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"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly."
--Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within

"Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book."
--Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide

In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance.

Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness to be aware of-- and enjoy-- life in the present moment without the need to enhance or avoid experience with addictive behaviors. Mindful Recovery guides you step by step through ten powerful "doorways" to mindful recovery, giving you specific strategies that can help you cultivate a sense of calm awareness and balance in your life.

Filled with personal stories of recovery, practical exercises, instructions for meditation, and more, Mindful Recovery accompanies you on a journey of exploration and healing that will help you find the strength and the tools to change, leading you to a fresh new experience of everyday living.
Foreword by G. Alan Marlett, Ph.D.

Acknowledgments.

Part One: Mindful Recovery.

Introduction: Getting to Here and Now.

The Process of Change.

Part Two: The Ten Doorways to Mindful Recovery.

Doorway One: Seeing the Magic of the Ordinary.

Practice: Be Aware of Your Breathing.

Practice: Reclaim the Magic.

Practice: Establish Moments of Mindfulness.

Practice: Stop Making Hope an Obstacle.

Practice: Recognize Enough.

Doorway Two: Telling Life Stories.

Practice: Write Your Own Obituary.

Practice: Claim Your Freedom.

Practice: Weigh the Pros and Cons of Sin/Redemption.

Practice: Contact the Hero Within

Doorway Three: Journaling.

Practice: Learn to Write without Censoring.

Practice: See Mistakes as Part of Living.

Practice: Identify the Chapters of Your Life.

Practice: Write Your Own Unique Life Line.

Doorway Four: Meditating.

Practice: Establish a Meditation Practice.

Practice: Experience the Breath as Happening of Itself.

Practice: Learn Not to Struggle.

Doorway Five: Recreation and Nature.

Practice: See Yourself and the World as Not Two.

Practice: Use Television Mindfully.

Practice: Shop for True Necessities.

Doorway Six: Loving.

Practice: See It from Their Perspective.

Practice: See Each Other at Meals.

Practice: Listen Deeply.

Practice: Enjoy Mindful Touching.

Doorway Seven: Dreaming.

Doorway Eight: Working.

Practice: Meditate on Work as Blessing and Curse.

Practice: Find Alternative Ways to Restore Yourself after Work.

Practice: Transform Your Thinking.

Doorway Nine: Transforming Negative Emotions.

Practice: The Five Remembrances.

Practice: The Four Noble Truths.

Doorway Ten: Living Moment by Moment.

Practice: Imagine Nothing.

Recommended Reading.

Index.

Sujets

Santé et bien-être

Bien-être émotionnel

Neurology

Alan Marlatt

Buddhism

Outline of Buddhism

Médecine

Medical

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	03 août 2007
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470245576
Langue	English

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The practice of mindfulness is the Buddha s main ingredient in his recipe for lasting peace, happiness and enlightened living. It is only through experiencing this with ourselves that we can heal what ails us, transform ourselves and our relationships, and find true purpose and fulfillment. This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly.
-Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within
Mindful Recovery combines two hitherto unrelated worlds-that of modern cognitive therapy and Buddhist reflection. The connection makes incredible sense, since Buddhism is not a religion in the traditional sense so much as it is a method for directing one s thoughts and experiences. By centering oneself in one s here-and-now, lived experience, addicts can avoid the infantilism, the regrets, the efforts to seek unrewarding rewards that are the basis for self-destructive behaviors. By reading about and applying these techniques, individuals can work on the internal urges that accompany their addictive problems.
-Stanton Peele, Ph.D., author of The Truth About Addiction and Recovery and The Meaning of Addiction
Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the one true way will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book.
-Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide
The material in Mindful Recovery offers mindfulness meditation as a powerful antidote to addiction as a disease of the mind. Thomas and Beverly Bien have combined their professional experience as both therapists and practitioners of meditation in providing readers with a series of Doorways into mindful recovery from addictive behaviors. This is truly a book that opens many doors to greater awakening and self-awareness. The noted analyst Carl Jung once described many alcoholics as frustrated mystics who were distracted in their quest by the spirits in the bottle instead of pursuing the true pathway of spiritual awakening. Readers who identify with the frustrated-mystic group will find the path to spiritual liberation in the Doorways of this excellent book.
-from the foreword by G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Director, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington
Mindful Recovery

A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction
Thomas Bien, Ph.D. Beverly Bien, M.Ed.
Copyright 2002 by Thomas Bien and Beverly Bien. All rights reserved Foreword copyright 2002 by G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.
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To Joshua Bien and Stacy Roalsen
The sage accomplishes very much indeed because it is the Tao that acts in him and through him. He does not act of and by himself, still less for himself alone. His action is not a violent manipulation of exterior reality, an attack on the outside world, bending it to his conquering will: on the contrary, he respects external reality by yielding to it, and his yielding is at once an act of worship, a recognition of sacredness, and a perfect accomplishment of what is demanded by the precise situation.
-Thomas Merton, Mystics and Zen Masters (1967)
Contents

Foreword by G. Alan Marlett, Ph.D.
Acknowledgments
Part One: Mindful Recovery
Introduction: Getting to Here and Now
The Process of Change
Part Two: The Ten Doorways to Mindful Recovery
Doorway One: Seeing the Magic of the Ordinary
Practice: Be Aware of Your Breathing
Practice: Reclaim the Magic
Practice: Establish Moments of Mindfulness
Practice: Stop Making Hope an Obstacle
Practice: Recognize Enough
Doorway Two: Telling Life Stories
Practice: Write Your Own Obituary
Practice: Claim Your Freedom
Practice: Weigh the Pros and Cons of Sin/Redemption
Practice: Contact the Hero Within
Doorway Three: Journaling
Practice: Learn to Write without Censoring
Practice: See Mistakes as Part of Living
Practice: Identify the Chapters of Your Life
Practice: Write Your Own Unique Life Line
Doorway Four: Meditating
Practice: Establish a Meditation Practice
Practice: Experience the Breath as Happening of Itself
Practice: Learn Not to Struggle
Doorway Five: Recreation and Nature
Practice: See Yourself and the World as Not Two
Practice: Use Television Mindfully
Practice: Shop for True Necessities
Doorway Six: Loving
Practice: See It from Their Perspective
Practice: See Each Other at Meals
Practice: Listen Deeply
Practice: Enjoy Mindful Touching
Doorway Seven: Dreaming
Doorway Eight: Working
Practice: Meditate on Work as Blessing and Curse
Practice: Find Alternative Ways to Restore Yourself after Work
Practice: Transform Your Thinking
Doorway Nine: Transforming Negative Emotions
Practice: The Five Remembrances
Practice: The Four Noble Truths
Doorway Ten: Living Moment by Moment
Practice: Imagine Nothing
Recommended Reading
Index
Foreword

I once saw a cartoon that depicted two meditators seated next to each other, one a wizened old monk, the other a young novice with a perplexed expression on his face. The monk tells his young student, Nothing happens next. This is it!
For people who suffer from addictive behaviors, the present moment is never enough because the mind is focused on what happens next-the next fix is more important than accepting that This is it in the here and now of the present moment. As stated clearly throughout this fine book, Mindful Recovery , the practice of mindfulness or the development of what the authors describe as a quality of calm awareness is an excellent antidote for the addicted state of mind. It is as if the addicted individuals cannot accept the impermanence and change associated with moment-to-moment experience of life without fixing themselves by taking a substance or engaging in another addictive behavior in a vain attempt to create a permanent high that would provide an avoidance or escape from the painful lows of living.
In my own clinical practice with clients with addictive behavior problems, I have found meditation to be a powerful tool in relapse prevention. One client, a woman who came for therapy for co-occurring alcohol dependence and depression, decided to extend her practice by attending a ten-day meditation retreat. After the retreat was over, she told me that she had learned to accept and tolerate the endless pattern of urges and cravings that used to drive her to drink. In meditation, she came to observe the rise and fall of urges, as if they were waves on the sea, without being wiped out by them. She had learned the technique of urge surfing, one of the practices described in this book. As she explained, she no longer felt dictated to by her urges to drink when she experienced painful emotions. She reminded me that the Latin root for the term addiction is the same as for the word dictator . Instead of giving into the urge, as her mental dictator used to command, she was able to accept it as just another thought rising and falling like a wave passing through her mind. Meditation helped her think outside of the box of addicted thinking.
As a researcher, I have conducted several studies on the effects of meditation on addictive behaviors. In one study, we recruited heavy social drinkers who were willing to volunteer for a program that would teach them new ways to relax and manage stress. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three six-week training programs: meditation, deep muscle relaxation, or a control group who engaged in quiet reading for the same ti