A Womans Guide to Recovery

This book, written by the director of the Hazelden Women's Recovery Center, explains how you, too, can live a life "beyond your wildest dreams".Its pages are filled with expert advice, caring support, and personal stories of women who have found their way of the mess of addiction.

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If you are a woman who has found the courage to start down the road of recovery, know that you are never alone. Others have walked before you and have experienced recovery's promises of radical change. This book, written by the director of the Hazelden Women's Recovery Center, explains how you, too, can live a life ""beyond your wildest dreams."" Its pages are filled with expert advice, caring support, and personal stories of women who have found their way of the mess of addiction.Here you'll read aboutthe basics of addiction, the principles of the Twelve Step program, and how to get started in recoveryhow addiction and recovery are different for womenwhat self-care means-physically, socially, emotionally, and spirituallyrecognising and working with feelings in a mature wayhow recovery affects relationships, including those with your childrenhow the promises of recovery can transform your life, inside and outGlimpse the freedom that accompanies recovery. Learn how other women with similar struggles have built new, meaningful lives without alcohol or other mood-altering drugs. Most important, grab the lifeline of hope offered in this book, the knowledge that recovery is possible.