Publisher's Synopsis
Most people who struggle with compulsive behaviors want to stop using, but they are continually overcome by their cravings. Kelly has created a framework that helps them clarify their vision of recovery and prevent relapse long term, so that they can move forward with their life with clarity, confidence and peace of mind. This is a guide to 30 days of strategic relapse prevention.Staying Sober: A Workbook for Shopping Addiction Long Term Sobriety is a relapse prevention and sobriety focused workbook which uses universal elements of effective addiction recovery to help people in recovery from shopping addiction and other compulsive lifestyles to significantly improve how they prevent relapse so they can walk tall and live free from compulsive disorders. Mary T. Kelly's Staying Sober Workbook and relapse prevention process is the solution to the struggle men and women in recovery face when trying to live lives free from addiction. This revolutionary method for the shopaholics relapse prevention provides people in recovery with a significantly effective strategy to overcome compulsive behaviors. No matter how much you crave or feel compelled to drink alcohol, or use other drugs and addictive behaviors, the Staying Sober Solution will help you to be aware of your environment and be able to prevent relapse way ahead of time. The Staying Sober Workbook does this by setting you up to reprogram your mind through reflective personal questions. This is an effective sobriety solution that will help you to stop your shopping addiction. Relapse prevention need not to be rocket science. This compulsive shopping relapse prevention workbook is a simple and easy to understand guide to a happy life that is free from addiction and stronger than the constant threat of relapse. People who use the following models of treatment found this workbook highly beneficial: -Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) -Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) -Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) -Motivational Enhancement and Interviewing-Medication-Assisted Therapies-Interpersonal Therapy-Interpersonal therapy, or IPT-Solution Focused Brief Therapy/Solution Focused Therapy-Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) -AA 12 Step meetings-Complementary TherapiesWhether you are in your early days of your recovery, well advanced with years of sobriety, you have been sober and you relapsed, or you are sober and confident, the Staying Sober Guide will forever transform the way you relate to yourself and other people, and most importantly your thought process. This is a guide to freedom from substance abuse disorders, a guide to sobriety.