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Do you think feelings are real?To know the unseen, love, hate, crying or screaming--are these real?Open your mind, clear away space and time.Learn to believe, share in unexplained treasure we were designed to receive.

The workbook is not meant to be used by itself! Overcome Addiction by God's Grace: 12-Steps to Freedom Workbook, created to aid the guidebook, Overcome Addiction by God's Grace: 12-Steps to Freedom. It is not meant to be used alone, so please do not purchase this without first purchasing the guidebook. After you have read the guidebook and are ready to work on the steps, this workbook will help you layout the foundation for your freedom from addictive behaviors. There are chapters and steps in this workbook that will be worked on over a span of time; therefore, you will be adding to a section at the right time. Some of them will have room for you to write out a statement or prayer to edify yourself. You will also add to them throughout the years as your vision about yourself changes, and you become free from the addiction. Both books are part of the 12-step program, Addiction-Free Life, otherwise known as AFL. AFL is a Christ-centered fellowship where you can learn to overcome addictive behaviors by applying biblical principles through God's Word. This workbook, along with the guidebook, will help you to: Grow in your faith and live a life addiction-freeGet back on track and soar to new heights Be an overcomer and have self-worthWalk over the hurdles that are in your wayAnd much, much more! Most importantly, it will help you realize that you can have a brighter future even though you have made some mistakes. Take the journey to freedom and see if this path is not suitable for you. Along the way, you will discover who you are.

When you are suffering from an addiction, it can feel like your entire life is out of control and you have no power to overcome it. When you are addicted to something, it can also feel like you're completely alone and have nowhere to turn. These are all common mindsets for someone who has an addiction to any substance, whether that is food, cigarettes or other tobacco products, alcohol, prescription, or illegal drugs or even sex. But neither are you alone in your addiction nor do you have to be a slave to addiction for the rest of your life. That's exactly why this book exists. It is very easy to feel like you are the only one who is experiencing your particular addiction - or the level of addiction you're experiencing - but the truth is, millions of other people experience the same thing you are suffering from. That's because addiction affects more than 10% of the United States population. That means if you were to get on a typical city bus there are probably two or three people on that bus - besides you - that are suffering from some kind of addiction. Don't fool yourself either; having a food addiction or being unable to quit drinking alcohol is the same as an addiction to a drug or any other substance. Addiction is addiction, no matter what the substances.

If you've tried every diet on the market to no avail, if eating and weight are affecting your physical health, your career, your relationships, your mental health, and your self-worth, then Never Enough is for you.Equal parts self-help and memoir, this moving book contains everything you need to develop healthy relationships with food, others, and, most importantly, yourself.Certified Food Addiction Counselor and Founder of the Food Addiction Recovery Program, Sandra Elia, delves deep into her own tenuous battle with compulsive eating and lays out a scientifically proven plan for you to achieve peace with food once and for all.This book isn't just another trendy diet that delivers temporary results but ultimately leaves you feeling depleted. It's a lifestyle guide that prioritizes your spiritual and emotional wellbeing as a means to achieving physical vitality. The proof of its success lies in Sandra's manifold, glowing client testimonials.So if you're ready, take Sandra's hand, and allow her to lovingly guide you down the path to food serenity.

"Things Have Changed is a common-sense guide for parents and educators to navigating mental health and substance misuse to improve the odds of their children's (and students') joy and success"--

Are you tired of struggling with your gambling addiction?Losing all of your money ... Feeling like you're being buried in debts ... Trying to Quit but then Relapsing shortly afterwards?This is the year to take control of your life. Invest in your Recovery!Quit Gambling Quit Relapsing provides straightforward and practical lessons to change the perspective and habits of Persons with a Gambling Disorder. It's a quick read with no fluff.The teachings are solid and the advice will serve the reader well throughout their Recovery.Whether you struggle with relapse or wish to help a loved one navigate their recovery, Quit Gambling Quit Relapsing is a good place to start the journey to a healthy, gamble-free life.

In her memoir, Releasing Jezebel: Embracing the Lioness Within, Jenelle lived what other children dreamed of on her family's ranch on a reserve with her faithful dog, beautiful horses, turtle-filled pond, and abundant acreage to freely discover. However, her fairy-tale life could not be told without the presence of the villain of child abuse. Jenelle struggled as a victim but also as a witness to the repeated abuse her close friend endured. Trauma shaped her personality from a very young age as she repeatedly faced and escaped her demons of shame and fear.As a teenager, Jenelle used alcohol to numb emotional pain and eventually turned to drugs to forget what no child should have experienced or seen. Addiction rapidly led her on a roller coaster of highs and lows as she desperately attempted to bury her past. With every turn, Jenelle takes you through countless near-death encounters while dangerous men simultaneously implant the seed of unworthiness and its self-destructive consequence.After becoming a mother, this courageous woman created a better life for herself and her children by tapping into her sheer will and determination to heal. She continues to fight the adversities of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome as she walks the road of recovery with integrity, leadership, and compassion. This is the story of the girl and woman who was and always will embrace the lioness within.

There are information items here that are helpful. Anyone can read this book and benefit from it.For decades, the author has heard many speakers, and been to a conference or discussion table, that portrayed the bad consequences of pornography, or alcohol, or drugs, or other unhealthy addictions. Much of what the author learned is integrated, combined, merged, and incorporated into this book.The author felt and thought, after being taught and educated regarding unhealthy addictions, that perhaps he could present these truths into a book that would be a benefit to human beings, to people, to our fellow citizens, and to the inhabitants of our planet earth.Being not knowledgeable about something (i.e., you don't know about it) that is not healthy for you, can be harmful to you. The "not knowledgeable item", whatever it is, can be damaging, injurious, destructive, hurtful, wounding, destructive, wasting, and etceteras, to you. Pornography and other unhealthy addictions are not healthy for you. So, let's help each other learn. Let's help each other live healthy lives, better lives. May our God Almighty bless you.In writing this book, I had the goal to help other people. If this book helps people, even one person, to improve and live a healthy life, then the writing this book has all been worth it.

Do you think robbing a bank sounds like the best idea in the world? Have you ever kidnapped a child? Have you ever used drugs? Drugs like speed, downers, cocaine, heroin, LSD, STP, methamphetamine, belladonna, mescaline, or psilocybin? Have you ever taken these drugs hundreds of times? Have you ever stuck needles in your arms so many times that you were bruised all over because you missed the vein? Have you ever hallucinated for a few days and then find out that none of it really happened? Well, all that is included in this writing. Have you ever completely lost your sense of reality? Have you ever been to jail or in prison? It's all inside these covers. Events and happenings you have never heard of before are in this story. You can picture this whole writing in your mind as you read it. It's almost like reading a movie script.If you are concerned about your child or someone you know that seems to be influenced by new friends or possibly experimenting with drugs, this story has a very high potential to change that person's mind about their future life. The pain, suffering, and agony involved here are not something many people would want to get involved with. One can find out a lot about themselves from this story. It can be the window for one of the biggest decisions of a person's life. It can help to influence that decision so that it will be the right choice.With God in your heart, through it all, the journey of the life we live will be a good one. Yes, indeed, he can take your deepest pains, sorrows, and sufferings and make them your greatest gifts and blessings. He can lead you all the way while all along, you won't know it is happening, much less where you're going. Where you will go and where you will end up is really mostly your choice. No one but you will make that choice. There is only one thing in life that you have total control over and that is yourself. Let me repeat that: there is only one thing in life that you have total control over, and that one thing is yourself.

Process the grief, shame, and loneliness of having a child in prison and move toward healing.Hear this first: you didn't screw up.Kids don't have to be bad, have bad parents, or live in bad homes to suffer mental health breakdowns, addiction, or incarceration. Everything can change instantly, and if it's happened to your family member, you know the emotional chaos and the feelings of losing control that threaten your survival.Lorri Britt was caught in a cycle of guilt, shame, sadness, and loneliness, feeling judged and ostracized when her two boys ended up in prison. In My Heart Behind Bars, she bravely shares her true life story and the raw reactions she experienced before, during, and after they were incarcerated. Readers dealing with similar heartbreak will find help and comfort knowing they're not alone.You'll discoverWhat to know and how to prepare when visiting an adult child in prison.New and healthier coping skills to release emotions, like taking on creative activities.Common responses to a child returning home from prison, like parental protectiveness and worry.Emotional triggers to watch out for and where you can direct the intense feelings when they arise.How the pain of having a child in prison parallels the grief of a loved one's death-and why it's okay to grieve the loss of the child you knew while greeting the person they've become.Your child's choices are not yours; you're on separate paths bound together by love. Read My Heart Behind Bars-an honest memoir and guide to processing the imprisonment of a child-and finding help to make sense of it logically and emotionally as you heal.

Sheri P. Palmer, a Legal Assistant for over 20 years, had no intention of publishing. However, as she started walking through her fears, some of which led to an addiction to alcohol, she noticed a release of those fears followed by the power of freedom. She exposes her life during a difficult season, and she provides a rare window into addiction. She boldly proclaims a path back to God as the solution to overcoming destructive fears. She is no longer a victim but is living victoriously.

"Working with Kent Philips in a clinical setting, he has a full and valuable understanding of the addiction world. This treatise examines multiple aspects and failures in terms of addressing the opioid and drug crisis in the U.S. He takes us on a journey through foundations and expansions of drug availability in our communities, government failures in halting, shortcomings of our prevention programs, and the weakness of treatment protocols and therapeutics. This work is a must-read for anyone with an interest or involvement in addiction"- Bonnie DendoovenAuthor of Mawasi Index, trainer at international institute of trauma and addiction professionals."Mr. Kent Phillips masterfully provides an insightful and comprehensive overview of the current state of opioid crisis and the overall changes in the American addiction treatment system. Drawing from his successful business executive experience and personal recovery journey, he engages the reader in trying to find better and more efficient solutions to the deadly disease of addiction. Brilliant and thrilling, a must read!- Dr. Elena VolfsonAddiction psychiatrist, assistant professor of psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Medical School

Restored to Sanity: God, Christianity, and NA is written primarily for the Christian and is about the disease of addiction and recovery. It is the author's hope that light is shed on the stumbling blocks to truth for all but especially the Christian who is met with combating addiction with all its various symptoms: gambling, sex, eating, drugs, alcohol, lying, and stealing. Using God's Word, the Bible, Restored to Sanity, makes an effort to reveal the power of God's Word to set the matter straight (2 Timothy 3:16) for the Christian, his family, and all others who are challenged with the disease of addiction.

FACULTY REFERENCE WORKBOOK!"Loosening the Grip" has long been an authoritative source of information for those working in the substance abuse field. This "Reference Work" is a tool-box for faculty now training clinicians.This Reference Work for Educators provides essential materials to prepare faculty for their classroom efforts . . . It includes "A Manual for Instructors", Chapter Summaries, Quiz materials . . .ready for use with students, and the answers . . .Power Point Presentations . . . as well as exercises to assist students in preparing for their professional role. Included with these are materials on ethics, working as a colleague, and providing support also to family members and other professionals addressing substance use concerns.