Lifelong Sobriety: How to Stop Drinking and / or Using Drugs - Softcover

Patil, Mr Bajeerao

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989569810 ISBN 13: 9780989569811

Publisher: BRPBooks, 2013

Synopsis

Lifelong Sobriety is the first recovery book that emphasizes the importance of taking care of emotional health. This book is action-oriented. It will guide addicts on the path toward recovery while recovering addicts will find a resource for maintaining their sobriety. They will find new hope by easily relating to the book’s key concepts, which will contain interviews and anecdotes, relating the experiences of dozens of recovering addicts. Additionally, these stories will help readers gain insight into their own compulsive behavior, their distorted thinking and help them find the answers to their issues. This book is a natural extension of my first book, Insanity Beyond Understanding. In that book, I helped readers understand the behavior and attitude of addicts that keep them sick. Now, in Lifelong Sobriety, my focus is on helping readers find solutions to their issues, change their past behaviors, attitudes and learn how to manage their lives more effectively. The key to this book is in its brevity and accessibility to an audience that typically lacks the attention span to sit down to read a fact-filled book. As a drug and alcohol therapist over two decades, I have closely observed their behaviors and have found out that addicts allow their overwhelming emotions to govern them and consequently remain sick. I closely relate to these individuals because, after all, they are human beings and have same emotions as I do. I feel depressed, stressed, anxious, angry, frustrated, lonely, bored etc., as they do. Only difference is that they rely on drugs to deal with their issues and I manage them without using drugs.

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About the Author

Author and counselor Bajeerao Patil has been writing for 7 years. He writes about behavior and the attitude of individuals addicted to mood-altering chemicals. He offers motivational stories and real-life successes. His book about addiction “Insanity Beyond Understanding” was published in 2009. Bajeerao Patil is an author and has been a drug and alcohol counselor for over 24 years. He has masters’ degrees in Social Work and Human Resources. He understands this issue from both an author’s and a counselor’s point of view. He teaches addiction and recovery. He knows how an addict’s mind works and what prevents them from maintaining sobriety. He has treated several dual diagnosed individuals who are doing well in their personal lives. His love of writing and his fascination with addictive behavior and the recovery process led him to become a counselor. He is enthusiastic about his work and, for the past year, has conducted group therapy sessions five days a week using different chapters from Lifelong Sobriety and the response has been very encouraging. In addition, he has a significant presence on Facebook and LinkedIn where he promotes his work. He has about 22,400 followers on tweeter. He is affiliated with Drug And Alcohol Testing Industry Association, who published one of his short stories to promote his book. He is a member of several online groups and has done several book signings for Borders and other local bookstores that stock his book. The readers have posted several five star online reviews of “Insanity Beyond Understanding” on Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com

Edition details

• Publisher: BRPBooks
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989569810
• ISBN 13: 9780989569811
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238