With Gentleness, Humor and Love: A 12 Step Guide for Adult Children in Recovery

Author: W. Kathleen, Jewell E, Kathleen W
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ISBN: 093219477X
Publisher: Health Communications (December, 1988)
Sales Rank: 1,502,407
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
Inventorying Using the Right Brain
This little book works from Bill W.'s "instincts out of balance" tack (in AA's 12 X 12) to provide many exercises and techniques for getting at buried "hooks" and "triggers" for all sorts of addictive and compulsive patterns. It is a great book for the recovering person who is stuck on an issue -- say, cigarette smoking or perhaps a relationship pattern that always ends up frustrating or frightening. By using visualization as a part of the inventory process, visual memories (such as pre-verbal ones from early childhood,) scent memories and other associations that elude rational thought can be captured, grasped -- and then evaluated in the more traditional 12-step style. This book has many practical exercises that can used in 12-step groups in CODA or ACA or informally among sponsor/sponsees in AA, NA or Alanon.

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