Colameco Pdf

This book has been condensed and updated as part of Dr. Colameco's NEW BOOK-- CHRONIC PAIN: A WAY OUT (2012)The 12-Steps presented in 12-Steps for those Afflicted with Chronic Pain are intended to help individuals recover from the emotional suffering that so often accompanies chronic pain.