A Place Called Self: A Guide for All Women in Recovery
Why is it that newfound sobriety, with its hard-won joys and accomplishments, can be such a lonely and unsatisfying experience for many women? The answer, according to pioneering therapist Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., can be found by looking in the mirror. Once a woman leaves behind the numbing comforts of alcohol or other drugs, she is left to face herself--perhaps for the first time in her life. With gentle guidance and personal stories, Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing...
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Why is it that newfound sobriety, with its hard-won joys and accomplishments, can be such a lonely and unsatisfying experience for many women? The answer, according to pioneering therapist Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., can be found by looking in the mirror. Once a woman leaves behind the numbing comforts of alcohol or other drugs, she is left to face herself--perhaps for the first time in her life. With gentle guidance and personal stories, Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing feelings in the process of weaving for themselves a true sense of self. Dr. Stephanie Brown, a pioneering addiction researcher and therapist, offers women a map to find their way through the rocky spots in sobriety.
AcknowledgmentsixProloguexiPart 1Welcome to RecoveryChapter 1What Is Recovery?3Part 2A Developmental ProcessChapter 2Losing a Self: The Active Addiction Stage17Chapter 3Recovery Shock: The Transition Stage33Chapter 4The Growth of a New Self: The Early Recovery Stage55Chapter 5Grown Up and Living Sober: The Ongoing Recovery Stage79Part 3The Paradoxes of RecoveryChapter 6The Power in Powerlessness99Chapter 7The Wholeness of a Divided Self: Accepting Conflict109Chapter 8Independence Built on Dependence: Becoming Separate through Connection127Chapter 9Standing Alone with the Help of Others: The Apprentice Model of AA and Other Twelve Step Groups145Part 4At Home in RecoveryChapter 10The Gifts of Recovery165Epilogue175The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous181The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous182About the Author183
