Résultats pour "Me" dans Addiction et guérison

Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a nice home, and a successful media career; a director of several companies and at one time the trustee of a large children’s charity. Outwardly, Craig was a highly successful and functioning professional man in spite of a ‘two-bottles-of-wine-a-night" drinking habit. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he didn't believe he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed.

Shadows of Me is a poignant mix of prose and poetry that delves deep into the raw realities of addiction. It is a journey that navigates through the labyrinth of despair, desperation, and heartbreak, painting a vivid picture of the relentless battle against the destructive force of addiction. The author, having lived through the harrowing experience, offers a unique perspective. The narrative is not just a story, but a shared experience, a common thread that pierces through every life affected by addiction.

Best known for his hysterically funny and often scathing restaurant reviews for the London Sunday Times, journalist Adrian Gill writes about his near-fatal alcoholism in this extraordinary lucid memoir. By his early 20s, at London's prestigious Saint Martin's art school, Gill was entrenched in his addiction. He writes from the handful of memories that remain, of drunken conquests with anonymous women, of waking to morbid hallucinations, of emptying jacket pockets that "were like tiny crime scenes".

Joe Atinsky doesn’t offer a sanitized story or a tidy path to healing. Instead, he opens the door to his own lived experience—years of perfectionism, buried shame, spiritual pressure, and the unraveling of everything he thought would save him. But this isn’t a story about falling apart. It’s a story about what begins to grow when the hiding stops.

Don’t Call Me Sober, Call Me May isn’t another self-help book preaching the same outdated dogma. It’s a raw wake-up call for those ready to break free from labels and take control of their lives. True freedom isn’t in counting days or meetings—it’s in doing the hard work to overcome and reclaim yourself. This book dismantles the flawed thinking behind traditional recovery models, offering a mindful, no-BS alternative rooted in personal accountability, self-awareness, and lasting change.

To save dad's business and control his drinking were the doubly impossible tasks I was burdened with. The effects of alcoholism tore my family apart. I was shocked by his alcohol consumption. The longer he drank, the less responsible he became. Facing dad, with his gun aimed at me, are images I will never forget.

A touching memoir of life with an alcoholic father who secretly works with the CIA, a dark pilgrimage through the valley of depression and addiction, and finding a faith to redeem and a strength to forgive. "This is a record of my life as I remember it—but more importantly, as I felt it." At...

Getting clean was just the beginning... DJ Fat Tony has lived a thousand lives: celebrated nightlife icon, survivor of decades-long addiction to drugs, alcohol and sex, and a LGBTQ activist who navigated trauma, abuse, and the AIDS epidemic. In Recover Me, Tony charts his journey from the hard...

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.

Maureen Cavanagh’s gripping audiobook memoir is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles—and ultimately reckons with—substance use disorder.

Introduced to heroine and alcohol for the first time at the tender age of eight-years-old programmed me and opened up a flood gate of feel good receptors in my brain, causing a high that I spent years trying to recreate over and over again.

Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart. 

Craig Beck es un hombre de familia muy respetado, con dos hijos, un hogar encantador y una exitosa carrera en los medios de comunicación. Es director de varias empresas y en algún momento fue fiduciario de una gran organización benéfica infantil. Craig era un hombre profesional exitoso y funcional a pesar de su hábito de beber "dos botellas de vino por noche". Durante 20 años, luchó contra el consumo problemático de alcohol, negándose todo el tiempo a etiquetarse como alcohólico porque no creía que encajara en la imagen estereotipada que la palabra transmitía.

Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field.

In this book, you'll learn what your spouse deals with internally as they combat their addiction. Understanding their problem will help you navigate the challenges that brings to the life you have together. It will also help you to understand your role in the relationship as a nonaddicted partner.

There are currently no specialized treatments for social media addiction and anxiety type conditions attributed to social media usage. Whereas most "remedies" for social media abuse call for "vacations", "breaks", and "parental surveillance" from the applications, Delete Me refutes these methods as ineffective. Author J.A. Thomas, MSW, who is one of a growing army of industry experts going offline, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to abandon these treacherous online platforms.

Just one drink... it seems such an innocuous action that it couldn't possibly cause any substantial drama. In reality it is the same hoping to take just one little step off a cliff. It's only one seemingly insignificant step, but the consequences are rapid, irreversible and severe. Both events start off an unstoppable series of events. In Alcohol Lied to Me... Again, Craig gives you the tools to once again break the cycle of alcohol addiction.

My name is Craig Beck and I am the Internet's foremost expert in helping people quit drinking alcohol. I have already helped thousands of people just like you get back in control of their drinking or stop completely. I understand how it feels to be worried about your drinking because for nearly 20 years I struggled with my own addiction. I tried everything to stop drinking alcohol from creating silly rules about what I was "allowed" to drink and going through torturous "dry months" to taking dangerous prescription-only medication!Absolutely nothing I tried worked until I dramatically changed my thinking.

Con un lenguaje sencillo, la autora consigue que entendamos las causas que nos conducen a depender de las nuevas tecnologías. Nos explica las repercusiones que el abuso de las pantallas y de internet tienen en nuestra mente y en nuestro cuerpo. Este audiolibro, lleno de humor, en ocasiones irónico, es muy accesible tanto para jóvenes como para adultos. Finaliza con algunas prácticas basadas en técnicas de relajación y mindfulness que sin duda, son un buen comienzo para comenzar a utilizar las nuevas tecnologías como herramientas que han de facilitarnos la vida.

You've discovered that your husband has cheated on you. Maybe, you've discovered incriminating emails or text messages from his lover, or worse, you have actually seen them together. Your world is crashing down. You feel like a nuclear bomb just decimated your entire world, and you are trying to shield yourself from the fallout. This is very likely the most painful experience you've ever had. You've been sucker-punched in the soul. Infidelity in marriage makes you doubt everything, including your own judgement.