It was the worst of times.I was alone and afraid.I wandered the streets of the city in search of nothing.I felt shackled by the invisible chains of depression and mental illness.My new "gods" were fear and paranoia.I worshipped them day & night.My soul screamed out to a deaf universe..."Would somebody please help me?"I had arrived at the throne of a living hell.Now...there was silence.Welcome toBipo...

So much of recovery from codependence has to do with figuring out where we stop and another person begins. Growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family often prevents us from creating healthy physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual boundaries. This pamphlet offers meaningful insight on how to build healthy boundaries.So much of recovery from codependence has to do with figuring out where we stop and another person begins. Growing up in an alcoholic o...

The power of relaxation lies within you—you may just not know how to access it. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn to use self-suggestions for deep relaxation and positive change, fight stress and stress-related illnesses, and alleviate specific problems like insomnia, chronic pain, and fatigue.New Harbinger Self-Help Essentials provide simple, effective exercises that you can use now to make lasting changes. This Essential is drawn...

New, updated edition 2023. Lyn Kelley, Ph.D. is a licensed therapist and certified relationship coach who draws from her own experience her clients' to give you the most practical and up-to-date information about addicted men. You'll learn how "bad" he is on a scale from 1 – 5. You'll know all the early warning signs, why you're attracted to him, how to respond to him, how to "help" him, the questions you MUST ask, and how to save your relationship or move on.Here's what you'll get:...

There are many publications on how to quit smoking, some made by hundreds and hundreds of pages, packed with platitudes and exhausting repetitions, offering methods absurd and inefficient, if not even harmful, usually intended to persuade the smoker with tantalizing expectations personal improvement, increased quality of life, or using smoke's demonization, terrorizing the reader with detailed illustrations of adverse effects, or serious damage and diseases that it brings, going even to do...

No one addresses the needs of a grieving person like Doug Manning. His warm, conversational style takes the reader through all the emotions and experiences that accompany the death of a loved one. Doug helps the reader through the grief journey and provides guidance, assurances and hope for healing.

A recovering Alcoholic with 12 years sobriety gives insight and tips on how to stay sober in this fast paced world.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE on how to respond to other people’s Grief and Tragic Loss.Written from the author’s personal experiences after her husband’s death by suicide this book provides advice and encouragement to anyone wanting to provide truly compassionate support to those who have experienced loss.

Grief/Consolation Written in short, to the point suggestions, Handbook of Hope provides practical, meaningful, and immediate aid for family and friends of loved ones who die by suicide. Sometimes classified as disenfranchised grief because societys attitudes do not permit normal mourning, suicide is one of the most difficult kinds of loss to cope with. Handbook of Hope is designed to help with the period immediately following the suicide as well as many months later. It points the way, ste...

There are a lot of books out there that will tell you about blindness from a medical perspective. It's tougher to find books that talk first hand about what living with blindness is like and tougher still to find books that describe blindness from a sighted family member's perspective. This book describes the true impact of blindness on day to day life."Thoughts on Blindness" provides a glimpse into the lives of a husband - who is slowly losing vision - and his sighted spouse. Above...

Your anonymous sufferer is back with new journal entries. In this edition, she delves into social topics like rights for those with mental illness, including gun control and access to affordable healthcare. She talks about the difficulties of regular, every day life and how she overcomes the obstacles. You'll discover that even the most revered individuals can fall from grace due to mental illness complications. Your anonymous sufferer takes you through her own suicide attempt, explaining ...

Journey with Kimberly through one crisis that set her up for failure and another life-altering experience that remapped her brain for success.Had the road sign read, Take a sharp right turn here and follow the path to your life-altering destiny, I would have turned and gone in another direction. The path was marked with two color-coded shapes: the green circle indicated a widely groomed, easy trail, and the blue square led to an intermediate slope. I needed the green trail that led...