Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction by Thomas Bien (Eng

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"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly.

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"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance. Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors.Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life. Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.

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"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the ?one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance. Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors. Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life. Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.

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"This book will be eminently helpful to both the practitioner with an undergraduate background in economics and to the academic economist. It offers the practitioner a clear and concise rendering of the techniques used in antitrust analysis. It offers the academic an explanation of the issues that arise in antitrust cases and the institutional setting in which they are analyzed."-- Ariel Pakes, Harvard University "An excellent and wide-ranging introduction to the new econometric literature that has played an increasingly important role in competition policy over the past decade."-- John Sutton, London School of Economics and Political Science "Davis and Garc

Author Biography

THOMAS BIEN, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and public speaker with experience running workshops, lectures, and seminars on addiction and spirituality. BEVERLY BIEN, M.Ed., is the executive director of La Vida Felicidad, an agency that provides services to people with disabilities; she co-leads the workshops, lectures, and seminars on addiction and spirituality with Thomas Bien. She holds a master's degree in counseling psychology. Visit the authors' Web site at mindfulpsychology.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword by G. Alan Marlett, Ph.D. Acknowledgments. Part One: Mindful Recovery. Introduction: Getting to Here and Now. The Process of Change. Part Two: The Ten Doorways to Mindful Recovery. Doorway One: Seeing the Magic of the Ordinary. Practice: Be Aware of Your Breathing. Practice: Reclaim the Magic. Practice: Establish Moments of Mindfulness. Practice: Stop Making Hope an Obstacle. Practice: Recognize Enough. Doorway Two: Telling Life Stories. Practice: Write Your Own Obituary. Practice: Claim Your Freedom. Practice: Weigh the Pros and Cons of Sin/Redemption. Practice: Contact the Hero Within Doorway Three: Journaling. Practice: Learn to Write without Censoring. Practice: See Mistakes as Part of Living. Practice: Identify the Chapters of Your Life. Practice: Write Your Own Unique Life Line. Doorway Four: Meditating. Practice: Establish a Meditation Practice. Practice: Experience the Breath as Happening of Itself. Practice: Learn Not to Struggle. Doorway Five: Recreation and Nature. Practice: See Yourself and the World as Not Two. Practice: Use Television Mindfully. Practice: Shop for True Necessities. Doorway Six: Loving. Practice: See It from Their Perspective. Practice: See Each Other at Meals. Practice: Listen Deeply. Practice: Enjoy Mindful Touching. Doorway Seven: Dreaming. Doorway Eight: Working. Practice: Meditate on Work as Blessing and Curse. Practice: Find Alternative Ways to Restore Yourself after Work. Practice: Transform Your Thinking. Doorway Nine: Transforming Negative Emotions. Practice: The Five Remembrances. Practice: The Four Noble Truths. Doorway Ten: Living Moment by Moment. Practice: Imagine Nothing. Recommended Reading. Index.

Review

"...a soothing and sensible self-help book that could be useful to open-minded individuals facing addiction issues." (Library Journal, July 2002)

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"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance. Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors. Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life. Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.

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"...a soothing and sensible self-help book that could be useful to open-minded individuals facing addiction issues." (Library Journal, July 2002) "The practice of mindfulness is the Buddha's main ingredient in his recipe for lasting peace, happiness and enlightened living. It is only through experiencing this with ourselves that we can heal what ails us, transform ourselves and our relationships, and find true purpose and fulfillment. This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling AWAKENING THE BUDDHA WITHIN "Mindful Recovery combines two hitherto unrelated worlds -- that of modern cognitive therapy and Buddhist reflection. The connection makes incredible sense, since Buddhism is not a religion in the traditional sense so much as it is a method for directing one's thoughts and experiences. By centering oneself in one's here-and-now, lived experience, addicts can avoid the infantilism, the regrets, the efforts to seek unrewarding rewards that are the basis for self-destructive behaviors. By reading about and applying these techniques, individuals can work on the internal urges that accompany their addictive problems." --Stanton Peele, Ph.D., author of THE TRUTH ABOUT ADDICTION AND RECOVERY and THE MEANING OF ADDICTION "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli M.D. of RECOVERY OPTIONS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE

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* "...a soothing and sensible self-help book that could be useful to open-minded individuals facing addiction issues." (Library Journal, July 2002)

Feature

First book to use mindfulness in a complete, self-help program for addiction recovery. Covers alcohol, drug, and other addiction problems.

Details ISBN0471442615 Author Thomas Bien Short Title MINDFUL RECOVERY Language English ISBN-10 0471442615 ISBN-13 9780471442615 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Subtitle A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction Place of Publication New York Edition 1st Pages 256 DOI 10.1604/9780471442615 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2002-04-01 NZ Release Date 2002-04-01 US Release Date 2002-04-01 UK Release Date 2002-04-01 Publisher Turner Publishing Company Publication Date 2002-04-01 DEWEY 613.8 Illustrations Ill. Audience General We've got this

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