Women & Recovery: Sex, Sobriety, & Stepping Up

Recovery is a lot like playing a video game—one minute we're in control, and, —the next minute we feel pursued, victimized, confused, and lost. The words in this book address that jumble of feelings, with suggestions to make the process of recovery easier, faster, and more understandable. I began my writing career in recovery with the 4th-step. Like Susan Mayer and Gabrielle Solis of Desperate Housewives, I started with 13 pages of sex and adventures, ending with a secret...that one deeply buried event of my life that I was carrying to the grave. With the self-help of a 12-step program and the loving wisdom of my first sponsor, my life, and my writing have progressed. The journey into recovered living and self-knowledge is the purpose for this collection of experiences—my own and others’—and suggestions to make that journey smoother and more enduring for you and those you love. Whether you are dependent on relationships, food, drama, drugs, alcohol, or the alcoholic, this book can help. One does not have to be a product of an alcoholic home to experience the pain of a dysfunctional family. One does not have to have used drugs to experience the pain of withdrawal—sugar, food, relationships, or even caffeine will do. This book is for anyone who seeks to improve their quality of life, who seeks a lasting and significant relationship, who is looking for practical suggestions, and specific techniques that work. This book is for you.