Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts Author: Beverly Conyers | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BS03FKS | Format: PDF
Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts Description
A relative or friend has finally taken those tentative first steps toward sobriety. With the relief of this life-changing course of action comes a new and difficult set of challenges for recovering addicts and those who love them. Family members and friends often find themselves unsure of how to weather such a dramatic turn, as the rules and routines of their relationships no longer pertain.
Everything Changes assuages fears and uncertainty by teaching loved ones of newly recovering addicts how to navigate the often-tumultuous early months of recovery. Beverly Conyers, author of the acclaimed Addict in the Family, again shares the hope and knowledge that she gained as a parent of a recovering addict by focusing on the aftermath of addiction. She outlines the physical and psychological changes that recovering addicts go through, and offers practical tools to help family members and friends:
- build a fresh, rewarding relationship with the addict
- be supportive without setting themselves up for disappointment
- avoid enabling destructive behavior
- set and maintain boundaries
- cope with relapse
- deal with the practicalities of sober living, such as helping the addict find a job and deal with the stigma of addiction
Beverly Conyers, M.A., is an editor and freelance writer who lives in New England. She is the author of Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery.
- File Size: 318 KB
- Print Length: 170 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1592856977
- Publisher: Hazelden; 1 edition (June 21, 2009)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BS03FKS
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,914 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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This book has been extremely helpful to me in understanding that I'm not alone in my fears and the things that I do to make sure the addict is ok. It also sheds light on the things that I need to back away from to give the addict their space to show that they've grown. I strongly recommend this book to anyone that has dealt with this nightmare, as it's a fast read and full of valuable information and tools.
By M. Meister
Beverly Conyers couldn't have chosen a more apt title. I learned that my daughter was an addict when she told me she was checking herself into rehab ~ I was in shock. I knew she was unhappy, but I never knew the depths of her dispair. I was terrified to discover the truth and relieved that she would be going to a safe place. What I didn't understand was that this was just the beginning on a path to recovery that will be hers for her lifetime. "Everything Changes" is insightful, sensitive, honest, poignant and full of sound advice. It helped me to understand that addiction is a disease and that recovery is a not a destination, but rather a journey that the entire family takes together and individually.
I highly recommend this book for anyone whose life has been touched by addiction.
By Loving Ima
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