The Healing Journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics

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InterVarsity Press, 2009 M11 21
I feel like people leave me abandoned all the time. Sometimes I'm so afraid for what seems like no reason. I just don't seem to have any energy. Why do the same thoughts keep racing through my mind? I usually don't feel happy or sad. If there isn't real excitement, I feel bored. I want to be close to people, but I just never make it. Do you see yourself in this list? Children of alcoholic parents have suffered wounds that affect their lives for years to come. They learn to protect themselves from the pattern of hurt that they have come to expect in life. The results of such constant vigilance against pain can range from ulcers, sleeplessness, addictions, depression and anger to a string of broken relationships. But adult children of alcoholics can go through a healing journey that will help them recover from their painful past and be set free to live as God intended. Daryl Quick takes readers step by step through new ways of feeling, thinking and acting that will replace the ineffective patterns they have been locked into for years. With moving stories and helpful exercises, Quick shows how adult children of alcoholics can find hope and healing. A book for those who want to recover from their past.
 

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Contents

The Journey Begins
9
Surviving the Trauma
12
Roadblocks on the Healing Journey
21
The AAA Recovery Format
33
Discovering Our Emotions
44
The Variety of Feelings
51
Healing Emotions The Need for a Comforter
63
Healing Emotions Grief
76
Renewing Our Minds Challenging Our SelfTalk
99
Renewing Our Minds More Strategies
113
Building Awareness of Our Behavior
127
Changing Our Behavior
140
Recovering Relationships
153
The Journey Continues
168
Bibliography
179
Copyright

Building Awareness of Our Thoughts
89

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About the author (2009)

Daryl E. Quick is CEO and president of Western Psychological and Counseling Services, having earned his Ph.D. from the Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. He also speaks and presents throughout the Northwest on the issues dealt with by adult children of alcoholics.

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