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This Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Looking back over this time, each of the seven chapters explores the feelings and experiences of the corresponding year of recovery, tracing the shift in emotion and understanding that comes with the deepening connection to this new way of life. Over the course of this seven-year period, life continues to unfold. Paths are abandoned, people fall ill, waters get choppy, seemingly impossible things are navigated without the old fixes.

It’s your body.... It’s your mind.... It’s your choice.... If you’re reading this right now, you’re questioning how much you drink. Maybe you know you drink way too much, and you want to quit. Or maybe you’re just curious. You’re questioning whether you might be overdoing it a bit. No matter where you are on the drinking spectrum, you’re not alone. I’ve been there. And thousands of people inside the This Naked Mind community have been there, too....

Millions of people worry that drinking is affecting their health, yet are unwilling to seek change because of the misery and stigma associated with alcoholism and recovery. They fear drinking less will be boring, difficult and involve deprivation, and significant lifestyle changes. This Naked Mind offers a new solution. Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink, it will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture.

The Sober Survival Guide is a unique quit-alcohol book and is split into two parts. The first is designed to set you up for success and put you in a place where you can find freedom from alcohol. The first part of the book contains essential information for when you're in the early stages of controlling your drinking. The second part serves as a handbook as you move forward into an alcohol-free life.

This Naked Life offers 48 raw and real stories of people, who have found freedom from alcohol. In this audio, discover how Bryan went from hopeless certainty that drinking would eventually kill him, to absolute peace over the course of a single day. See how listening one book gave Jennifer total freedom after 20 years of binge drinking. Watch Becca thrive in ways she had never thought possible, all because she learned it was okay to question her relationship with alcohol before she hit rock bottom.

Tobacco is bad for us; that’s a given. But even though you may know the negative health effects, nicotine’s hold is strong, subconscious and emotional: It tastes good, it’s a companion when you’re alone, and it can be a shield against stress. What if none of these things were true, though? It may seem hard to believe, and it’s okay to be skeptical, but coming to a new mindset about smoking is the key to quitting. In This Naked Mind: Nicotine, Annie Grace and William Porter combine their trusted approaches to overcoming problem drinking to vanquish tobacco addiction.

Have you tried ditching the booze without success? In this audiobook, Janey provides a personal, unique, and, most importantly, fun guide to having a fabulous, alcohol-free life. She gives you the keys to making sobriety and a healthy lifestyle cool, memorable, and tremendously appealing. A fantastic resource for an alcohol-free life, Janey's holistic approach allows you to connect to what’s important to your mind, heart, body, and soul. The first 30 days of sobriety are the most difficult, and this audiobook will help you stay on track!

Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on the ragamuffin theme, Yes, Abba is very fond of you! But today the crowds are gone and the lights are dim, the patches on his knees have faded. If he ever was a ragamuffin, truly it is now. In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who've known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it.

Your problems don’t disappear the moment you give up drinking. You can’t quit alcohol and expect your whole life to fall in to place. You need to figure out what got you into this mess. If you don’t, you’re in danger of ending up right back where you started...or worse. Following on from book one You Can Quit Drinking...and Enjoy a Happy, Alcohol-Free Life!, book two will guide you through those difficult first few months when you’re no longer physically addicted, but your urge to drink is still strong.

Alcohol had a hold on Chris Janssens’s actions and thoughts until she made the life-changing decision to attend a support meeting and realized two truths: it wasn’t her fault and she wasn’t alone. Once she was embraced by a community that offered a nonjudgmental look at her struggles, Chris discovered that if she wanted to have a full and lasting life, alcohol could have no part. In Grace Yourself, a humble account of Chris’s transformation to an alcohol-free life, she offers a hand to others who are experiencing similar struggles, whether their addiction is alcohol or anything else.

Sweeter than honey is this revelation of Grace, the "unmerited favor of God", he who is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in love. In this three-book testament, the author sets you free in every aspect of life, while chronicling his former struggles with an eating disorder, along with condemning church messages that prompted his quest to reclaim forgotten truths.

Millones de personas se preocupan porque el alcohol está afectando su salud, pero no son capaces de intentar realizar un cambio debido a toda la miseria y el estigma asociados con el alcoholismo y la recuperación de él. Temen que beber menos será aburrido, envolverá un montón de privaciones, dificultades y unos cambios significativos en su estilo de vida.

This audiobook offers concise, practical advice that you can act on...and stay sober. Don’t let the nightmare of addiction consume you any longer. Learn from the author's mistakes, and start to reclaim your life, now - because, a life free from alcohol is absolutely worth the struggle!

Hector Vega's story is a must-listen because hope is found in its audio - a hope that is persistent even when there seems to be no way out. His story will grip you as you walk with him through the dark night of the soul that eventually leads to the daybreak of hope. Hector shares his story for one reason....

As a child, Steve Palmer never belonged - not in school, not in his troubled home, not with friends. After his father and grandfather passed away, he was sent to a series of rehabs and halfway houses before ending up on the streets. Drugs and alcohol soon became a way of life. Eventually, he would go on to a career running some of the country’s most celebrated and innovative fine dining establishments. But first, he had to learn how to be sober in an industry awash with alcohol and drugs.

Héctor comparte su historia por una razón singular... para recordarle a todos que Dios aún persigue a los perdidos y sin esperanza. Si Dios, radilcamente, pudo transformarlo—de las calles infestadas por las drogas de la ciudad de Nueva York—Él puede transformarte a ti. Puede ser que seas un drogadicto o alguien padeciendo luchas internas—cicatrices de abuso, soledad, depresión, ansiedad, y una ausencia de propósito y significado en la vida—y necesitas un cambio. Camina con Héctor a través de la oscura noche del alma que te guiará alamanecer de la esperanza.

Afhold dig fra at drikke I tredive dage og find ud af hvordan du har det. Annie Grace væbner sine læsere med forskningsbaseret information for at gore noget ved den kulturelle og følelsesmæssige programmering, vi udsættes for i forbindelse med alkohol. Resultatet er en opmærksom fremgangsmåde, som giver læseren kontrollen tilbage og permanent standser trangen. Der er et kapitel viet til hver dag i eksperimentet - der er visdom, testede strategier, og provokerende ny information, som supplerer planen og støtter den trinvise succes, når man opdager, hvad der føles rigtigt.

Surmonter son addiction au tabac sans prendre de poids. Des milliers de personnes dans le monde entier l’ont déjà fait grâce à ces séances d’hypnose. Les séances d’hypnose développées et pratiquées par des professionnelss ont montré leur efficacité pour arrêter de fumer. Mais ceux qui connaissent les travaux de Patrick Lynen, lui-même ancien gros fumeur, savent que les applications qu’il propose vont encore plus loin pour obtenir les meilleurs résultats possibles.

Sherri Wyatt was raised by loving parents in a Christian home. However, perversion of grace by religion and religious rituals spoke the fire-and-brimstone message of condemnation, guilt, and shame. Confusion prevailed from an early age about the love of God. As life-threatening childhood health issues mounted, she felt God was mad at her. She tried to do good and be good, yet more trauma was inflicted.

With brilliant analysis and lively wit, this book takes a deep dive into Biblical truth, while drawing on great thinkers of the ages, among them Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Oscar Wilde, Tolkien, and even Monty Python. It also identifies Satan's servants in our earthly institutions of power and calls out their abuses of that power.