DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PAGE. THIS EDITION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE NEW BOOK, see "newer edition available" link below is the only new copy you can order, despite what the Amazon Listing says. They have been notified, but seem unable to fix the problem. Also, DON"T PAY MORE THAN $19.95 WHICH IS THE PRICE, not the other listings.As of Sep 2018, a new release of SELF-PARENTING: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations has been completely updated and modernized featuring a completely new Part III. The older version is now severely outdated. This is the original how-to book defining the concept of "Self-Parenting." It created the "inner child" movement as many therapists and authors adopted it's principles. 
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<li>Part I describes the Inner Parent and Inner Child and gives many examples of how they interact within your "Inner Conversations." </li>
<li>Part II describes "inner conflicts" how they occur and what to do about removing them. </li>
<li>Part III has been updated for the millennial reader and gives all the steps for advancing to the Intermediate Level of Self-Parenting.</li>
</ol>Specifically important for the Adult Children of Alcoholics:<ul>
<li>Many of us grew up within a parental environment that did not support our childhood needs for love, support, and nurturing. As adults, we mentally continue the same patterns as the "Inner Parent" that left us feeling alone and abandoned as a child. </li>
<li>Beginning the daily practice of positive Self-Parenting teaches you to recognize and reverse the negative outer parenting patterns you were taught as a child (and subsequently internalized as an adult). </li>
<li>The foundation of the SELF-PARENTING Program is the daily practice of the Self-Parenting Exercises, a thirty-minute session of cognitive interaction between the Inner Parent and Inner Child. </li>
<li>As illustrated in the book, during these daily half-hour sessions the reader learns how to love, support, and nurture his or her Inner Child as well as increase their awareness of the profound implications of their Inner Conversations in the "real world."</li>
<li>You can "become your own loving parent" as many practitioners have done. </li>
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Self-Parenting: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations

Self-Help

Pollard, John K., III

Happiness

Generic Human Studies

ACA Fellowship Text First Edition Revised (soft cover, with index) ACA Fellowship Text was written by anonymous ACA members providing guidance on working the 12 Step ACA program leading to recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. The book is now often referred to as the Big Red Book.

Adult Children: Alcoholic / Dysfunctional Families

Health, Fitness & Dieting

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

Addiction & Recovery

Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization

Do you think ALCOHOL is holding you back? Do you think you'd be happier and more productive in life without the booze? Have you ever questioned if perhaps you drink too much? This simple and straightforward book will answer the million-dollar question of "do I have a drinking problem?" in an incredibly simple way. The book provides clear and proven strategies if you decide alcohol needs to go. If you've made the promise to cut back, or have rules regarding when or how much you're going to drink, then this book will address why those seemingly clear lines drawn in the sand are always crossed. Alcohol is SH!T will provide you with the foundation to move forward in life without alcohol through: 
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<li>Showing the reader how alcohol is the most addictive and dangerous drug on the planet</li>
<li>Debunking myths surrounding alcohol such as alcohol doesn't relax you but slows down vital faculties in the brain and body</li>
<li>Demonstrating how to formally say goodbye, so both the conscious and unconscious mind are on the same page</li>
<li>Shining the light on the primordial addiction: thinking
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<li>Empowering the reader with the understanding that quitting drinking isn't a sacrifice but the OPPORTUNITY of a lifetime</li>
<li>Informing readers that an alcohol-free life isn't a "no" to alcohol, but a "yes" to a better life and this path can be fun</li>
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Educating readers on where and how to start recovering the person you were always meant to be 
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</ul>With lightheartedness, clarity, and no BS, Alcohol is SH!T will allow the reader to remove the fog created by alcohol and provide the tools necessary to ditch the booze. Follow the advice in this book, and a new life awaits - one filled with inner-peace, self-compassion, and an abundance of joy. Within the first couple of pages, the reader will begin to feel a weight lifting, and for probably the first time, will definitively know the role alcohol is playing in their lives. What's stopping you from stepping into your new life? Scroll to the top and click the "buy now" button.

Alcohol is SH!T: How to Ditch the Booze, Re-ignite Your Life, and Recover the Person you Were Always Meant to be.

Churchill, Paul

Mental Health

Independently published

Want to improve your chances of staying sober? Prayer and meditation are simple, reliable, and time-tested methods that can help you improve your chances of staying sober and living in peace, serenity, and joy.\nSobriety is a difficult challenge for everyone. If you’re new to sobriety or have been sober for years, there are many daily challenges, anxieties and fears that can threaten long-term recovery. The Sober Journey: A Guide to Prayer and Meditation in Recovery provides simple solutions to finding serenity and success in sobriety. Written with many examples from the author's own experience, and offering an easy guide to follow, The Sober Journey is for anyone seeking a healthy and productive life free from the fears and anxieties that plague the minds of most addicts and alcoholics.\nIn The Sober Journey, you’ll learn: The author’s journey out of addiction How alcoholism impacts your spiritual life How to stay sober using prayer and meditation How prayer and meditation have improved the author’s own sobriety Understanding the mind of an alcoholic and addict How to find peace and serenity in sobriety Simple techniques for prayer and spiritual inspiration Easy meditation techniques you can practice immediately Ways to develop conscious awareness of your spiritual life Ways to find your Higher Power Habits to help you develop serenity, calm and peace 
Who Can Benefit from This Book: Women in sobriety Men in sobriety Teens in sobriety Young people in sobriety People struggling with Depression People interested in self-help treatment and solutions Anyone who wants to stop drinking alcohol Anyone who has stopped drinking alcohol Anyone who is recovering from drug addiction and substance abuse Anyone who practices AA morning Prayer and meditation Anyone who has taken or wants to take the steps to recovery from addiction People in relationships and in recovery from addiction Anyone who wants to make lifestyle changes away from addiction Anyone trying to improve their health in recovery Anyone who is in sobriety or trying to get sober 
Focusing on spiritual positivity as your lifeline to a stable and steady alcohol or drug-free lifestyle, Dirk Foster’s encouraging and uplifting techniques will help you find peace. And by following these time-tested strategies, you’ll soon move past struggle and uncertainty to claim your calming inner strength.\nIn The Sober Journey, you’ll discover: How to develop conscious awareness of your higher self to steer you in the right direction Easy meditations, so you can stay centered and positive Methods for tapping into a tranquil mindset Daily techniques for acknowledging progress and practicing gratitude Inspiring personal stories, straightforward examples, and much, much more!\nThe Sober Journey is an empowering guide for anyone seeking to stay sober. If you like step-by-step approaches, real-world experience, and developing healthy habits, then you’ll love Dirk Foster’s thoughtful support system.\nBuy The Sober Journey to stay sober and find inner peace!

The Sober Journey: A Guide to Prayer and Meditation in Recovery (Sober Journey Series (5 books))

Foster, Dirk

Alternative Medicine

gatekeeper press

Shenandoah Chefalo is on a wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug-and alcohol addicted parents. She endures numerous moves in the middle of the night with just minutes to pack, multiple changes in schools, hunger, cruelty, and loneliness. Finally at the age of 13, Shen had had enough. After being abandoned by her mother for months at her grandmother’s retirement community, she asks to be put into foster care. Surely she would fare better at a stable home than living with her mother? It turns out that it was not the storybook ending she had hoped for. When a car accident lands her in the hospital with grave injuries and no one comes to visit her during her three-week stay, she realizes she is truly all alone in the world. Overcoming many adversities, Shen became part of the 3% of all foster care children who get into college, and the 1% who graduate. Despite her numerous achievements in life though, she still suffers from the long-term effects of neglect, and the coping skills that she adapted in her childhood are not always productive in her adult life. Garbage Bag Suitcase is not only the inspiring and hair-raising story of one woman’s journey to over- come her desolate childhood, but it also presents grass-root solutions on how to revamp the broken foster care system.

Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Chefalo, Shenandoah

Professionals & Academics

Mission Point Press

Break the Procrastination Habit, Accelerate Your Productivity, and Take Control of Your Life NOW. 
Are you living in chaos because you constantly put off critical tasks until the last minute? Do you feel disorganized both at home and at work? Do you experience feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness with all your incomplete projects? 
If so, it’s time to defeat the procrastination habit and rewire your habits for doing difficult work now. 
“Reinvent Your Approach to Doing Difficult Work and Stop Delaying to Live Your Life.” 
Bestselling author and personal development trainer, Scott Allan, wants you to defeat procrastination, eliminate negative self-talk and overcome lazy tendencies to delay hard work. In this hands-on practical guide, you’ll learn Scott's step-by-step method to destroy bad habits and end self-sabotage so that you can stop guilting yourself for working hard but getting nothing done. 
In Do the Hard Things First, you’ll discover how to: Control self-defeating distractions and manage Shiny Object Syndrome. Identify key constraints holding you back and take massive action for optimal results. Avoid doing random tasks and time block your critical work. Identify negative coping mechanisms and develop a great work ethic. Implement daily exercises for making better choices and building greater confidence in decision-making. Structure and schedule your life to guard against delaying important work.\nDo the Hard Things Firstis structured to save you time, increase mental energy, and teach you to think from a mindset built with confidence by removing fear. You’ll learn how to focus in on your #1 tasks for the day, eliminate overwhelm, and become the best version of yourself in both your work and in life. 
“Today, Not Tomorrow. Do It Now, Not Later.” 
It’s Time for a Change. It’s time to start winning instead of losing to the battle that has consumed your life—the battle against procrastination. From today, stop being mean to yourself, develop superior discipline and self control, and do whatever it takes to eliminate the stress and anxiety procrastination creates.

Do the Hard Things First: How to Win Over Procrastination and Master the Habit of Doing Difficult Work (Do the Hard Things First Series)

Allan, Scott

Religion & Spirituality

Scott Allan Publishing

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