A practical collection of tried and tested treatment modalities designed to assist the reader in developing the understanding and skills necessary to construct a solid foundation of recovery. DISCOVER RECOVERY, using an applied approach, will allow readers to successfully integrate levels of change and address the many facets of recovery from substance and behavioural addiction. Each chapter provides practical strategies and solutions that help strengthen one's capacity to achieve and sustain recovery through didactic learning and skill development. Core issues are addressed that represent significant internal, interpersonal and environmental obstacles for those new to recovery. * Speaks to the reader in a contemporary manner while respecting the pain of addiction and offering compassion, hope and guidance. * Integrates time-tested wisdom and the spiritual principles of the Twelve Steps with the efficacy of current counselling theories and practice. * Addresses issues unique to families confronting addiction, trauma survivors and those suffering with chronic pain.

An intriguing story that addresses the twin challenges of addiction and chronic pain, and presents a model for successful recovery from both of these serious life-altering conditions. The author grounds his story in psychological theory along with the principles of twelve-step philosophy and spirituality as he moves from intellectualized awareness to a deep emotional and spiritual connection in recovery. Between 1991 and 2010, prescriptions for opioid painkillers rose from 75 million to 209 million. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2010, enough opioids were prescribed to treat every person in the US with 5mg of Vicodin every four hours for a month. As the number of opioid prescriptions increase, complications, including death, are rising. In 2009, more people in the US died from prescription medication overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents. There are more deaths from prescription drug overdose than from cocaine and heroin combined. With the onset of a chronic pain condition, the author's need for prescribed opioid painkillers reawakened an addiction to narcotics that had been dormant for nearly twenty years. Presents a holistic approach to recovery combining psychological theory, twelve-step principles, the ancient wisdom of meditation and other non-Western spiritual practices. Uniquely highlights the vicious cycle of addiction and chronic pain and the powerful connection between these co-occurring disorders. Written in lyrical yet gritty prose, it makes the recovery process accessible to a wide audience. The author is an experienced behavioral health professional who has worked in a broad range of behavioral health and addiction treatment settings. The author is in long-term recovery.

Becoming a quality parent doesn't happen by accident or coincidence - it needs conscious awareness and intentional effort. Working a programme of recovery is among the greatest gifts a parent can give his or her child. It is, also, a frequently underappreciated and underutilised asset in terms of how recovering people can approach parenting. When practised, the principles of recovery not only improve the well-being and functioning of a person in recovery, but can, also, facilitate healthy, quality parenting in ways that better meet the needs of children and their parents. ROOTS AND WINGS is designed to provide the practical guidance that will help people develop the awareness and skills they need to become the parents they want to be - the parents their children need them to be or even the parents they wished they themselves had.