Easy Does It Dating Guide: For People in Recovery

by Mary Faulkner

Book Overview

A straightforward, yet lighthearted, look at what it takes to enter or reenter the world of dating--clean and sober style. How much of your past should you share? Is it wise to date another addict in recovery? What should you do if you're attracted to a problem drinker? These are important questions in any dating relationship, but even more critical for individuals who are in recovery. This Step-friendly, one-of-a-kind dating guide offers frank yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592851002
• ISBN13: 9781592851003
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Glad I bought it

I'm in recovery and the whole dating /relationship issue is hugh for me. I need all the guidance and help I can get. I like this book. To me it is just a little more support. Most of the people I know in recovery could benefit from this. In a new relationship we tend to get messed up and our recovery needs to still be our number one priority. No matter how long we have been clean and sober. The more we hear that message the better and healthier we and our relationships can be.

This book could save your life

If you willing to be rigorously honest with yourself this book can help you recognize where you are going wrong or right in relationships. It helped me recognize that what I was feeling was ok and I was right to set boundaries and stick to them. Most of us couldn't recognize a "normal" relationship if it smacked us across the face, relearning how to function as a sober person is difficult, this book helped me immensely.

A powerful and effective tool for getting over relationship

Mary Faulkner is a therapist working with people in recovery from addictions and abuse. Owner and director of the Institute of Integrated Healing Arts in Nashville, Tennessee and founding editor of "Recovering Magazine", she draws upon her many years of experience and expertise in Easy Does It Dating Guide to guide the reader through the "traps, triggers, and traumas" of recovering from romantic involvements -- especially the ones that end badly because of alcoholism or addiction. Readers will learn how to know when they are once again ready to start dating; whether it is wise to date other alcoholics and/or addicts in recovery; what happens if they are attracted to a problem drinker or drug users; how much information should be shared about their past; and what's realistic to expect (or not expect) from relationships. The Easy Does It Dating Guide is a powerful and effective tool for getting over relationship fears, getting past roadblocks to intimacy; dealing with false romantic fantasies, and more. If you are in recovery (or dating someone who is), then give Mary Faulkner's Easy Does It Dating Guide a careful reading from cover to cover.