Much of recovery happens in ordinary hours: a hard day at work, a familiar street, a craving that arrives without warning. Paula A. Freedman's workbook is built for those hours.

Readical Key Points

• A hands-on workbook of exercises for relapse prevention
• Written by a clinical psychologist (PsyD) who specializes in addiction
• Three parts: understanding addiction and recovery, coping skills for emotions and high-risk situations, and relapse prevention through daily habits
• Paperback, 188 pages

The book opens by looking at how addiction takes hold and what recovery involves, then moves into practical skills for handling difficult emotions, stress and high-risk situations. Its final section turns to relapse prevention and the everyday habits that support it. Exercises throughout ask the reader to apply each skill to their own life, from the workplace to close relationships, and to name the triggers that are specific to them.

Freedman designed the workbook to be used on its own or alongside a therapist, for people working on their recovery and for the counselors and families who support them. It is a companion to treatment, not a replacement for it. It does not promise an easy day. It offers a plan for a hard one.

About the Author

Paula A. Freedman, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders, addiction and eating disorders. She has worked in community mental health clinics, schools, hospitals and chemical dependency treatment centers, and has a private practice in Chicago.

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