The wellness-recovery connection : charting your pathway to optimal health while recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction
A leading wellness advocate offers a step-by-step holistic plan for the 50 million people in recovery - a personalized blueprint for adding years to their life and life to their years. Includes a foreword by leading relapse prevention expert Terence T. Gorski.Based on over thirty years in the trenches as a wellness professional and counselor, John Newport, Ph.D. shares the missing dimension in recovery and the reason why the majority of people battling alcoholism and drug addiction fail to reap the full benefits of recovery and optimal health: They don't adopt a wellness-oriented lifestyle.Newport breaks down the nebulous concept of wellness into 7 steps, and gives people in recovery - and their families - specific tools to design their own blueprint for optimal health, including:Nutrition: nutritional hazards associated with alcoholism and drug addiction, and how to lay a sound nutritional foundation for recovery. Exercise: role of exercise in preventing relapse and enjoying optimal health, with tips on how to get started. Stress Management: practical tips on stress management and meditation, specifically geared to people in recovery. Spiritual Needs: tips on how to manifest your unique sense of central purpose, and how this will help you stay clean and sober and move toward optimal health. Social Supports: how to develop a strong social support system, sexuality in recovery, and more. Conquering Substitute Addictions: including nicotine addiction, caffeine addiction and junk food binging. Health Care: why our health care system is "wired backwards", and how recovering people can effectively work with doctors and other health care resources.
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Drug addicts > Rehabilitation. Alcoholics > Rehabilitation. Substance abuse > Relapse > Prevention. Alcoholism > Relapse > Prevention. Health. |
- ISBN: 0757302130
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xxii, 287 pages - Publisher Deerfield Beach, FL : Health Communications, [2004]
- Copyright ©2004
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283), Internet addresses (pages 267-270). |
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Table of Contents
The Wellness-Recovery Connection : Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword Terence T. Gorski | p. xi | |
Acknowledgments | p. xv | |
Introduction | p. xix | |
Part I | The Importance of Wellness to Recovery | |
1 | Wellness: The Missing Dimension in Recovery | p. 3 |
2 | The Importance of Wellness to Early Recovery and Relapse Prevention | p. 9 |
3 | Claiming Your Birthright to Optimal Health | p. 27 |
Part II | Integrating the Cornerstones of Wellness into Your Recovery Program | |
4 | The Nutritional Hazards of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction | p. 43 |
5 | Your Nutritional Foundation for Recovery | p. 57 |
6 | Physical Exercise: Fitness and Recovery | p. 89 |
7 | Stress Management and Meditation | p. 105 |
8 | Developing a Strong Social Support System | p. 125 |
9 | Cultivating Your Central Purpose, Spirituality and Life Satisfaction | p. 141 |
10 | Conquering Nicotine Addiction | p. 155 |
Part III | Your Personal Blueprint for Wellness and Recovery | |
11 | Conducting Your Personal Wellness Assessment | p. 179 |
12 | Action Planning for Wellness: Getting Started, Monitoring Your Progress and Following Through | p. 207 |
13 | Making Optimal Use of Health Care Resources | p. 231 |
14 | Parting Thoughts | p. 253 |
Appendix | Suggested Resources for Wellness and Recovery | p. 259 |
References | p. 271 | |
About the Author | p. 285 | |
Share Your Journeys in Wellness and Recovery | p. 286 | |
Wellness and Recovery Web Site | p. 287 |