Survivors of Addiction: Narratives of Recovery

by Addenbrooke; Mary

• ISBN13: 9781583917251
• ISBN10: 158391725X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-04-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Addiction is something that affects many different people from all walks of life and can be difficult for a therapist to treat, and the client to conquer. In this book fifteen people who have formerly had serious addictions speak about their experiences. Survivors of Addictiondraws on first-hand narratives to provide an overview of how and why people become addicted, and explores what happens after the addiction is left behind. Divided into four sections it covers: being caught up in addiction how and why users stop being addicted the early days after surviving addiction long-term outcomes. By considering psychodynamic and Jungian perspectives as well as the clinical vignettes, this book examines the process of recovery from addiction. It will be key reading for therapists, clinicians and healthcare workers who encounter addictions in their day to day professions and will also be of great interest to those who are, or have been addicted, and their families.

Author Biography

Mary Addenbrooke Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst who has worked in the field of substance misuse and a professional member of the Society of Analytical Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xii
Setting the scene	p. 1
Lost in the labyrinth of addiction	p. 13
A shameful secret	p. 15
Down and out	p. 22
Ambivalence second time round	p. 30
Lost in the labyrinth of addiction	p. 39
The turning point	p. 47
I did it my way	p. 49
Time to stop drinking with the boys	p. 57
I was able just to be me	p. 66
The prize fighter	p. 76
The turning point	p. 84
The new task	p. 89
Starting from scratch	p. 91
Putting away my crutches	p. 100
What I learned after I stopped drinking	p. 108
A most astonishing thing happened	p. 117
The new task	p. 126
In the long term	p. 133
A bleak picture: Hoping against hope	p. 135
A very major change for me	p. 146
Stepping out of co-dependence	p. 156
This intense relationship with life itself	p. 166
In the long term	p. 175
References	p. 180
Appendices	p. 184
Index	p. 199
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