The Real 13th Step: Discovering Confidence, Self-Reliance, and Independence Beyond the Twelve-Step Programs

by Tina B. Tessina, Stacey A. Farkas (Editor)

The Real Thirteenth Step is a powerful exercise and information-packed manual to accompany the journey of people in recovery. Readers will learn how to develop the three central skills of true autonomyrisk taking, problem solving, and coping with failureand how to apply them to every aspect of their lives: relationships, work, decision-making, stress, and the temptations of addiction.

316 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 1958

About the author

I'm a licensed psychotherapist in S. California, with 40+ years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 13 books, including It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction (New Page), How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free (New Page) and The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again (Wiley)

I also publish an e-mail newsletter: "Happiness Tips from Tina" and the "Dr. Romance" blo.g

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