Recovery, It's About You, Not Them

By Matthew Kirby

The United States is the largest pill-popping country in the world. Although many recognize unwanted consequences of drug use, a concern remains. How to manage emotions and withdrawal without substance use or relapse? Driven by addiction, people seek a substitute that alters the state of mind despite broken marriages, legal ramifications, loss of relationships, neglect, emotional and physical abuse, and selling one's body for the next high. Addiction follows the behavior that seeks to achieve a synthetic confidence in a relationship. A relationship with a substance that offers nothing more than a blanket to numb emotions, in return for the body and soul. Recovery is the time and place learned about the function of drugs and alcohol in life; recovery is a process and usually a lifelong process. To achieve success in recovery, adopt a different lifestyle. Learn to address unwanted behaviors, excessive negative thoughts/feelings, and learn new ways to heal from an illness or other ails. Discover the necessary skills to manage impulsive drives, improve focus, and become self-aware of what transpires in your world; managing pain is part of the recovery process.This book was designed to demonstrate not only the destruction of drugs, cravings, withdrawals, and disrupted lifestyles, but to guide the reader to empowerment. This book will guide anyone to recognize unresolved factors that contribute to drug use and show ways to reach a long-term recovery.Is this book for you? Anyone can benefit from this book, addict or not. The text will guide those who want improve self-esteem, personal relationships, character, identify strengths, and more. The content shares character stories, alternative thinking, addictive behaviors, coping techniques, relationship building, developing an available alliance, and re-framing the way one thinks. Other topics include types of triggers, the role of triggers in addiction, how to interrupt and override triggers to manage emotions; and boundaries as common rules that supply a systematic means for growth in recovery. Are you ready for a life transformation? This is your written invitation to receive a real-life experience combined with knowledge of academia, field, and street. The diverse illustrations and subjective-framework in this text sets it apart from other books written solely by addicts, or by those with a string of insignificant letters after their name. The text mingles documentation, research, solutions, and experiences from former substance abusers and addicts. Explore and learn more about topics such as the relation between you and drugs, time in addiction versus time in recovery, relationship chaos, the death-match, emotions, and restoring foundations. This book is a challenge. Anyone who reads and applies the material will elicit change. This book IS for you if you desire a different lifestyle, want to understand more about addiction, stop chaotic relationships; begin a life of sobriety and recovery, build self-esteem, fight the crave, and transform your way of living. Matthew is a Qualified Mental Health Professional, and Certified Addiction Counselor. His first mentors were in their early thirties, alcoholics who argued for growth yet were enabling forces. He joined the military at twenty-one for discipline but much of his personal time resulted in heavy drinking. Matthew's substance abuse for over a decade was an emotional escape that led to various problems. His passion now is his work, helping others to overcome struggles in mental health and addiction. The question now is what are you waiting for? The spirit of addiction and procrastination wants you to remain a slave. Are you ready for freedom? This is your written invitation. Get your copy while available.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1792948190
• ISBN13: 9781792948190
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"