From Darkness to Light: A Primer for Recovery

Real answers and solutions for real and lasting recovery! Take a fresh look at addiction and recovery. This book is written for the addict struggling to overcome addiction. It is a workbook, but so much more. The author, a recovering addict with 28 years of experience with recovery from addiction, chronicles his journey with relevant personal experiences. It is a guide through the confusing, sometimes painful, often wonderful path to real and lasting recovery. Those still struggling with their addiction, those that have experienced the devastation of relapse and those that have been in recovery for many years will benefit from this plain-spoken work that presents the unvarnished truth about what addiction is (and what it is not) and what recovery is (and what it is not). How can you recovery unless you really know what it is you are recovering from? Addicts who have been in recovery for substantial amounts of time have praised this work as important for them as well. New light is shed on how addiction can still control one's life even after putting down the drugs, new hope and direction is offered to take your recovery to the next level. Addicts seldom suffer alone. Loved ones have endured their own hell and given all that they have to help, often to no avail. Non-addicts can find answers here that may have haunted them for years. They can understand and begin to make peace with their pain, frustration, anger and grief. Strap in, it's going to be an interesting ride to say the least. Heal, learn and grow along with the many that have read and worked through this book! It will change the way you view addiction, recovery, yourself and those around you! Wide praise for this primer has come from addicts, non-addicts and professionals. It has been called an" important work", "touching" and "refreshingly honest" by addicts and non-addicts alike. Put an end to guilt, shame, degradation, isolation and self-pity. You too can recover!