The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery

A Practical Guide to Regaining Control over Your Life

By: Lawrence A. Peltz MD, Ronald D. Siegel PsyD - foreword

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Mindfulness, the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is, is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Because at the heart of addiction is the fear of painful emotional states, addicts compulsively seek drugs and alcohol to avoid or escape emotional pain. Mindfulness, on the other hand, helps us develop greater acceptance and ease with life’s challenges, as well as greater self-compassion.

Here, Dr. Lawrence Peltz, who has worked as an addiction psychiatrist for more than two decades, draws from his clinical experience and on the techniques of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to explain the fundamental dynamics of addiction and the stages of the recovery process, and also gives us specific mindfulness exercises to support recovery.

©2013 Lawrence A. Peltz (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

The missing piece

The missing piece when the physical addiction is not the problem anymore.
Addiction is the sum of a long series of moments, that at some point constituted the present, and finally add up into what is called addiction. And this book points to those moments and how to deal with them.
By analyzing the "present" one can find also deeper roots of what has caused or is causing the addition.
For me this book is a master peace. I'm going to hear it again because I don't want to miss any detail.

So Good

Thanks to Dr. Peltz for a book that has given me fresh insights and numerous tools to become more mindful in a straightforward and entertaining format but with real meat. In fact, I often had to listen to chapters twice just because it was so meaningful. Also, Mr. Al-Kaisi’s narration was easy to listen to.

helpful book for those with addictions

insightful, helpful in understanding addictions and how mindfulness plays a part in the recovery process.

Hits all nails on the head for me!

Discovered through this exactly my root issue with substance abuse/ use. Wow. Amazing. Hope it helps you. Keep opened mind amd it will work!

A great book to listen to for addicts.

Very deep and informative. Gave me a lot to think abou in my own recovery..

Amazing so far

4 chapters in and I’ve been in many tears as it reflects upon truth about people I love and know.

This is real talk, and this narrator should do every book on Audible as he’s amazing.

I will add to this review when I’m done but so far it’s amazing.

Plenty of gold

Lots of easy to remember lines and mantras, definitely worth the read. A good read.

Learned so much

As a therapist I use so much of this learning with my clients. I also recommend to family members.

Addiction

this book was very educational and helpful and helped me understand myself and how to fix the things I need to

So happy I accidentally listened to this

Was listening to another book about mindfulness and somehow ended up on this one before I knew it. One of the most important books I’ve ever “read,” even though I’m someone without clear addictions. For me the book really explained so much of the intricacies of any compulsive or avoidance behavior so many of us have in small and large ways, and presented techniques and ideas for addressing this. I learned a lot that I have put into use. I have listened to this book at least five times at this point, very rare for me.