Hope in the Age of Addiction - How to Find Freedom and Restore Your Relationships
How to Find Freedom and Restore Your Relationships
Published on 4. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8007-2940-0 (ISBN)
Description
Between alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, pornography, gambling, and eating disorders, fully 25% of the population of the United States is addicted to something. Those addictions are taking a massive physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial toll on individuals, families, and communities. The problem can feel insurmountable. But there is a solution, at once ancient and supported by the latest in neuroscientific research.
With an honest assessment of the facts, yet always reaching out toward hopeful solutions, counselors Chip Dodd and Stephen James explain what addiction really is, how it works, and why it is so damaging to our hearts, souls, minds, and relationships. They then take us beyond mere coping techniques that allow us to function to the real solution--restoring our broken relationship with our Creator so that we can rediscover how to live fully the way we were created to live. Each chapter includes the personal story of a recovering addict, told from the addict's point of view. The authors also include a list of books, organizations, workshops, and treatment centers people can turn to for help along the road to lasting recovery.
With an honest assessment of the facts, yet always reaching out toward hopeful solutions, counselors Chip Dodd and Stephen James explain what addiction really is, how it works, and why it is so damaging to our hearts, souls, minds, and relationships. They then take us beyond mere coping techniques that allow us to function to the real solution--restoring our broken relationship with our Creator so that we can rediscover how to live fully the way we were created to live. Each chapter includes the personal story of a recovering addict, told from the addict's point of view. The authors also include a list of books, organizations, workshops, and treatment centers people can turn to for help along the road to lasting recovery.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ada, MI
United States
Publishing group
Baker Publishing Group
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8007-2940-0 (9780800729400)
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Chip Dodd, PhD, LPC-MHSP, is a consultant, mentor, and counselor who has worked in the field of recovery from addiction for over 30 years. He is the founder of the Center for Professional Excellence, a treatment center for professionals, and Sage Hill, a social impact organization. He the bestselling author of several books, including The Voice of the Heart and The Perfect Loss. He and his wife have two grown sons and live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Stephen James, MA, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is the founder and executive director of Sage Hill Counseling in Nashville. He also works with professionals, C-suite executives, and entrepreneurs to help them improve not only their leadership but their family lives as well. He is the bestselling author of six books, including Parenting with Heart with Chip Dodd. He and his wife, Heather, live in Nashville, Tennessee, and have four children.
Stephen James, MA, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is the founder and executive director of Sage Hill Counseling in Nashville. He also works with professionals, C-suite executives, and entrepreneurs to help them improve not only their leadership but their family lives as well. He is the bestselling author of six books, including Parenting with Heart with Chip Dodd. He and his wife, Heather, live in Nashville, Tennessee, and have four children.