This book is a great addition to any clinician's repertoire and provides invaluable information not just on the recovery process but "post-recovery" as well. So often we think in extremes of sober/healthy vs relapsed and as the author eloquently points out this is usually not the case. And when I say eloquently please no I do not mean this book is written in formal, hard-to-digest writing because that is not the case. Mrs. Shavin's easy to follow thought process and dialogue make her irrational beliefs believable and readily connectable. Even if a person has not struggled with her exact same situations or issues this book is written in such a way that every person can gleam both connection and knowledge.
In wanting to provide a couple excerpts I'm finding it difficult because there were so many I found intriguing. One of these excerpts is a very vivid description of body image distortion using a curtain and lake as comparisons, I decided not to put it here in hopes that if you're reading this review you decide to purchase it or check it out from the library and experience the build-up on your own. Just know that when I talk to my clients that are fighting the same battles they fully agree with this description and feel excited that someone has put their feelings into words.
"I don't vote, and I still don't buy myself things I want but don't need, and it will be years before I understand that my disengagement is actually denial arising from a singular impulse: to hide from myself the fact that, in my opinion, my voice is insignificant, my desires undeserved."
"For anyone recovering from anything, the road in and out is always a story. To think that it is anything less, that the journey is really just a few simple facts around which the dry business of recovery orbits, is not to understand that illness has a beginning, a middle, and if we are lucky, an end."
I have never written such a positive review, in fact I can't think of any other books I've reviewed on Amazon in general but please believe me when I say there is a reason. I am desperately attempting to learn and understand as much as possible to help people and I personally believe this book is a valuable resource in that journey.
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