To grow in recovery, means growing up and overcoming a state of arrested emotional development. This means getting honest with ourselves and facing up to the self-defeating thoughts behaviors and actions that put our sobriety at risk and our recovery at a stand still. Although there are as many ways to mess up recovery as there are alcoholics and addicts, some general themes persist:
Confusing self-concern... with selfishness
Not working the steps and not making amends
Using the program to become perfect poster child of recovery
Denying intimacy problem... not getting help for relationship troubles
Feeling entitled...believing that life should be easy
In simple, down-to-earth language, Allen Berger explores the twelve most commonly confronted beliefs and attitudes that can sabotage recovery. He then provides tools for working through these problems in daily life. This useful guide offers fresh perspectives on how the process of behavioral change begins with basic self-awareness and a commitment to working an accountable daily program.
For the past thirty-six years, Allen Berger, Ph.D., has been on his own personal journey in recovery while helping thousands of others discover a new way of integrated life, free from addiction and its insanity.
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