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    612-822-4611

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Drunks, Monks and Mental Illness: . . . Based on a Lie

Drunks, Monks and Mental Illness: . . . Based on a Lie

Kimbrell, Barbara Willis

Paperback

Addiction & Recovery

ISBN10: 194571414X
ISBN13: 9781945714146
Publisher: Grateful Steps
Published: Sep 11 2017
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book tells the story of recovery after taking the reader through the roots of the addiction and the journey it caused.

Often, I am asked, What led you to recovery? or How did you recover? I think, unless you are an addict, you don't really understand completely the concept that addiction is a brain disease. The symptoms of this disease include obsessive thinking, compulsions, the phenomenon of craving, rationalization, minimization and intellectualization. It is hard for me to explain what goes on in my mind. I am prone to racing thoughts still, but after learning how to manage my illnesses, both depression and addiction, I know that I have to be gentle with myself and accept that I will never be cured and I will always be recovering. And that certainly beats the other alternatives: jails, institutions or death. Many of us who are in recovery insist we are blessed. We have a spiritual program that helps us be our best versions of ourselves, live our lives according to our value systems as best we can (instead of believing one way and living another, which tends to leave a huge gaping hole in the gut), having meaningful relationships and understanding the concept of pure joy vs. maniacal laughter while under the influence.

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