Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590305442 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Topics include: the biological and developmental risks unique to creative people; the special personality traits that can inform the recovery process; ways to approach your recovery much like your art; and exercises that promote your creativity and art that aid the recovery process. This book gives a clear picture of the relationship between creativity and addiction and lays out a complete program so that you can live a fully creative and addiction-free life.. Full of explanations and exercises, this book presents ways to use your own innate creative abilities in service of your recovery and at each stage of the recovery process. For writers, artists, musicians, and creators in every field, this book offers a complete addiction recovery program specifically designed for the creative person
“Creative Recovery is a boldly challenging, rich, and comprehensive guide to positive, healthy growth for anyone with creative talents or the desire to look inward for potential and possibility. This is a practical and useful guide.”—Stephanie Brown, PhD, Director, The Addictions Institute, and author of A Place Called Self: Women, Sobriety and Radical Transformation “Creative Recovery presents a rock-solid recovery program that anyone can use and that writers, painters, musicians, and other creative people will find invaluable and for some, even life-saving.”—Bonnie Raitt “Even seasoned clinicians working with individuals in the creative professions will appreciate the utility of the exercises and questions for cultivating new avenues of inquiry around the process of change related to addiction. Piotrowski, PhD, President,
Eric Maisel is a licensed marriage and family therapist and creativity coach with degrees in philosophy, creative writing, and counseling psychology. He has written over thirty books including Fearless Creating, The Van Gogh Blues, and Coaching the Artist Within.
"mandatory reading for artists and their loved ones" according to Happily Anonymous. I am an artist in recovery (2mandatory reading for artists and their loved ones Happily Anonymous I am an artist in recovery (24 years sober). I wish this book had been available when I first sobered up, but, hey, it's here now. My path has been the 12 Steps and I appreciate the fact this book acknowledges many different paths while remaining very respectful of the 12 Steps. It has been my impression that there are. years sober). I wish this book had been available when I first sobered up, but, hey, it's here now. My path has been the 12 Steps and I appreciate the fact this book acknowledges many different paths while remaining very respectful of the 12 Steps. It has been my impression that there are. J. A. Kirk said The most intelligent and compassionate information about the Recovery process ever.. This is a unique, incredibly insightful book about the courageous journey of recovery. One will understand addictions and be relieved to know that there is a path to a joyful life. There are specific recommendations for the journey, tapping into the oftentimes hidden creative forces within us. Thank goodness for this l. "A guide for creative types who have been plagued with an addiction they have struggled to overcome" according to Midwest Book Review. The creative energies that all people have can be used for more than art or inventing. "Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity" is a guide for creative types who have been plagued with an addiction they have struggled to overcome. With many examples and ideas for rea