Marriage After Addiction: Take Back Your Life Together

by Eric Kennedy

Overview

You can recover the marriage that addiction stole from you.

When addiction hijacks a marriage, both spouses suffer, and the relationship starts to fall apart. However, with compassion, honesty, and relentless effort, healing is possible. Marriage After Addiction is a unique resource designed to help you and your spouse on the journey toward recovery. With empathy and wisdom drawn from his own addiction experience, Eric Kennedy encourages you both to show up and give your best to each other daily, even when it feels impossible. You will learn how to: 

• Rebuild broken trust and communication
• Rekindle faith and passion
• Reclaim your relationship

This guide is a companion to the recovery process and includes questions for personal reflection and couples discussion.
For maximum impact, each spouse should have their own copy to fully engage with the journey. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781960870292
Publisher:	XO Publishing
Publication date:	09/17/2024
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Eric Kennedy is an experienced recovery advocate with 15-plus years of sobriety from drugs and alcohol. He offers much-needed hope and support to couples braving the recovery process. Eric and his wife, Kristen, serve their community through Stevens Creek Church in Augusta, Georgia, where they raise their three children. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction—When Addiction Interrupts a Marriage
Chapter 1: Help! My Spouse Is an Addict!

Chapter 2: Talk to Me

Chapter 3: Finding Rhythm in Recovery

Chapter 4: The Right Game on the Right Playground
Chapter 5: You Can Be the "One"
Chapter 6: Counting the Ws 

Chapter 7: I'm Sorry

Chapter 8: Lightening the Load

Chapter 9: Restoring Intimacy After Addiction

Chapter 10: Breaking the Chains of Family Legacies

Chapter 11: Faith
Chapter 12: Give Them Hope

Chapter 13: Walking with Others Through Their Mess

Conclusion—Keep Moving Ahead

Additional Resources

Guidelines for Group Leaders

Notes