Loving someone in recovery
Subtitle: the answers you need when your partner is recovering from addiction
By: Beverly Berg, MFT, PhD
Series: The New Harbinger Loving someone series
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781608828982
Subjects: Recovering alcoholics; Family relationships; Recovering addicts
Description: " Recovering addicts are faced with many challenges, and these challenges can often extend to their romantic partners. During the recovery period, couples often struggle with overcoming feelings of betrayal and frustration, and may have a hard time rebuilding trust and closeness. While there are many resources available to recovering addicts, there are limited resources for the people who love them. In Loving Someone in Recovery, therapist Beverly Berg offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help readers sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take real steps toward reigniting intimacy. The material in this book is drawn from the author's successful Conscious Couples Recovery Workshop. With more than 25 years in the field, she has developed a unique set of exercises that address the issues faced by couples in recovery. This book addresses the roles that both partners play in recovery, and aims to help readers develop a new appreciation for one another and improve self-confidence and acceptance. The road to recovery is never an easy one, but by building a strong support system, the chances of success are exponentially greater. For more information on Berg's work, visit consciouscouplesrecovery.com"--

"In Loving Someone in Recovery, a therapist offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help readers sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take steps to reignite intimacy. Drawn from the author's successful Conscious Couples Recovery Workshop, this book addresses the roles that both partners play in recovery, and aims to help readers rebuild trust and connection"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).
Table of contents: title: Taking the struggle out of recovery; title: Getting acquainted with addiction-free reality : Breaking the fantasy spells; title: Establishing and maintaining boundaries : Getting to know yourself; title: Moods and emotions : Living with the ups and downs; title: Rapport : Responding, not reacting; title: Intimacy and desire : Bringin' sexy back; title: Exploring spirituality : What's God got to do with it?; title: Settling down together : Staying on track.