Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul: Your Personal, Portable Support Group with Stories of Healing, Hope, Love and Resilience (Chicken Soup for the Soul) (Paperback)

~ Robert Ackerman (Author), Peter Vegso (Author), Theresa Peluso (Author), (Author), Mark Victor Hansen (Author) "A bleak winter night closed over Detroit..." (more)
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Product Description

The concept of recovery is now being applied to a variety of life issues that affect millions of people. Whether readers are just beginning their journey or have already experienced deep healing, hope and love, Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul is a "portable support group" offering hope and inspiration. Filled with stories of people who have been there and now live each day to the best of their ability, these stories convey the life-defining challenges and joys of the recovering journey.

Topics include: alcohol and drug addiction; behavioral disorders; chronic pain; depression; eating disorders; trauma; and destructive relationships.

About the Author

Jack Canfield is a best-selling author and one of America’s leading experts in the development of human potential. He is both a dynamic and entertaining speaker and a highly sought-after trainer with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences to pen their hearts, love more openly and pursue their dreams.He is the author and narrator of several best-selling audio- and video cassette programs, including Self Esteem and Peak Performance, How to Build High Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem in the Classroom and Chicken Soup for the Soul – Live. He is regularly seen on television shows such as Good Morning America, 20/20 and NBC Nightly News.

Mark Victor Hansen is the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He is a professional speaker who has dedicated his live to enhancing the personal and professional development of others. In the last twenty years, had made over four-thousand presentations to more than 2 million people in 32 countries.

Robert J. Ackerman, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, author of ten books and numerous research articles. He is a national lecturer, has appeared on shows such as The Today Show, Oprah, CNN Headline news and his research as been featured in Newsweek. He and his wife, Kimberly, have three children and live in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Peter Vegso continues to grow the businesses he and Gary founded over 25 years ago. Health Communications’ first New York Times bestseller appeared on the list in 1985. Recognized by Publishers Weekly as the #1 Self-Help Publisher, HCI is guided by their mission statement "Making a difference in the lives of our readers and the people they come in contact with." Diversification within Peter’s businesses includes; a professional publishing and conference division, U.S. Journal Training, which serves the mental health community, and Reading, Etc., a custom design and architectural elements company which includes two retail stores. Peter enjoys his 140-acre Thoroughbred breeding and training facility in Ocala, Florida, where the hardest working manager in the world, Chuck Patton, handles daily operations. It is their intention to not only win the Kentucky Derby but also the Triple Crown before their spirits leave this planet.

Theresa Peluso met Peter Vegso and Gary Seidler in 1981 and got acquainted with horses through the partners' interest in Thoroughbreds soon after. Prior to that, her only connection to horses was her Irish grandmother, who loved the ponies and jumped at the chance to move to Florida in the early 1960s to be near Hialeah Park. While working on Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul, Theresa was introduced to these intuitive animals through the eyes of the writers. Through their stories she came to understand what a powerful bond we all share with horses, and developed a spiritual connection to the community of warm, generous people who graciously shared their world—and the incomparable world of horses—with her.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: HCI (December 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757302033
• ISBN-13: 978-0757302039
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #201,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed it!, February 21, 2005

By	Arizona Phil (Arizona) - See all my reviews

Dear K, I love the book and I'm so glad you were published in it because otherwise I might not have read it. After 18 years of sobriety, I'm still inspired by an individual's story of addiction, the necessary desperation that leads to the first step, and their journey to recovery. Although it's the kind of book I might reread, when I'm finished I'll probably pass it on to someone that I think needs to read it and hope it keeps getting passed along until it's worn out. This book won't go out of style. PAP

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very encouraging book, February 8, 2005

By	PHC (Georgia) - See all my reviews

I think you can't go wrong with this book. The stories are encouraging and uplifting which is what someone in recovery needs, in my opinion. I've even highlighted pages so that I can go back and re-read what really spoke to me. I'd recommend buying this book in heartbeat.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, December 13, 2004

By	Occasional Buyer - See all my reviews

The Chicken Soup books have been a good read in the past. This one seemed to be the perfect Christmas gift for friends in recovery, so I purchased three copies (there were no reviews to assist my decision.) After reading some of the book, I quickly became disappointed. The stories seem to lack substance or the inspiration experienced in other Chicken Soup books. The stories described difficult events, but no insight as to how the individuals came to find peace and serenity. Basically it was, "I had this situation, and now I don't." In the future, I will wait until there are reviews to guide my purchases.