Secret Keeping: Overcoming Hidden Habits and Addictions - Softcover

Prin, John Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577315340 ISBN 13: 9781577315346

Publisher: New World Library, 2006

Synopsis

Every day millions of people do things they hide from friends and family: gambling, shopping, adultery, eating disorders, drug use, and more. In fact, about one in fifteen people is living a secret life. That means somebody close to you may be a Secret Keeper. Or it could be you.
For three decades, author and counselor John Howard Prin lived as a Secret Keeper, and his secret addictions escalated to near catastrophe. Since breaking the habit, he has directly experienced the rewards of successful recovery — whole-mindedness and renewed integrity. In these pages, he offers compelling true stories and practical exercises to empower anyone to break secret-keeping habits or help a loved one caught in a web of deception.
The first half of the book explores the human tendency to keep secrets, profiling a variety of Secret Keepers from all walks of life. The second half provides a clear, step-by-step approach to healing, rebuilding self-esteem, and living a healthy, secret-free life.

About this title

About the Author:

John Howard Prin is a licensed alcohol and drug counsellor, speaker, and teacher. Counting among his seminar clients Ford Motor Company and Eli Lilly, he has written for many American publications.

Review:

"A timely book! John Howard Prin takes the reader on a wonderfully exciting journey of self-exploration and the development of personal insight. He provides practical methods to free ourselves of our `hidden secrets' so that ultimately we can be at peace with who we are even when no one else is around." -- Patrick DeChello, PhD, author of Understanding Self-Injury

"Anyone who keeps secrets will find powerful help here. John Prin does a masterful job of showing both the nature of the problem and the solution. John knows his stuff." -- Earnie Larsen, author of Believing in Myself and Stage II Recovery

"As a recovering alcoholic, I have devoted a good part of my public life to raising awareness of the importance of treatment. John Prin has performed a public service of the highest order with Secret Keeping, which paints a pragmatic path to addressing addictions, boosting self-esteem, and living honestly and openly. John Prin's message is uplifting: treatment works, and recovery is possible." -- Jim Ramstad, U.S. House of Representatives, co-chair of the Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus

"John Howard Prin's Secret Keeping is the first book I've read that explores the origins and essence of secrets -- how they help us and when they hurt us. Using examples from his own life and the lives of others -- from public figures to the guy next door -- Prin skillfully weaves a new quilt of understanding of the Jekyll and Hyde in each of us. He also provides new and necessary hope with a series of practical exercises we can use to transform ourselves and our world." -- Terrence Daryl Shulman, JD, MSW, CAC, author of Something for Nothing

"John Prin has written an important work that offers understanding, depth, and hope. It presents a path to letting go of secrets and living a life of honesty, openness, and transparency. A wonderful contribution to the recovery process." -- Claudia Black, PhD, author of It Will Never Happen to Me

About this edition

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1577315340
• ISBN 13: 9781577315346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272