Addiction Recovery Family

It’s always somebody else’s kid - until it’s yours. When Katherine James and her husband found out their son was using heroin, their responses ran the gamut: disbelief, anger, helplessness, guilt. As they struggled to come to grips with their son’s addiction and decide how best to help him, their home became a refuge for an unlikely assortment of their son’s friends, each with their own story, drawn by the simple love and acceptance they found there - “the Lost Boys”, James calls them.

Forget everything you thought you knew about addiction. After working with and listening to hundreds of people struggling with addictions, Lisa began formulating strategies for measuring success. What works and what doesn't? She knew there is no better source than the people struggling themselves. From talking to people with years of sobriety to those panhandling on the streets, she began to see patterns which led to an unyielding search for answers and advocacy for those that couldn't advocate for themselves.

A Psychiatrist's Guide: Stop Teen Addiction Before It Starts outlines how addictive substances and activities hijack the teenage brain to create an addiction...With a non-judgmental approach, Gayani describes family dynamics and parenting choices that inadvertently promote the development of an addiction. Armed with knowledge about how addiction develops, Dr. DeSilva coaches parents on how to optimize their parenting strategies to help their children avoid getting addicted.

Dana Bowman can't escape the lure of perfectionism, trying to be a flawless wife, mother, and person in recovery. When Dana experiences a short-lived relapse during the Christmas holiday, she has the startling realization that recovery is more than just giving up alcohol. In this funny and revealing follow-up to her best-selling book Bottled, Dana reflects on how we live in a society of excess, always pushing ourselves to do and be better. However, it doesn’t take her long to realize that self-care and getting over herself is the key to happiness.

Historias que nos recuerdan que nos sobran razones para sentirnos agradecidos. Los Cuentos de Recuperación son el resultado del impacto que generaron en la Rev. Sonia Echezuría las historias de personas que han sobrevivido y superado situaciones difíciles tales como adicciones, severas disfunciones familiares, separaciones, cáncer y trastornos psiquiátricos. Sus protagonistas nos recuerdan que a pesar de todas las vicisitudes que la vida nos depara, bien vale la pena vivir.

El mundo es solamente el aspecto visible de Dios; lo que hace ser un guerrero es causar un reto al seguir el camino en busca de un propósito más elevado para una vida. Deja que el Guerrero dentro de nosotros luche con las fuerzas de nuestras vidas. Explora el trágico costo de la adicción, inspirado en las historias reales del Camino del Guerrero.

The true life stories of four people recovering from addiction, intermingled with their search for a higher power, helped along the way by a lovable dog named Rosie. Addiction does not discriminate, evidenced in the characters who battle addiction in this touching story, veterans, child abuse victims, and domestic abuse sufferers. As a registered nurse working in the field of addiction treatment, I find R.H. Pfeiffer s work to be authentic and true-to-life, heart-wrenching yet hopeful and optimistic.