Choicemaking: For Spirituality Seekers, Co-Dependents and Adult Children [Paperback]

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1986

"Freedom from" and "freedom to" are essential elements of recovery. Freedom from our pain and our past gives us the freedom to choose our future life path in recovery. Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse uses her own experiences to show us how to become free and how to enjoy the freedom to make choices.

She outlines the journey toward spiritual satisfaction and wholeness--the freedom of choice--in this eloquent work. This is necessary reading for anyone who has lived with addictive relationships, whether the addiction was to a drug or another person.

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About the Author

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, is a nationally known consultant, educator and author. She was the founding chairperson of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. She is a family therapist who has conducted workshops around the world and has consulted with the military, school systems, business and industry, treatment centers and corporations. She is a past winner of the Mary Mann award as a top communicator. She has appeared on "The Phil Donahue Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" twice and "Good Morning America.' She lives in Las Vegas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: HCI (November 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932194265
• ISBN-13: 978-0932194268
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, is a nationally known consultant, educator and author. She was the founding chairperson of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. She is a family therapist who has conducted workshops around the world and has consulted with the military, school systems, business and industry, treatment centers and corporations. She is a past winner of the Mary Mann award as a top communicator. She has appeared on "The Phil Donahue Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" twice and "Good Morning America.' She lives in Las Vegas.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Codependents, June 3, 2001

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G. Jordan "ginazone" (Adirondacks, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Choicemaking: For Spirituality Seekers, Co-Dependents and Adult Children (Paperback)

I borrowed this book from my therapist's library, as I'd arrive early each week to read a chapter at a time. I'm buying a copy for myself so I can write all over the margins! This book is a MUST for anyone close to a codependent as well as the codependent people themselves. It will feel like the author is reading your mind, was a fly on the wall as you grew up & has been following you all your life & knows your struggles by heart. Being truly understood by someone is a joy, but understanding oneself is the 1st step on the journey toward emotional & physical health, self-worth & self-respect, getting one's life & personal power back.

This book is one of the most thorough I've read on codependency (and I've read most of them). There are step-by-step exercises, instructions for practicing new skills, and priceless help not found in most books on codependency! I rate this book a 5, because it is the MOST helpful book I've found, including Beattie's, Pia's & other famous author's books on codependency. Some of the chapter titles are: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Parenting the Adult Child (no other book covers this concept--when parents & adult children are in recovery, how to support each other without fusion, and without guilt, blame & shame, what our rights & responsibilities are, promoting total family healing that WORKS!), Ongoing Recovery, Barriers to Recovery (perhaps my favorite chapter), Transformation, the God-Hole, Happiness Wholeness & Holiness (yet it is not a religious book and won't offend even the most anti-Christian sensitivities because the author deals with true spirituality which is rarely found in a church, in my opinion), and Varieties of Codependency. The author tells her own story, and I believe everyone who reads this book--codependent or NOT--will relate to at least some of her story. Her experience, strength & hope shines relentlessly through every page, and she uses an entensive bibliography, credits countless sources to back up her knowledge, and is one of the most credible, professional, genuinely useful (page after page) self-help books I've ever had the fortune to come across. If this book cost 4 times the sale price, it would still be a steal. Do yourself or your loved ones a favor, buy several & share them. :-)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of alcoholic families and the dysfunction, December 6, 2000

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Kim (Brookline, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Choicemaking: For Spirituality Seekers, Co-Dependents and Adult Children (Paperback)

This book was so relieving. To find reasons for ways my family functioned as a child and functions today as an adult. Sharon writes in a very objective way which is easy to understand and relate to. She has such vast experience, both personal and professional, in the field of family alcoholism which she shares in a well thought out and organized way. I could not wait to finish this book and move on to another one of her books, "Another Chance", which I am currently reading and becoming even more educated on my own co-dependent issues.