12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety Through Self-Awareness and Right Action

The author of the classic 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery offers a fresh list of “smart” things to do to attain and sustain emotional sobriety.

Learn the attitudes and behaviors that are key to attaining and sustaining emotional sobriety and developing a deeper trust in the process of life.

Dr. Allen Berger draws on the teachings of Bill W. and psychotherapy pioneers to offer us twelve hallmarks of emotional sobriety. These “right actions” help us develop the confidence to be accountable for our behavior, to practice asking for what we want and need, and to cultivate a deeper trust in the process of life. Dr. Berger’s list of smart things includes

understanding who you are and what’s important to you

learning not to take others’ reactions personally

trusting your inner compass

Through practicing these twelve things, we find release from what Bill W. described as an “absolute dependence on people or circumstances. Freed from the emotional immaturity that fueled our addictive personality and hurt ourselves and others, we can develop the tools to find strength from within and continue our successful journey of recovery.

Author: Allen Berger
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Published: 07/08/2010
Series: Berger 12
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 7.36h x 5.06w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781592858217
Language: English