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Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity

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This is a unique, incredibly insightful book about the courageous journey of recovery. One will understand addictions and be relieved to know that there is a path to a joyful life. There are specific recommendations for the journey, tapping into the oftentimes hidden creative forces within us. Thank goodness for this loving yet instructive book. I have been in the substance-abuse recovery profession for over 25 years and in Recovery myself. I will be recommending this book to anyone interested in the real work and understanding of his/her addiction. Janet K; Oakland, California

I am an artist in recovery (24 years sober). I wish this book had been available when I first sobered up, but, hey, it's here now. My path has been the 12 Steps and I appreciate the fact this book acknowledges many different paths while remaining very respectful of the 12 Steps. It has been my impression that there are a lot of musicians, painters, actors, and performers in recovery. The idea that our creativity can be intimately involved in the healing of our addiction really moved me. The exercises are great and worth doing. Most of my drinking, as odd as it sounds, was an attempt to live at a deeper level within myself. I still seek this in recovery without booze and art is a way to spend part of my day at a deeper level. Call it spiritual,... whatever. This book is a manual and set of directions for what I have been trying to practice on my own. I sponsor several guys in our program, and creativity (writing, drawing, music, drama, dance) is a centerpiece of keeping balance in many of their lives. It's a way to let the soul breathe, if you will. I congratulate the authors and thank them for linking creativity and recovery together in a practical, life- and career-saving way. Recommended for people trying to stay sober and clean and live a vital, engaged life in recovery. Recovery is not for wimps but we can learn from one another and this book pulls a lot of accrued wisdom together. Very well written. Exhaustive coverage of the subject but pretty easy to read.

It's a pleasure to read this self-help book for creative types who want to look at their relationship with alcohol or drugs. Psychotherapists who want an overview and new ideas about how to work with people with these problems will find this a terrific resource too. As a psychologist who specializes in treating alcohol and drug problems, I am impressed that the approach draws on up-to-date information in the field, but in a fresh way. My favorite chapter is call "The Existential or Spiritual Leap." It shows a deep understanding of the power of AA, but also outlines the existential path for people who do not consider themselves to be spiritual. Philip Keddy, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Oakland, CA.Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity

The creative energies that all people have can be used for more than art or inventing. "Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity" is a guide for creative types who have been plagued with an addiction they have struggled to overcome. With many examples and ideas for readers to help put their creativity to use, no matter what it is, be it prose, poetry, painting, or anything else, it helps creative types deal with the addictions that may plague them. With solid and fresh ideas throughout, "Creative Recovery" is worth acquiring for any artisans who want to be free of the diseases that plague them.