Lisa Stanton

52 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Recovery

A Journey Towards Sobriety, Honesty, and Radical Forgiveness (Spiritual Guidance for Recovery, Receiving Everyday Miracles)

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Produktbeschreibung

Healing 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mango Media
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781684817054
• ISBN-10: 1684817056
• Artikelnr.: 70988424

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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