Author: CHELSEA PAGE
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770970096
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Started thirteen years ago, while in a psychiatric hospital for suicide attempts, this book takes the reader through a long journey from an abusive childhood with a raging alcoholic father, into the crazy, insane world of alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness. It is the life story of how one young woman who destroyed two marriages, many relationships, almost lost her children and eventually her sanity, chose to rise above her many difficulties and reach out for help. In taking the first step of admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital, she was able to admit that she was an alcoholic, drug addict, bipolar and depressed, and had been for many years. Eventually, it explained everything about her past behavior and why she did the things she did. The answer started to become clear. Hope became serenity, serenity turned into acceptance, acceptance developed into peace and the peace has led to an immense sense of joy and contentment. It took that one first step. I hope and pray that all who read this book can discover for themselves that anything is possible, that life is worth living, and you, too, can have this joy, today, and one day at a time.
JUST ONE MORE DRINK
Author: CHELSEA PAGE
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770970096
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Started thirteen years ago, while in a psychiatric hospital for suicide attempts, this book takes the reader through a long journey from an abusive childhood with a raging alcoholic father, into the crazy, insane world of alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness. It is the life story of how one young woman who destroyed two marriages, many relationships, almost lost her children and eventually her sanity, chose to rise above her many difficulties and reach out for help. In taking the first step of admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital, she was able to admit that she was an alcoholic, drug addict, bipolar and depressed, and had been for many years. Eventually, it explained everything about her past behavior and why she did the things she did. The answer started to become clear. Hope became serenity, serenity turned into acceptance, acceptance developed into peace and the peace has led to an immense sense of joy and contentment. It took that one first step. I hope and pray that all who read this book can discover for themselves that anything is possible, that life is worth living, and you, too, can have this joy, today, and one day at a time.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770970096
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Started thirteen years ago, while in a psychiatric hospital for suicide attempts, this book takes the reader through a long journey from an abusive childhood with a raging alcoholic father, into the crazy, insane world of alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness. It is the life story of how one young woman who destroyed two marriages, many relationships, almost lost her children and eventually her sanity, chose to rise above her many difficulties and reach out for help. In taking the first step of admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital, she was able to admit that she was an alcoholic, drug addict, bipolar and depressed, and had been for many years. Eventually, it explained everything about her past behavior and why she did the things she did. The answer started to become clear. Hope became serenity, serenity turned into acceptance, acceptance developed into peace and the peace has led to an immense sense of joy and contentment. It took that one first step. I hope and pray that all who read this book can discover for themselves that anything is possible, that life is worth living, and you, too, can have this joy, today, and one day at a time.
Just One More
Author: Carol Dass
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490771387
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
This book gives an insight into the life of a carer, Carol, whose loved one, Paul, was addicted to alcohol. Carol never gave up hope that Paul would receive treatment and become the person he always wanted to be. But it was not to be. Paul died at the age of forty-two from cirrhosis of the liver. In her book, Carol concentrates more on how loved ones can get the support they need while dealing with their loved ones addiction. She details her journey through Pauls addiction and why she founded the charity Footprints, which offered support to others in a situation similar to hers. She talks honestly about her feelings of frustration, anger, and sadness but also is honest about feeling trapped in a relationship, not knowing in which direction to move, the many relapses that happen, the trips to the ER, the suicide attempts, and the violence. But she also shows compassion for the drinker, who is also trapped in the addiction, not knowing what life will be like without their nonjudgmental friend, the bottle of alcohol.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490771387
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
This book gives an insight into the life of a carer, Carol, whose loved one, Paul, was addicted to alcohol. Carol never gave up hope that Paul would receive treatment and become the person he always wanted to be. But it was not to be. Paul died at the age of forty-two from cirrhosis of the liver. In her book, Carol concentrates more on how loved ones can get the support they need while dealing with their loved ones addiction. She details her journey through Pauls addiction and why she founded the charity Footprints, which offered support to others in a situation similar to hers. She talks honestly about her feelings of frustration, anger, and sadness but also is honest about feeling trapped in a relationship, not knowing in which direction to move, the many relapses that happen, the trips to the ER, the suicide attempts, and the violence. But she also shows compassion for the drinker, who is also trapped in the addiction, not knowing what life will be like without their nonjudgmental friend, the bottle of alcohol.
A Drink with Shane MacGowan
Author: Shane MacGowan
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"But as A Drink with Shane MacGowan shows, the inspiration for his artistry and beliefs is as varied as his range of mind - embracing Ireland, religion, his family, esoteric philosophy and history."--Jacket.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"But as A Drink with Shane MacGowan shows, the inspiration for his artistry and beliefs is as varied as his range of mind - embracing Ireland, religion, his family, esoteric philosophy and history."--Jacket.
Just One More
Author: Cassandra Dee
Publisher: Cassandra Dee Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Just this once, I want two men to be all mine. When Blake and Bryan walked into my high school biology class, my mouth dropped open. These were the new transfer students? The twins were gorgeous: they were six three, with God-like physiques, black hair and mesmerizing green eyes. But Blake and Bryan are more than just students. They’re undercover cops working to bust a drug ring among the rich kids at Canterdale High. And they enlist me in their scheme. I’m a curvy girl, who’s supposed to be a honey pot in this plan. I’ll be sexy, irresistible, not to mention wet and sticky with honey. But what if Blake and Bryan want to sample me first? Will the twins give me what I desire? Or is just one more too much to handle? Hey Readers – You’ll adore this tale of a sassy curvy girl who challenges two undercover cops in the halls of her high school. Blake and Bryan have a lot to offer, and they’re giving it ALL to Callie. This is an MMF story where swords cross, but I promise that it’s so yummy that you’ll be begging for more! Xoxo, Cassie
Publisher: Cassandra Dee Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Just this once, I want two men to be all mine. When Blake and Bryan walked into my high school biology class, my mouth dropped open. These were the new transfer students? The twins were gorgeous: they were six three, with God-like physiques, black hair and mesmerizing green eyes. But Blake and Bryan are more than just students. They’re undercover cops working to bust a drug ring among the rich kids at Canterdale High. And they enlist me in their scheme. I’m a curvy girl, who’s supposed to be a honey pot in this plan. I’ll be sexy, irresistible, not to mention wet and sticky with honey. But what if Blake and Bryan want to sample me first? Will the twins give me what I desire? Or is just one more too much to handle? Hey Readers – You’ll adore this tale of a sassy curvy girl who challenges two undercover cops in the halls of her high school. Blake and Bryan have a lot to offer, and they’re giving it ALL to Callie. This is an MMF story where swords cross, but I promise that it’s so yummy that you’ll be begging for more! Xoxo, Cassie
Addictions Suck
Author: Robin D. Cantwell
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 159979778X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Finding Freedom from Addiction - It is the one thing you turn to when things get tough. It's what you want to do with your free time and what you wish you could be doing when you're busy. Even work becomes just a means of supporting it. It touches every area of your life. Addiction. It steals your time, money, mental energy, health, and self-confidence. It destroys your life, piece by piece. Robin D. Cantwell has struggled with many forms of addiction. She knows how it feels to want to quit but not know how, to long for freedom when it feels so far away. In Addicitions Suck, she shares her story, offering hope, understanding, and a fresh perspective to anyone who is dealing with an addiction in their life or in the life of a loved one. Every person is different, but the struggles are the same. The path to freedom is also the same. No matter what the addiction or how long you have contended with it, there is hope. God loves us and has made a way for us all to be free.
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 159979778X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Finding Freedom from Addiction - It is the one thing you turn to when things get tough. It's what you want to do with your free time and what you wish you could be doing when you're busy. Even work becomes just a means of supporting it. It touches every area of your life. Addiction. It steals your time, money, mental energy, health, and self-confidence. It destroys your life, piece by piece. Robin D. Cantwell has struggled with many forms of addiction. She knows how it feels to want to quit but not know how, to long for freedom when it feels so far away. In Addicitions Suck, she shares her story, offering hope, understanding, and a fresh perspective to anyone who is dealing with an addiction in their life or in the life of a loved one. Every person is different, but the struggles are the same. The path to freedom is also the same. No matter what the addiction or how long you have contended with it, there is hope. God loves us and has made a way for us all to be free.
The Compassionate Universe
Author: Eknath Easwaran
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
ISBN: 1586380591
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A practical and inspiring approach to tackling our environmental crisis, from a master spiritual teacher. We can heal our earth by choosing a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle, as trustees of a compassionate universe. Eknath Easwaran presents a penetrating analysis of the spiritual roots of our current predicament and offers a realistic and hopeful way forward. Each of us has a role to play in making wise choices, and each of us can genuinely make a difference. Drawing inspiration and insight from Mahatma Gandhi, Saint Francis, and his own experience of living in the East and the West, Easwaran shows the connections between individual thoughts and actions that move beyond consumerism to the unity of life. Mahatma Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of our seemingly perpetual state of crisis, which he called “the seven social sins”: knowledge without character, science without humanity, wealth without work, commerce without morality, politics without principles, pleasure without conscience, and worship without self-sacrifice. Easwaran explores each of these diagnoses in turn and presents an alternative hypothesis of who we are and how we fit into the universe. This is ecology as a great adventure, filled with the challenges and rewards of inner growth. Easwaran tells us that “once we open our eyes to cooperation, artistry, thrift, and compassion, we begin to see thousands of little things we can do to help restore the environment – and restore dignity and deeper fulfillment to our own lives.” Eknath Easwaran is renowned as a teacher of meditation and for his translations of the Indian scriptures. His writings express timeless spiritual insights and are illustrated by stories from East and West. His books reflect two cultures: India, where he grew up in a self-supporting agrarian village, and the United States, where he taught and lectured for over thirty years. His early experiences of living in harmony with nature, his firsthand acquaintance with Gandhi’s India, and his long familiarity with an American audience have resulted in this book: a deeply thoughtful examination of our present situation, and a blueprint for living as trustees of a compassionate universe, in a world that we would want our children and grandchildren to inherit.
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
ISBN: 1586380591
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A practical and inspiring approach to tackling our environmental crisis, from a master spiritual teacher. We can heal our earth by choosing a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle, as trustees of a compassionate universe. Eknath Easwaran presents a penetrating analysis of the spiritual roots of our current predicament and offers a realistic and hopeful way forward. Each of us has a role to play in making wise choices, and each of us can genuinely make a difference. Drawing inspiration and insight from Mahatma Gandhi, Saint Francis, and his own experience of living in the East and the West, Easwaran shows the connections between individual thoughts and actions that move beyond consumerism to the unity of life. Mahatma Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of our seemingly perpetual state of crisis, which he called “the seven social sins”: knowledge without character, science without humanity, wealth without work, commerce without morality, politics without principles, pleasure without conscience, and worship without self-sacrifice. Easwaran explores each of these diagnoses in turn and presents an alternative hypothesis of who we are and how we fit into the universe. This is ecology as a great adventure, filled with the challenges and rewards of inner growth. Easwaran tells us that “once we open our eyes to cooperation, artistry, thrift, and compassion, we begin to see thousands of little things we can do to help restore the environment – and restore dignity and deeper fulfillment to our own lives.” Eknath Easwaran is renowned as a teacher of meditation and for his translations of the Indian scriptures. His writings express timeless spiritual insights and are illustrated by stories from East and West. His books reflect two cultures: India, where he grew up in a self-supporting agrarian village, and the United States, where he taught and lectured for over thirty years. His early experiences of living in harmony with nature, his firsthand acquaintance with Gandhi’s India, and his long familiarity with an American audience have resulted in this book: a deeply thoughtful examination of our present situation, and a blueprint for living as trustees of a compassionate universe, in a world that we would want our children and grandchildren to inherit.
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism
Author: Kalle Grill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317326989
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
While paternalism has been a long-standing philosophical issue, it has recently received renewed attention among scholars and the general public. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising twenty-seven chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook is divided into five parts: • What is Paternalism? • Paternalism and Ethical Theory • Paternalism and Political Philosophy • Paternalism without Coercion • Paternalism in Practice Within these sections central debates, issues and questions are examined, including: how should paternalism be defined or characterized? How is paternalism related to such moral notions as rights, well-being, and autonomy? When is paternalism morally objectionable? What are the legitimate limits of government benevolence? To what extent should medical practice be paternalistic? The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism is essential reading for students and researchers in applied ethics and political philosophy. The handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as law, medicine, sociology and political science.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317326989
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
While paternalism has been a long-standing philosophical issue, it has recently received renewed attention among scholars and the general public. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising twenty-seven chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook is divided into five parts: • What is Paternalism? • Paternalism and Ethical Theory • Paternalism and Political Philosophy • Paternalism without Coercion • Paternalism in Practice Within these sections central debates, issues and questions are examined, including: how should paternalism be defined or characterized? How is paternalism related to such moral notions as rights, well-being, and autonomy? When is paternalism morally objectionable? What are the legitimate limits of government benevolence? To what extent should medical practice be paternalistic? The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism is essential reading for students and researchers in applied ethics and political philosophy. The handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as law, medicine, sociology and political science.
Treacherous Obsession
Author: Kenneth A. Studstill
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491760559
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The good life for Kevin Charles, an attorney in the small town of East Bay, Florida, mysteriously ends after his client, Victoria Roberts, discharges him from a multi-million dollar law suit. His slide down the slippery slope to personal and professional oblivion begins when Victoria files a bar grievance falsely accusing him of unconsensual sex. Why would Victoria do this? Has she lied for some nefarious reason? Or is she acting under duress? He feels someone else must be involved, but who and why? When Kevin finally learns it is one of his so-called friends, who, has embarked on a plan to exclude him as one of the attorneys chosen to sue the tobacco companies, he does not just get even, he wreaks revenge through nerve wrenching chicanery, that paradoxically leaves him close to Victoria. He feels vindicated, but is he? Unsure about himself and his life, he leaves his hometown to travel indefinitely through Europe, only to be drawn back to East Bay after a few months. But will he ever have back what he has lost? Kenneth Studstill has created a fascinating mystery of unvarnished greed and corruption outside and inside the halls of government with an actual event as the backdrop in this engaging and perceptive novel.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491760559
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The good life for Kevin Charles, an attorney in the small town of East Bay, Florida, mysteriously ends after his client, Victoria Roberts, discharges him from a multi-million dollar law suit. His slide down the slippery slope to personal and professional oblivion begins when Victoria files a bar grievance falsely accusing him of unconsensual sex. Why would Victoria do this? Has she lied for some nefarious reason? Or is she acting under duress? He feels someone else must be involved, but who and why? When Kevin finally learns it is one of his so-called friends, who, has embarked on a plan to exclude him as one of the attorneys chosen to sue the tobacco companies, he does not just get even, he wreaks revenge through nerve wrenching chicanery, that paradoxically leaves him close to Victoria. He feels vindicated, but is he? Unsure about himself and his life, he leaves his hometown to travel indefinitely through Europe, only to be drawn back to East Bay after a few months. But will he ever have back what he has lost? Kenneth Studstill has created a fascinating mystery of unvarnished greed and corruption outside and inside the halls of government with an actual event as the backdrop in this engaging and perceptive novel.
Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy
Author: Daniel Stuart Olmes
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1637587325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
By most measures, Daniel Olmes is an ordinary guy—but he’s learned how to live an extraordinary life. In Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy, Daniel asserts that we are all capable of being extraordinary and redefines what it means to be just another ordinary person. He is living proof that extraordinary is there for all of us. It doesn’t mean rich or famous. It doesn’t mean better. To Daniel, “extraordinary” means grateful, honest, happy, loving, fearless, and faithful. Doing extraordinary things is not what makes us extraordinary. Being extraordinary is having an extraordinary perspective on our lives and the things that happen to us. Daniel’s narrative will inspire everyone to view their lives differently, remind us of the stories that we all share, and spark a renewed curiosity about a world that’s anything but ordinary.
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1637587325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
By most measures, Daniel Olmes is an ordinary guy—but he’s learned how to live an extraordinary life. In Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy, Daniel asserts that we are all capable of being extraordinary and redefines what it means to be just another ordinary person. He is living proof that extraordinary is there for all of us. It doesn’t mean rich or famous. It doesn’t mean better. To Daniel, “extraordinary” means grateful, honest, happy, loving, fearless, and faithful. Doing extraordinary things is not what makes us extraordinary. Being extraordinary is having an extraordinary perspective on our lives and the things that happen to us. Daniel’s narrative will inspire everyone to view their lives differently, remind us of the stories that we all share, and spark a renewed curiosity about a world that’s anything but ordinary.
Knowledge Is Lonely
Author: Lonnie Hammons
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462872832
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his discovery of the New World in 1492 he was welcomed as a hero. The reception given to him by Ferdinand and Isabella was everything that he could have hoped for, and news of the new lands to the west spread quickly throughout Europe. In its essence, Knowledge is Lonely, is like that discovery so many years ago. It is an eclectic collage of short stories, and each one stands on their own. However like individual instruments in an orchestra, each story compliments the others. The end result is a symphony of melt in your mouth music that when translated into words peels back the veil of many mysteries and makes them plain. To the reader I will not divulge which story does this. I do not want to deny the pleasure that can be found in the pursuit of knowledge, but I will assure you that it is here. Lonnie Hammons
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462872832
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his discovery of the New World in 1492 he was welcomed as a hero. The reception given to him by Ferdinand and Isabella was everything that he could have hoped for, and news of the new lands to the west spread quickly throughout Europe. In its essence, Knowledge is Lonely, is like that discovery so many years ago. It is an eclectic collage of short stories, and each one stands on their own. However like individual instruments in an orchestra, each story compliments the others. The end result is a symphony of melt in your mouth music that when translated into words peels back the veil of many mysteries and makes them plain. To the reader I will not divulge which story does this. I do not want to deny the pleasure that can be found in the pursuit of knowledge, but I will assure you that it is here. Lonnie Hammons