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I am Fixed
(Paperback)
Patrica David; Illustrated by Elody Bensch, Sophie Bensch
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R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This is the inspiring story of a life lived outside the rules for
women. It is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of a woman's journey
beyond marriage, career and a nice house in the country. What
happens when she leaves all that behind to follow her heart? Find
out in this round-the-world voyage of self-discovery. Lisa's life
is high-glamour and high-octane, publishing bestselling books and
walking the red-carpet at movie premieres. But the reality behind
the gloss is very different: she is stuck in an unhappy marriage,
stressed out in a toxic job, and grieving for her parents. She
begins to rely on alcohol to get her through it all and embarks on
an illicit affair. Lisa leaves her husband, hoping to find
absolution and happiness in a new relationship, but the world of
dating for a 43-year-old is not what she expects. She discovers
sun, sea, sand and sex on the beaches of the world, but the younger
men she encounters can't offer her anything more than a holiday
romance and heartbreak. Then, in a small seaside village in Goa,
Lisa discovers discovers yoga and a sober, spiritual life. She
meets a tribe of inspirational women who show her a new path to
freedom and independence, leading to self-forgiveness and breaking
the lock on a secret she's been carrying inside her since she was a
little girl. When The Most Handsome Man in Goa walks into her life,
Lisa must decide if her new-found solo freedom is more important
than having a man by her side. If you enjoyed Eat Pray Love by
Elizabeth Gilbert and Wild by Cheryl Strayed, then this inspiring,
uplifting book is for you
Had enough of repeatedly giving up booze only to keep returning to
the old cycles? Want to end the anguish and give yourself the
chance to be the best you can? Do you know that group healing won't
work with you? Beat alcohol on your own is a new approach to
combating drinking made even more necessary, right now, from its
increase due to greater home working. The method ensures the
reader's drinking will reduce towards zero in a personalised, safe,
controlled way. Central is the strategy of Planned Relapses, which
give a sturdy staff on which to lean as overall drinking is managed
downwards through the following of three simple Oaken Rules. The
realpolitik of the difficulties in stopping drinking is faced
square on as every scenario where temptation may arise along the
path is mitigated by the deployment of an arsenal of tactical
interventions. Ultimately the goal - Mundus in claritate! - is
attained.
To say that drugs have become the major affliction of society is
not stating the situation too strongly. No sector of life is
untouched by this epidemic. Crime and violence are the most obvious
byproducts, but amorality, aborted educations and, indeed, ruined
lives are no less serious and just as widespread. And the problem
is not limited to street drugs; the effects of medical and
psychiatric drugs, whether painkillers, tranquilizers or
"antidepressants," are as disastrous. L. Ron Hubbard addressed this
problem, not with the objective of resolving the physical ills of
individuals but as a continuation of his quest to free man as a
spirit and handle, along this route, any barrier that needed to be
resolved. Drugs were such a barrier. Until Mr. Hubbard developed a
workable drug rehabilitation program, there was no solution.
Psychiatric-inspired programs had many more failures than successes
and some only created worse addictions. Other people, more
well-intentioned, found that good intentions weren't enough. They
lacked a technology that worked. Mr. Hubbard's program provides
that technology. From helping the person discover why he took drugs
in the first place, to eliminating the mental and spiritual damage
done by drugs, to detoxifying the body of long-term drug residues,
to providing the person with tools that will enable him to stay off
drugs for good, it is without doubt the most thorough and effective
program in the world. Today, for the first time, as hundreds of
thousands will attest, those addicted to drugs and alcohol can free
themselves of this tyranny and face life with renewed vigor and
hope. This section contains some of the elementary principles of
this program and provides the first real understanding of substance
abuse problems.
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