Mindful Recovery
A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction
Chapter One
The Process of Change
People through finding something beautiful
Think something else unbeautiful,
Through finding one man fit
Judge another unfit.
-Lao-tzu, The Way of Life, 6th century B.C.
A Life Almost Lost: Melissa's Story
"I was never going to touch a drop. I saw what alcohol did to my
parents' lives. I can still hear the screaming and shouting that
went on almost daily. My sister and I used to hug each other
to sleep, night after night. I always knew that if I ever started drinking,
I would never stop."
Melissa's prophecy eventually came true. Urged on by friends at a
college party, she finally succumbed. "My first drink actually didn't
taste that good, but I still went for the second." Despite the taste, she
immediately knew her relationship to alcohol would be a long one.
Soon Melissa began drinking regularly at dormitory parties and liv ... read full excerpt from Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction ebook
