Description: From the bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest and founder of the international recovery community The Luckiest Club comes a modern exploration of addiction that offers nine foundational building blocks that anyone at any stage of sobriety can use. No matter how far astray you ve gone or how many times you ve tried and failed before as long as you re still sitting here breathing and reading these words freedom and joy are still possible. When Laura Mc Kowen was two years sober she received an email from a woman whose sister was struggling with alcohol addiction. Mc Kowen had barely climbed out from the dark place the woman's sister was in but she made a list of the things she most needed to hear when she was deep in her own battle.1. It is not your fault. 2. It is your responsibility.3. It is unfair that this is your thing.4. This is your thing.5. This will never stop being your thing until you face it.6. You cannot do it alone.7. Only you can do it.8. You are loved.9. We will never stop reminding you of these things. In Push Off from Here Mc Kowen delves deeply into each of her nine points: what they mean how they work and how every person can live them. She addresses topics such as the correlation between trauma and addiction the importance of radical honesty letting go of the illusion of control the value of community a reminder that healing is a continual process and that the process is a gift. Whether you re just starting out or have been sober for decades Mc Kowen instructs us to be kind to ourselves: Change is messy and progress is rarely linear but we can always push off from here. The stories and advice Mc Kowen shares are specific to alcohol addiction but the tenets are universal in their application and useful no matter what challenge you face. With profound honesty and boundless compassion Push Off from Here provides an actionable framework for healing what pains us and proves that a life of sobriety can be synonymous with a life of magic peace and freedom.
Title: Push Off From Here Nine Essential Truths To Get You Through Sobriety (And Everything Else)
Barcode: 9780593498095
Publication Date: 3/7/2023