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The Recovery Book: Answers to All Your Questions About Addiction and Alcoholism and Finding Health and Happiness in Sobriety
"A classic. Read it. Use it. It can help guide you step by step into the bright light of the world of recovery."
--from the Foreword by Harry Haroutunian, M.D., Physician Director, Betty Ford Center
" The Recovery Book is the Bible of recovery. Everything you need to know you will find in here."
--Neil Scott, host, Recovery Coast to Coast radio
--Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors
Hope, support, and a clear road map for people with drug or alcohol addiction.
Announcing a completely revised and updated second edition of The Recovery Book , the Bible of addiction recovery. The Recovery Book provides a direct and easy-to-follow road map to every step in the recovery process, from the momentous decision to quit to the emotional, physical, and spiritual issues that arise along the way. Its comprehensive and effective advice speaks to people with addiction, their loved ones, and addiction professionals who need a proven, trusted resource and a supportive voice.
The new edition of The Recovery Book features the revolutionary Recovery Zone System, which divides a life in recovery into three chronological zones and provides guidance on exactly what to do in each zone. First is the Red Zone, where the reader is encouraged to stop everything, activate their recovery and save their life. Next is the Yellow Zone, where the reader can begin to rebuild a life that was torn apart by addiction. Finally, the reader reaches the Green Zone, where he can enjoy a life a recovery and help others. Readers also learn how to use the Recovery Zone ReCheck, a simple, yet very effective relapse prevention tool. The Recovery Zone System works hand-in-hand with the 12-step philosophy and all other recovery methods.
In addition, The Recovery Book covers new knowledge about addiction mechanisms and neuroplasticity, explaining how alcohol and drugs alter the brain. The authors outline a simple daily practice, called TAMERS, that helps people to use those same processes to "remold their brains" around recovery, eventually making sobriety a routine way of life.
Written by Al J. Mooney, M.D., a recovery activist who speaks internationally on recovery, and journalists Catherine Dold and Howard Eisenberg, The Recovery Book covers all the latest in addiction science and recovery methods.
In 26 chapters and over 600 pages, The Recovery Book tackles issues such
Dr. Al J. Mooney has been helping alcoholics and addicts get their lives back for more than thirty years, using both his professional and personal experiences at his family's treatment center, Willingway, and most recently through his work as medical director for The Healing Place of Wake County (NC), a homeless shelter.
The Recovery Book will help millions gain control of their mind, their body, their life, and their happiness.
TheRecoveryBook.com
--from the Foreword by Harry Haroutunian, M.D., Physician Director, Betty Ford Center
" The Recovery Book is the Bible of recovery. Everything you need to know you will find in here."
--Neil Scott, host, Recovery Coast to Coast radio
--Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors
Hope, support, and a clear road map for people with drug or alcohol addiction.
Announcing a completely revised and updated second edition of The Recovery Book , the Bible of addiction recovery. The Recovery Book provides a direct and easy-to-follow road map to every step in the recovery process, from the momentous decision to quit to the emotional, physical, and spiritual issues that arise along the way. Its comprehensive and effective advice speaks to people with addiction, their loved ones, and addiction professionals who need a proven, trusted resource and a supportive voice.
The new edition of The Recovery Book features the revolutionary Recovery Zone System, which divides a life in recovery into three chronological zones and provides guidance on exactly what to do in each zone. First is the Red Zone, where the reader is encouraged to stop everything, activate their recovery and save their life. Next is the Yellow Zone, where the reader can begin to rebuild a life that was torn apart by addiction. Finally, the reader reaches the Green Zone, where he can enjoy a life a recovery and help others. Readers also learn how to use the Recovery Zone ReCheck, a simple, yet very effective relapse prevention tool. The Recovery Zone System works hand-in-hand with the 12-step philosophy and all other recovery methods.
In addition, The Recovery Book covers new knowledge about addiction mechanisms and neuroplasticity, explaining how alcohol and drugs alter the brain. The authors outline a simple daily practice, called TAMERS, that helps people to use those same processes to "remold their brains" around recovery, eventually making sobriety a routine way of life.
Written by Al J. Mooney, M.D., a recovery activist who speaks internationally on recovery, and journalists Catherine Dold and Howard Eisenberg, The Recovery Book covers all the latest in addiction science and recovery methods.
In 26 chapters and over 600 pages, The Recovery Book tackles issues such
Dr. Al J. Mooney has been helping alcoholics and addicts get their lives back for more than thirty years, using both his professional and personal experiences at his family's treatment center, Willingway, and most recently through his work as medical director for The Healing Place of Wake County (NC), a homeless shelter.
The Recovery Book will help millions gain control of their mind, their body, their life, and their happiness.
TheRecoveryBook.com
624 pages, Paperback
First published September 9, 2014
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April 22, 2015
Helps families and addicts understand the phases, and the roller coaster ride of recovery. Very helpful book that brings some clarity to a chaotic time and explains what the body and mind are going through over the course of healing.
March 25, 2022
I was struggling. Everyday was “the last day”. I was going to “finally quit this shit.” Picked this book up at my library.
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Clear and concise reference with more information on Recovery than I even needed. One star off for not giving cannabis related PAWS or CHS (which I thankfully don’t suffer from) any depth. I expect that will change in future editions.
54 days into My Recovery as I write this. This book described the science backing up peer support groups. I am working my 12 step program, attending SMART Recovery meetings, as well and working with those tools and in therapy.
I will be buying this title to put on my Recovery bookshelf. The simple Red zone/Yellow Zone/Green Zone structure made it clear to me that the only way out was through and so stumbled onto an exit ramp after years of struggling with a profound cannabis use disorder.
A valuable resource. The wealth of information on alcohol made me choose to quit what little drinking I did to avoid the very real danger of cross addiction.
Thus would be a great gift to a family member or friend who is in the pre-contemplation stage.
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Clear and concise reference with more information on Recovery than I even needed. One star off for not giving cannabis related PAWS or CHS (which I thankfully don’t suffer from) any depth. I expect that will change in future editions.
54 days into My Recovery as I write this. This book described the science backing up peer support groups. I am working my 12 step program, attending SMART Recovery meetings, as well and working with those tools and in therapy.
I will be buying this title to put on my Recovery bookshelf. The simple Red zone/Yellow Zone/Green Zone structure made it clear to me that the only way out was through and so stumbled onto an exit ramp after years of struggling with a profound cannabis use disorder.
A valuable resource. The wealth of information on alcohol made me choose to quit what little drinking I did to avoid the very real danger of cross addiction.
Thus would be a great gift to a family member or friend who is in the pre-contemplation stage.
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