Psychological and Spiritual Guidance for Effective RecoveryHealing from addiction isn't a straightforward cure, but a journey of spiritual self-discovery. Follow social psychologist Dr. Lisa Stanton as she shares the 52 divine lessons that can help you.
The key to recovery comes from within. For many people, medicine, treatments, and therapy can only do so much during the aftermath of addiction. That is why Dr. Lisa Stanton shares how reconnecting to yourself and your relationship with faith can produce the best results. 52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery is a self-improvement book that combines psychology with spirituality, exploring all the incredible truths that your journey with God can reveal. Featuring eye-opening facts about prayers, forgiveness, and setting goals, you'll discover that the best recovery plan is embracing the type of honesty that heals.
You can thrive with His guidance. For Lisa, becoming sober looked like a confusing series of trial and error with no effective solution. Yet her recovery started where she least expected it: by reopening a door with God. Exploring what she learned from her spiritual experience, Lisa tells how moments of vulnerability with Him can lead to helping yourself and others in need. A part of recovery leadership (along with bestselling author Karen Casey) Dr. Lisa Stanton shares her story and its lessons to help those on their recovery journeys.
Inside 52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery, you'll find life-changing lessons based on psychology and spiritual guidance such as:
How to recognize that dishonesty, people-pleasing, and stubbornness can hurt rather than help
Why everyday miracles help you see yourself God's plan
Radical changes you can expect when letting go of resentment
Why you shouldn't deny feelings of guilt
So if you are looking for recovery books like Power Moves, Why I Believe, or Each Day a New Beginning, then you'll thrive with 52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery.
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"You will be changed by this book. Your own recovery will be enhanced. And you will want to tell others about this book just like I wanted to tell you."
-Karen Casey, author of Each Day a New Beginning
"Lisa Stanton's 52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery so beautifully captures the journey from the pain, isolation, and desperation of her addiction to a meaningful, spiritually grounded life in recovery. Lisa describes in such vivid and relatable detail her journey from agnosticism to faith. Her vulnerability and honesty are both difficult to read at times and profoundly refreshing. For anyone who is struggling finding their way to the spiritual path of life and recovery, and finding a relationship with the GOD of their understanding that is both practical and relatable, this book is a must read."
-John Curtiss, president/CEO of The Retreat, www.theretreat.org
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Dr. Lisa A. Stanton, PhD is a social psychologist, writer, and presenter with a specialization in behavior change theory and applications. During her time as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota one of Lisa's many accomplishments was being named the student advisory council chair for division 38 of the American Psychological Association. She then spent two years as a fellow of the National Cancer Institute, which she spent researching behavioral cancer prevention at Northwestern School of Medicine in Chicago. Over the past several years Lisa also taught numerous college courses, co-authored over thirty academic publications, and presented at conferences in four countries.
Currently, she helps her thousands of followers through her media and workshops about recovering from addiction. 52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery is her debut book, detailing her spiritual journey to recovery from addiction. Lisa currently lives with her husband in Minnesota.
Karen Casey, Ph.D. is a bestselling author specializing in self-recovery titles that focus on mindfulness and meditation for healing purposes. Having graduated from the University of Minnesota and becoming director of a publishing house, Casey rediscovered her love for connecting with readers through her work and became a full-time author. She is most known for her 1982 debut book, Each Day a New Beginning, which sold over 3.5 million copies. Since then, Casey has published 28 more books about her healing process through powerful affirmations so that other men and women can find their own serenity in quitting addiction. She has published other recognizable titles such as Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow, Getting Unstuck, and 52 Ways to Live the Course of Miracles. Casey currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contents
Introduction: My Story
Part I: Spiritual Diagnostics
Self-Control Won't Keep You Sober
The Opposite of Addiction Is Not Connection
The Truth about Admitting You Are Powerless over Alcohol (Or Anything Else...)
What Is an Eating Disorder?
What a Craving Is Really Like and What I Do About It
Why Another Day of Sobriety Is Not My Goal
The Difference between a Spiritual Mentor and a Therapist
Part II: Stepping Away from Secular Spirituality
Trusting God Isn't Trendy, but the New Age Left Me Empty
Artificial Versus Organic Gratitude
Self-Love Is Not My Goal
How I Stopped My Negative Thoughts Once and for All
What if Your Triggers Are Just Sins You Haven't Confessed?
The Real Secret to Happiness (and the Delusion of Unhappiness)
So, You Think You Want to Be Confident
Is Expressing Emotions to Other People Actually Healing?
The Truth about Low Self-Esteem
Part III: Coming to Believe
Don't Believe in God? Try Prayer
Do you Live in Faith or Just Believe in God? (The Grocery Store Metaphor)
How Deep Do You Need to Go?
How Do You Know That God is Real?
Why I Stopped Trying to Change My Behavior
The Outcomes Are Up to God, Not Me (No More "Magic Pillow Cure")
Part IV: Denial and Guilt
Guilt Is Not a Feeling
Are You in Denial?
Your Pain Is Not Their Fault
You Aren't Actually Angry at Yourself
Are You Guilty of Splitting Your Guilt?
Connect with the Whispers of Your Conscience and You Won't Have to Hear the Screams
If No One Else Will Get Hurt, Is It Still Wrong?
The Importance of Pulling the Root
Part IV: Forgiveness
A Story of Radical Forgiveness
I Let Go of the Past and Stopped Saying - "They Did the Best They Could"
You Might Have Forgiveness All Wrong
The Resentment Paradox
How to Get Rid of Resentment
I Stopped Trying to Rationalize and Justify Other's Behavior and This Happened...
Part V: Prayer and Everyday Miracles
A Way to Pray
The Story of the Blue Truck
Learning to Differentiate God's Plan from My Plan
If Life Feels Hard, Lack of Humility Might Be the Cause
The Incredible Results of Turning Off My Internal Calculator
If You Give, You Will Receive
Two-Way Prayer: A Lesson, Sharing My Own, and an Exercise to Do Right Now
Why I Don't Pray that the World Changes
Don't Get Lost in the Big Picture
How a Totaled Motorcycle Reminded Me to Trust God's Plan
Part VI: Relationships
Why I Don't Ask People for Forgiveness
The Way Out of the Cycle of Shame
How I Let Go of My Addiction to Approval from Others
I Don't Trust My Friends
Discovering the Reality of Friendship
It's Okay to Not Have the Last Word
How to Stop Caring What They Think
On Feeling Forced to Take a Side: The Relational Pep Rally
A Deep Dive into Dishonesty
The Dark Side of Boundaries
The One Relationship I Need
I Thought I Was a People-Pleaser
Part VII: Life Events
A New Year's Resolution You Can Start Today and Why I Gave Away Brand-new Diamond Earrings
Four Hours after I Lost My Job, I Wrote This
Grief, Selfishness, and Faith: How I Understand and Experience Grief after the Recent
Deaths of Five Loved Ones
What Will Your Gravestone Say? "I Wish It Would Have Been Different" or "That Sure Was Fun!"
The Wedding Day Essay
A Reflection on My Grandparents Passing
Sadness, Grief, and God
If the Holidays Are Hard on You, I Have Been There, Too, and This Could Be Why
Acknowledgments
About the Author
