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ביירון קייטי היתה אלכוהוליסטית ואשה כעוסה מאוד, כשגילתה יום אחד את הדרך לחיים מלאים, רגועים ומאושרים יותר. היא ביטאה את דרכה לשחרור אישי באמצעות ארבע שאלות, וכך נוצרה השיטה המכונה "העבודה" – The Work. השיטה מאפשרת לנו לגלות את האמת המסתתרת מאחורי ההרגלים המגבילים שלנו. אנו רגילים לראות את הרגלי החשיבה שלנו כגזרת גורל, אך הם ניתנים לשינוי באמצעות שינוי החשיבה. הספר מפרט את שיטת ארבע השאלות המאפשרות לכל אחד מאיתנו להשתחרר מדפוסי התנהגות, התמכרויות שונות, ובעיות ביחסים עם אנשים. בספר מובאים סיפורי מקרים רבים המדגימים את פעולת השיטה.

Breaking Free is your ultimate guide to reclaiming your life from alcohol and building a future filled with purpose, joy, and fulfillment. In this compassionate and practical self-help book, you will find the tools, strategies, and inspiration to take control of your drinking, whether you're questioning your relationship with alcohol or fully committed to quitting for good. This book is not just about quitting drinking—it’s about transforming your life.

Scott Strode drank his first beer at 11 years old. By 15, he was using cocaine. By his early 20s, he had spiraled into the bleakest nights of his addiction—alone in a dark alley, too drunk to light a crack pipe. Then came a series of life-changing outdoor adventures—including competing in Ironman triathlons and climbing in the Himalayas—leading to a decade of profound personal growth. By the summer of 2006, Scott had nearly ten years of sobriety and a vision for revolutionizing addiction recovery.

Marty tells the short version of her recovery story. This is followed by a codependency story. Before crossing the line into alcoholism, she was married to an out of control alcoholic.

Now complete with daily prompts to reflect on each day of a month-long, alcohol-free plan, the author of This Naked Mind helps readers challenge their thinking, find clarity, and form new habits. Changing your habits can be hard without the right tools. This is especially true for alcohol...

Real men drink. Just look at all the macho reasons for drinking: great nights, less stress, high jinx, amazing sex. It’s what proper blokes do. Except, that’s rubbish. Alcohol doesn’t make you tough, it makes you weak. It doesn’t remove your stress, it causes it. Behaving like a lad is preventing you from becoming a man. You can take control of your drinking.

For those who have chased relief but found ruin . . . this is a story of redemption. For decades, Brian Harris lived in blackouts, chaos, and shame. A husband, father, and small-town businessman, he looked successful on the outside while addiction hollowed him out on the inside. He drank to disappear, and nearly succeeded. Sobriety saved his life, but it didn’t make everything easy. When tragedy struck his family, Brian had to face his darkest moment without the bottle that once numbed it all.

From the national bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Drunk Mom, a powerful and transformative memoir exploring the intersection of addiction and shame. It’s been over a decade since Jowita Bydlowska published her bestselling lightning rod of a memoir on overcoming alcohol addiction...

Three years after giving up drink, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne like it was ginger ale. "It's a special occasion," she said to her boyfriend. And indeed it was. It was a party celebrating the birth of their first child. It also marked Jowita's immediate...

Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her pulse-raising memoir. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d suffered as a child, she started climbing. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest.

This isn’t a book about sobriety. It’s a book about your brain on booze. For years, alcohol has been sold to us as relief – from stress, anxiety, heartbreak, even ourselves. But what if the very thing we’re using to cope is quietly making our mental health worse? Bestselling author and...

Clean and sober twenty days or twenty years—it makes no difference. We all need a little help every once in a while. Barb Rogers has been sober for a long time. And she knows that doesn’t make a difference—what makes a difference is that she’s clean and sober today. Rogers’s newest audiobook offers true stories from real life people. Their addictions have led them to a twelve-step program. Yet, in working the program, they have found, as the saying goes, things are simple but not always easy.

How Do You Deal With Stress? Through Distraction • Addiction? I Can Relate. A Wound-Up Existence Led Me Down The Path Of Addiction, Seeking Relief In Drugs. Until They Didn’t Work Anymore… After Years Of Substance Abuse, I Found Recovery. Told ‘Addiction Is Not A Drug’, Recovery Wouldn’t Be Simply ‘Staying Clean’ From Chemicals. Self-Awareness Was Needed - About My Negative Attitudes And Behaviors. Ironically, I’ve Learned Most About Myself Through Listening To Other People - Their Experiences.

Victoria Vanstone grew up in 1980s England in a happy home full of laughter, booze and a disturbing amount of fancy-dress parties. From her youthful days downing cheap wine at the local park to dodging disastrous relationships and a messy run-in with a firework, her reliable mate alcohol was never far from reach. Eventually, Victoria found herself in Australia with a husband and a child on the way. After sobering up for her first pregnancy, becoming a boring, bottom-wiping, cleaning machine meant she soon returned to her binge-drinking ways.

Discover the secrets of courageous leaders in Hello Success: How Courageous Leaders Use Core Genius and Voices to Make a Powerful Impact. Written by three inspiring trailblazers who fearlessly redefine success after conquering adversity, this transformative book is a beacon of hope for those seeking to make a lasting difference.

Un témoignage fort sur les ravages de l’alcool, et le partage d’une méthode et de conseils pour s’en sortir et reconstruire sa vie : un livre nécessaire.

The War in The Heaven, by Jamaican author Gem C. Collie, examines the psychological effects of generational victimization in contemporary times. The book exposes perpetual inherited mistreatment due to the constant battle one goes through to fight for individuality against collectivism, social norms, and culture.

My name is John, I’m an alcoholic. At the age of 52, I checked myself into rehab. 21 days. This book is an honest account of my experience; the triumphs, the setbacks, the profound connections, the trials endured, the solace found in Faith, and ultimately the reclamation of my life. In my early teenage years, alcohol found its way into my life; initially serving as a source of enjoyment among friends. As time progressed, weekend binges became the norm, reserved only for those days, or so I believed.

Learning How to Drive Your Bus is a magical and informative bus ride to finding your way to a good sober way of living. You learn how to maneuver away from anxiety, depression, and drug and alcohol addiction.

When my eyes creaked open and tried to find focus, I didn’t know where I was. The room was dim, my wrists were tied to the bed rail, and the dull ache of a needle in my hand throbbed through the fog. Motionless and silent, I lay staring at the ceiling until everything started coming back to me—the hallucinations, my teeth were melting, the menacing trolls teetering around the bedroom; uncontrollable shaking while my wife, Robin, helped me take a shower; and the catatonic ride to the emergency department of Meriter Hospital.