Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction
The Tao of Sobriety shows how to apply eastern philosophy to enhance recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. With a few simple mental exercises, readers can learn how to quiet "The Committee," those nasty mental voices that undermine serenity and self-esteem. With leaders of the recovery movement enthusiastically endorsing this uniquely helpful book, The Tao of Sobriety is an invaluable addition to the recovery bookshelf.
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A thoughtful, readable, and self-empowering guide for recovery. Publishers Weekly Getting and Giving Help In The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction, longtime therapists David Gregson and Jay S. Efran offer a self-help book designed either to work in tandem with 12-step programs or to help addicts get sober without group help. After a brief explanation of Taoism (a Chinese philosophy and religion whose practitioners seek inner peace), the authors present the Tao, a Chinese term meaning "the way," as an ideal vehicle for attaining and maintaining freedom from substance addiction. Replete with anecdotes, exercises (meditations, questions to explore, affirmations) and real-life applications of Taoist precepts (letting go of attachments to guilt and other "self-condemnation" behaviors that lead to substance abuse), this guide uses the firm but gentle approach that is the trademark of many Eastern practices. ( Jan. 18) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
AcknowledgmentsxiForeword1Chapter 1Introduction7A Word About Twelve-Step Programs8What Is the Tao?8Chapter 2Alcohol, Drugs, and You12Discovery 1Innocence in Spirit13Aaron's Story13Reality-Altering Substances16More Gain Than Pain18Beyond Alcohol and Drugs19Chapter 3I Think, Therefore I Am21Odd Insights About Us22Who's the Boss?23Journeying Deeper into Being25A Practical Example27Discovery 2Listening to the Internal Conversation28Who Are You?29Discovery 3The Space That Is You29The One and the Other30Higher Math: The One and the Many31Discovery 4Discovering Who You Are32Who's Got the Power?32Chapter 4Managing the Mind35Discovery 5Enhancing the Manager36Biker Stan36Discovery 6Making a Commitment38Discovery 7Mindfulness and Detachment41Practice Makes Perfect45Chapter 5Conversing with Drugs and Alcohol47Discovery 8Reflecting on Chemical Substances and You48A Proof of Innocence51Discovery 9A Heart of Innocence52Chapter 6Attaining Balance60Chapter 7Revitalizing Desire65Discovery 10Identifying Mental Banditos67Ted's Story70Chapter 8Reexamining Transgressions76Discovery 11Transgression Inventory77Laura's Story78The Hopelessness Monster81David's Story81The Possibility of Possibility83Discovery 12Acknowledging Possibility83Possibility and Patience84The Pleasures of Irresponsibility85Chapter 9Thoughts, Feelings, Actions87Knowing More About Your System88Furthering Detachment91Chapter 10Practicing Detachment95Discovery 13An Inch That's Greater Than a Mile96David's Bugs98Good Self-Talk100Hacking a New Path100Jack's Story101Discovery 14Practicing Self-Talk102Chapter 11Strengthening Commitment104The Hoax of Winning107Taking the Good with the Bad110Discovery 15Attack of the Aliens112Chapter 12Life as Theater115Chapter 13Revising the Script124The Power of Commitment127Discovery 16Reflecting on Your Life as a Story128Discovery 17A Replay with the Manager in Charge130Discovery 18Self-Beliefs133Chapter 14Reality and Illusion135The Middle Way Revisited137A Real-Life Video Game140Chapter 15Plenty of Nothing143Discovery 19One Is the Loneliest Number147Bringing It Home149Chapter 16Acceptance: Choosing Life151Defining Acceptance152Inclusion and Exclusion154The Acceptance of Suffering155Discovery 20Expanding Acceptance158Avoiding a Steady State162Chapter 17Retracing the Journey165The Tao of Sobriety in a Nutshell: A Handy Crib Sheet173References175
\ Publishers WeeklyGetting and Giving Help In The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction, longtime therapists David Gregson and Jay S. Efran offer a self-help book designed either to work in tandem with 12-step programs or to help addicts get sober without group help. After a brief explanation of Taoism (a Chinese philosophy and religion whose practitioners seek inner peace), the authors present the Tao, a Chinese term meaning "the way," as an ideal vehicle for attaining and maintaining freedom from substance addiction. Replete with anecdotes, exercises (meditations, questions to explore, affirmations) and real-life applications of Taoist precepts (letting go of attachments to guilt and other "self-condemnation" behaviors that lead to substance abuse), this guide uses the firm but gentle approach that is the trademark of many Eastern practices. ( Jan. 18) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \
