Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself - 2nd Edition by Candace Plattor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>If you are in a relationship with an addict, your own self-care is likely suffering. The first step in helping an addicted family member is to learn how to "detach with love" and start looking after your OWN needs. You need to focus on changing your behavior and taking responsibility for the things you CAN change. This book outlines how.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Loving someone who has an addiction problem is like being trapped on a roller-coaster of painful emotions.</p><p>You never know what's going to happen from one moment to the next. It can be like living a re-occurring nightmare that you can't wake up from.</p><p>The ongoing lies and the broken promises, the constant worry and fear, the dwindling hope that someday things will change.</p><p>You know the story...</p><p>It's downright exasperating.</p><p>Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, friend, or colleague, the goods news is there <em>is</em> a way to end your suffering and <strong><em>Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction </em></strong>shows you how.</p><p>It doesn't matter what kind of addictive behavior your loved one is struggling with.</p><p>It could be alcohol and drug misuse; an eating disorder; smoking; gambling; an Internet, relationship, or sex addiction; or compulsive shopping and over-spending.</p><p>All addictions have negative consequences for loved ones.</p><p>It's not news that many family and friends get caught in the "cycle of addiction" and don't know how to untangle themselves from the spiral of destruction the addict is engaging in.</p><p>Candace shows you that the key to changing this painful reality for yourself lies in shifting your focus from your loved one's addiction to your own self-care.</p><p>She shows you how to stop doing the things that are not only making your own life miserable, but which are also "enabling" the addict to continue on the path of destruction.</p><p>However, thanks to this ground-breaking book you can now discover how to help yourself disengage from the ugly path of addiction.</p><p><strong><em>Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself</em></strong><strong> Shows You How to Stop the Cycle of Pain and Chaos</strong></p><p><strong><em>Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself </em></strong>presents a dramatically fresh approach to help you get off your loved one's roller-coaster chaos of addiction, maintain your own sanity and serenity, and live your best life.</p><p>The book clearly and simply outlines 10 things you can do to take back control of your life. It covers all aspects of loving an addict. It will help you: </p> <ul> <li>Understand the true nature of addiction.</li> <li>Face the truth even when you don't want to.</li> <li>See your own behavior more clearly.</li> <li>Set boundaries with the addict when they ask for something that will only hurt them--or you--further.</li> <li>And most importantly, how to look after YOU.</li> </ul> <p>This book helps you see that it's not your fault. Your intentions have been in the right place, you just haven't known what to do. You've done everything you can to try to help, and yet nothing you've done has worked. It's time for a new approach--an approach that works!</p> <p>Even though it may seem daunting at first to cease engaging in behaviors that appear to help your loved one, <strong><em>Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself</em></strong> describes how once you take this crucial step, not only does your life start getting better, but it also encourages the addict to make important decisions that could end up being life changing for them as well.</p> <p>Although Candace acknowledges that the addict may be helped through the actions you take to help yourself, the central theme of the book is that -- no matter what -- <strong>you must make this shift for your own sake!</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself by Candace Plattor provides a ten-step roadmap to regaining control over lives side-tracked by an addict. Her approach, grounded in self-examination, self-respect and self-care, guides us through the changes we need to make in order to break the cycle that holds us at the addict's beck and call.</em></p><p><em>From facing reality to rebuilding our lives, the strategies described by Plattor apply not only to those with an addict in their lives but to anyone impacted by poor choices made by others.</em></p><p><em>Easy to read. Highly recommended. </em>"</p><p><strong>Jose Sigouin</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>"We have never met nor have had any contact except through your most amazing book.</em></p><p>My friend had your book out on his desk and the title grabbed my attention straight away so, I picked it up and started reading it.</p><p>You captivated me right from the very beginning. It was as if you were talking directly to me about all my very own thoughts and feelings, and that is why I knew I needed a copy of this book for myself.</p><p>I know already that it is going to change my life."</p><p><strong>Maria Waller</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>"Candace Plattor's work has effected a powerful positive change in my life.</em></p><p><strong>Loving An Addict, Loving Yourself</strong> was my crucial first step in breaking free from the pain of an addictive relationship. This little blue book is so wise and wonderful. It was instrumental in creating the joyful life I'm now living.</p><p>Thank you Candace!"</p><p><strong>Alexandra P.</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>"I read your book Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction from start to finish the very first night I got it. I couldn't put it down because I kept wanting to know about the next survival tip! It was a very positive read and it left me feeling relieved.</em></p><p><em>Being in a relationship with a drug addict, I had been thinking that I had to end it with him completely and never see him again. I thought this was the only way, but I'm starting to learn that pulling away from the relationship even a little bit can be a very positive thing. And focusing on myself isn't so selfish, and not a bad thing! I'm starting to do just that. I still read part of your book each night to keep my spirit uplifted.</em></p><p><em>I especially like the case studies because they give me a sense of how to go about working on the relationship in a healthy way, rather than continuing the patterns I got used to. I especially like how each case study ends off with a positive outcome for the loved one of the addicted person.</em></p><p><em>I will keep working hard toward my goals, and fulfilling my spirit at the same time. I now understand what Nelson Mandela was saying in his inauguration speech, and I'm happy to say that I'm slowly allowing my own light to shine. Thank you for your help."</em></p><p><strong>M.C.</strong></p><br>
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