The Real 13th Step: Discovering Confidence, Self-Reliance, and Independence Beyond the 12-Step Programs

by Tessina, Tina B.

• ISBN13: 9781564145482
• ISBN10: 1564145484
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Career Pr Inc

Summary

If you or someone you love is a successful member of a recovery program, you can see how much you've benefited from the twelve-step process. But what does the future hold? Is it possible that the group itself is holding you back from functioning independently in the outside world? Have you ever wondered when you could "graduate" from your dependence on the group's help in managing your problems? In 25 years of private practice, Dr. Tina Tessina has helped numerous clients complete the work they began in their twelve-step program. Never before has such a coherent, complete outline of the basic tools been presented to help people involved with twelve-step programs create permanent, lasting recovery from the patterns of dependency that often lie embedded in the subconscious mind. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., has 25 years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has worked extensively with people in recovery and their sponsors for more than 20 years and has been helping clients to lead successful, autonomous lives after leaving twelve-step or other self-help recovery programs

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(8)
Author's note	19	(4)
Part One Recovery: Stepping up From Addiction
Autonomy: The Real 13th Step	23	(36)
Dilemmas of Recovery	59	(26)
Part Two Completing Recovery
Beyond Recovery: From Dependency to Autonomy	85	(26)
Deep Recovery: Learning How to Change	111	(34)
Completing Recovery: Facing Self	145	(48)
Part Three Achieving Autonomy
Autonomous Thinking: Weighing Choices in Everyday Life	193	(36)
Autonomous Loving: Creating Healthy Relationships	229	(46)
Autonomous Living: The Promise and the Challenge	275	(28)
Further Study	303	(6)
Index	309	(6)
About the Author	315