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Milkman's Forum
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There IS more after the 12 steps
This book is a first for me and is not intended to take the place of 12 step programs, but to add to, and aid those wishing to dig deeper into problems that might hinder their recovery from addictions, or cause people to fall into addictions as so many have. The articles were written by a man known as Zentai. The book's introduction explains how and why I decided to publish these works.................... (Read More) The book is available as an e-book, as a Kindle and/or PDF file at this time. The links for each are below.
The following are excerpts from chapters in the book to give you a preview of whats inside. Many persons in recovery feel the need for “something more” after several years of stable 12 Step-based sobriety. They know intuitively that there must be a “next step” ………. Lucy Loose had been sober for approximately 8 years when she began exploring meta-recovery. Motivated by feelings of boredom and emptiness, she itched for something more …………… On Monday Uncle Dufus gets off work at 5: he plans to stop by the Tap Room, have a couple of quick ones with colleagues, and then get home in time for dinner. And he does exactly that. On Wednesday ………….. Aunt Moosey Moose may look fairly normal – you know she's been drinking, but she's still functioning, she's still walking around the room, carrying on conversations, etc. But tomorrow Moosey will be amnesiac ………………. A few years before the drunken rat experiments, researchers were able to make TIQs in a test tube using a chemical called acetaldehyde. Now the addiction sleuths were really …. Acceptance of self means "really" looking at yourself and seeing what you are, inside and out, without ………. Substance use disorders come in two varieties: abuse (the milder of the two) and dependence. Substance abuse is ………… Relapse is a process, not an event. The relapse process reactivates the ………. "How will we know when we have grown up?” asked the Gakusei. "When we no longer need to be lied to." ………….. Resentment is probably the second most self-destructive concept, after guilt. Resentment can be thought of as the ………… Anger is one of the most basic and also most important emotions. It is necessary for survival as the feeling often generates the necessary …………. Another way to understand the concept is that codependent means caring more for others than we do for ………. Do you have difficulty asking for help? One of the great paradoxes of our time is that what looks like ……… The true test of self-esteem is to have everything go wrong for us, to have this crazy world turn ………. It is important to realize that choosing to love yourself will not change the world but will only change your world. The externals will stay the ………… Dependency is not something that just happens because of association with domineering people. It is a choice. You teach people to ………… The end and a new beginning!!
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