Real 13th Step: discovering Donfidence, Self-Reliance, and Independence Beyond the Twelve-Step Programs

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Tina Tessina asserts that, despite the millions who've found relief from addictive and compulsive habits through 12-step programs, these same programs' insistence that members always keep coming back unwittingly fosters attitudes that can undermine independence, self-confidence, and self-reliance, the foundations of a long, successful, healthy life.

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Overview

Tina Tessina asserts that, despite the millions who've found relief from addictive and compulsive habits through 12-step programs, these same programs' insistence that members always keep coming back unwittingly fosters attitudes that can undermine independence, self-confidence, and self-reliance, the foundations of a long, successful, healthy life.

The Real 13th Step dispels the bedrock recovery principle that some people are just born with addictive personalities. Instead, Tina Tessina targets the real problem as learned dependency, and she teaches readers how to develop the three central skills of true independence: risk-taking, problem-solving, and coping with failure. She then offers practical advice about applying these principles in every aspect of our lives: relationships, work, decision-making, and managing the continuing temptations of addiction.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781564145482
  • Publisher: Career Press, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/1/2001
  • Edition description: Revised
  • Pages: 316
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.38 (h) x 1.04 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 9
Introduction 11
Author's Note 19
Pt. 1 Recovery: Stepping up From Addiction
1 Autonomy: The Real 13th Step 23
2 Dilemmas of Recovery 59
Pt. 2 Completing Recovery
3 Beyond Recovery: From Dependency to Autonomy 85
4 Deep Recovery: Learning How to Change 111
5 Completing Recovery: Facing Self 145
Pt. 3 Achieving Autonomy
6 Autonomous Thinking: Weighing Choices in Everyday Life 193
7 Autonomous Loving: Creating Healthy Relationships 229
8 Autonomous Living: The Promise and the Challenge 275
Further Study 303
Index 309
About the Author 315
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 31, 2004

    Guide to Advanced Recovery

    Are you anchored in the 12 steps and looking for some more recovery? This book is one of the best. You can attend meetings out of gratitude instead of necessity.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2001

    For People Seeking Real Independence

    Anyone seeking real independence, help with managing failure, help finding solutions to problems, and taking risks must read this enlightening work. The book includes evidence that some are not born with addictive personalities, and this reviewer discovered that the 13th step found within the pages provides answers for anyone, struggling with addiction or not, searching for their own true inner purpose, seeking more self-confidence, self-reliance, and autonomous living. The author is a licensed marriage & family therapist with 25 years experience.

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