Blind Drunk: Light at the End of the Tunnel for Anyone Living with a Loved One’S Alcohol ProblemLight at the end of the tunnel for anyone living with a loved ones alcohol problem If your life has been brought down by a loved ones drinking problem or affected by the family disease of alcoholism, then this book is for you. It reassures you that you are not alone and isolated; gives valuable information about alcohol; and, most importantly, shows you the way to a freedom from the effects of loving an alcoholic. As the partner of a recovering alcoholic, Anne honestly and frankly describes her journey through the haze of living with this problem. A trained couples counsellor, she analyses her own behavior and, in so doing, encourages you to face reality, along with giving you some tools to change your life, leading to serenity and, above all, hope for the future. |
Contents
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First Things First | 32 |
The Three Cs | 41 |
Detachment | 48 |
Plan B | 53 |
Yes But | 58 |
Mindfulness Meditation and the Meaning of Life | 63 |
Press Pause | 71 |
Sobriety | 84 |
Sex | 91 |
Serenity | 97 |
Epilogue | 103 |
Where alcohol takes its toll | 107 |
Useful Agencies Organisations | 111 |
Bibliography some other books in which I have found understanding solace optimism | 113 |
Expectations | 76 |
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