Keep It Simple & Sane: Freeing Yourself from Addictive Thinking (for Readers of the Craving Mind and Healing the Shame That Binds You)

by Barb Rogers and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

Inspired by the 12step saying, Life is simple, it's people who are complicated, Barb Rogers points out in Keep It Simple and Sane that it's pretty easy to tell ourselves lie upon lie as we explain away bad behavior associated with drugs, alcohol, food, sex, work...whatever, in an attempt to feel better about our complicated lies. And of course, we can't do anything to simplify our lives because we're too busy keeping up with our complicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573243574
• ISBN13: 9781573243575
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Keep It Simple & Sane...accessible common sense

Barb Rogers' guide to freeing yourself from addictive thinking is a true jewel. Written in four major sections: Keep it Mentally Simple, Keep it Emotionally Simple, Keep it Spiritually Simple, and Keep it Physically Simple, Rogers weaves her own personal story of tragedy and redemption through common sense lessons of recovery. Her writing style is very accessible, I feel like I have been having a chat with her across the table with a cup of coffee, a plate of cookies and box of tissues near at hand. She shares the art of the possible for those of us who have addictions and/or addictive personalities in a way that is both inspiring and within our reach. Her practical common sense discussion of what it is (or may have been) like, suggestions for how we can change our patterns, and what it can be like now without the fetters of addictive thinking, is clear, actionable and full of promise. I have begun starting my day with a cup of coffee and reading of a few pages of this book and find myself internalizing the lessons she provides and finding ways to put them into action throughout my day. I can recommend this book without reservation! Thank you Barb Rogers!

A fine handbook to use to remove some complexity to life

Over-thinking can be just as much a problem as not thinking at all. "Keep It Simple & Sane: Freeing Yourself from Addictive Thinking" is a guide to simplifying one's life by not over-thinking the common problems in one's life. Divided into sections discussing emotional, physical, and spiritual simplicity, "Keep It Simple & Sane" is a fine handbook to use to remove some complexity to life.