Secondly, you may notice a few updates to the appearance of our site. We strive to make RecoveryView.com a user-friendly site, where you can easily find the information you need. And, finally, we have given one aspect of our online community its own page: the newly launched RecoveryView.com Book Club.
We are so thrilled to bring you the first installation of our Book Club, featuring CC Nuckols’ book, The Ego-Less Self. Additionally, we highlight Allen Berger’s 12 Stupid Things that Mess Up Recovery and Dr. Stephen Grinstead’s Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders & Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide. We hope you will visit our Book Club page to learn about these wonderful titles and to find out how you might get your book featured in an upcoming issue.
Beginning this issue is Dr. Tian Dayton, who describes what an ACOA is and what unique challenges they face as adult children of an alcoholic.
We are very pleased to share an article from esteemed author, speaker and educator, John Bradshaw. He elucidates the tenets and practice of “Spirituality in Everyday Life”, revealing that it is attainable for every one of us.
Next, new RecoveryView.com author Mary Masi explores the changing landscape of drug- and alcohol-related crimes. As a top criminal defense attorney for more than 25 years, she lends the breadth of her experience to shed an interesting light on the subject.
Also new to our stable of authors are Michael Ortiz-Hill and Brandon Beckman, who have devised a spiritually insightful approach to an AA classic: The Twelve Steps of Recovering the Heart, borne out of personal insights while teaching the Craft of Compassion to doctors and nurses. It is a thought-provoking perspective on the importance of paying special attention to the emotional and spiritual side of recovery.
Dr. Jack Hinman returns this month to illuminate certain hazards related to teens and the Internet, and how to detect if your child, or one you know, may be at risk for falling into its specific traps.
Another new author, Kansas Cafferty, discusses how treatment centers might more effectively treat co-occurring eating disorders and substance abuse. He points out that many traditional drug and alcohol treatment approaches simply do not work when coupled with the unique issues an eating disorder brings into the milieu.
Penelope Richards, a lifelong dancer and recovering alcoholic herself, shares how dance and yoga have helped keep her sober for more than 25 years. She draws many parallels to the principles of these two forms of movement and how they can translate into recovery principles, strengthening one’s self-image and creating a healthy environment in which to thrive.
In this month’s Member Spotlights, we meet Dr. Stephen Sideroff of Moonview Sanctuary, a veteran in the brain research arena and pioneer in the many applications of neurofeedback, and a charter RecoveryView.com member and contributing author – we are indeed thankful for his continued support. Secondly, we highlight NuHab, a new outpatient treatment center to the Los Angeles area, which brings an interesting facet to the recovery process – you will be happy you know about them.
We are so thrilled with all of our updates and additions, and we hope you will be too. We are so fortunate to have such an involved readership and we genuinely welcome your feedback and thank you for it in advance. Please send your comments to cmasters@recoveryview.com. All of us here wish you a blessed summer, full of relaxation and fun with those you love.
