The Tao of sobriety : helping you to recover from alcohol and drug addiction

The Tao of sobriety Helping you to recover from alcohol and drug addiction

David Gregson

Book - 2002

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Subjects
Recovering alcoholics > Psychology.
Recovering addicts > Psychology.
Tao.
Philosophy, Taoist.
Self-help techniques.
Alcoholics > Rehabilitation.
Addicts > Rehabilitation.
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press 2002.
Language
English
Main Author
David Gregson (-)
Other Authors
Jay S. Efran (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
176 p.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780312242503
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • A Word About Twelve-Step Programs
  • What Is the Tao?
  • Chapter 2. Alcohol, Drugs, and You
  • Discovery 1. Innocence in Spirit
  • Aaron's Story
  • Reality-Altering Substances
  • More Gain Than Pain
  • Beyond Alcohol and Drugs
  • Chapter 3. I Think, Therefore I Am
  • Odd Insights About Us
  • Who's the Boss?
  • Journeying Deeper into Being
  • A Practical Example
  • Discovery 2. Listening to the Internal Conversation
  • Who Are You?
  • Discovery 3. The Space That Is You
  • The One and the Other
  • Higher Math: The One and the Many
  • Discovery 4. Discovering Who You Are
  • Who's Got the Power?
  • Chapter 4. Managing the Mind
  • Discovery 5. Enhancing the Manager
  • Biker Stan
  • Discovery 6. Making a Commitment
  • Discovery 7. Mindfulness and Detachment
  • Practice Makes Perfect
  • Chapter 5. Conversing with Drugs and Alcohol
  • Discovery 8. Reflecting on Chemical Substances and You
  • A Proof of Innocence
  • Discovery 9. A Heart of Innocence
  • Chapter 6. Attaining Balance
  • Chapter 7. Revitalizing Desire
  • Discovery 10. Identifying Mental Banditos
  • Ted's Story
  • Chapter 8. Reexamining Transgressions
  • Discovery 11. Transgression Inventory
  • Laura's Story
  • The Hopelessness Monster
  • David's Story
  • The Possibility of Possibility
  • Discovery 12. Acknowledging Possibility
  • Possibility and Patience
  • The Pleasures of Irresponsibility
  • Chapter 9. Thoughts, Feelings, Actions
  • Knowing More About Your System
  • Furthering Detachment
  • Chapter 10. Practicing Detachment
  • Discovery 13. An Inch That's Greater Than a Mile
  • David's Bugs
  • Good Self-Talk
  • Hacking a New Path
  • Jack's Story
  • Discovery 14. Practicing Self-Talk
  • Chapter 11. Strengthening Commitment
  • The Hoax of Winning
  • Taking the Good with the Bad
  • Discovery 15. Attack of the Aliens
  • Chapter 12. Life as Theater
  • Chapter 13. Revising the Script
  • The Power of Commitment
  • Discovery 16. Reflecting on Your Life as a Story
  • Discovery 17. A Replay with the Manager in Charge
  • Discovery 18. Self-Beliefs
  • Chapter 14. Reality and Illusion
  • The Middle Way Revisited
  • A Real-Life Video Game
  • Chapter 15. Plenty of Nothing
  • Discovery 19. One Is the Loneliest Number
  • Bringing It Home
  • Chapter 16. Acceptance: Choosing Life
  • Defining Acceptance
  • Inclusion and Exclusion
  • The Acceptance of Suffering
  • Discovery 20. Expanding Acceptance
  • Avoiding a Steady State
  • Chapter 17. Retracing the Journey
  • The Tao of Sobriety in a Nutshell: A Handy Crib Sheet
  • References
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Getting and Giving Help In The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction, longtime therapists David Gregson and Jay S. Efran offer a self-help book designed either to work in tandem with 12-step programs or to help addicts get sober without group help. After a brief explanation of Taoism (a Chinese philosophy and religion whose practitioners seek inner peace), the authors present the Tao, a Chinese term meaning "the way," as an ideal vehicle for attaining and maintaining freedom from substance addiction. Replete with anecdotes, exercises (meditations, questions to explore, affirmations) and real-life applications of Taoist precepts (letting go of attachments to guilt and other "self-condemnation" behaviors that lead to substance abuse), this guide uses the firm but gentle approach that is the trademark of many Eastern practices. ( Jan. 18) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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