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If you struggle with substance abuse, you may have intense feelings of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection. You may feel uncomfortable asking others for help. And when faced with difficult emotions, it's easy to fall into the habit of numbing and avoiding emotional pain with drugs and alcohol, which can leave you feeling even more shame and despair. So, how do you break this cycle and create real connections that will reward you with relief, belonging, and a sense of safety? The exercises in this workbook are based in proven-effective emotionally focused therapy (EFT)--an innovative approach for transforming the pain of addiction into a sense of love, community, and connection. Step by step, you'll build a solid foundation of self-compassion to help you heal from the underlying causes that drove you to self-medicate in the first place. Instead of trying to dull the pain at the core of your addiction, you'll discover how to develop a safety net of relationships to protect you. The more emotionally fluent you become, the more you'll learn to rely on your support network in times of distress--and the less likely you'll be to reach for substances. As you remove the obstacles that block healthy connection to others, you'll begin to resolve the pain buried deep within, and replace your addiction with a reliable, caring connection with others--and with yourself!

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Michael Barnett, LPCC, is a certified trainer in emotionally focused therapy (EFT) who has added to the canon of EFT training by helping clinicians work more effectively with trauma and addiction through the EFT lens. Barnett specializes in the use of EFT as a humanistic/experiential, attachment-based therapy to transform clients' relationship with their addictive processes. He is codirector of the Emotionally Focused Therapy Center of Los Angeles, and founder of the Atlanta Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He resides in La Crescenta, California. John Guccion is a nonfiction audiobook narrator and corporate voice-over talent based in Dallas-Fort Worth. He brings an articulate, authoritative, easy-listening approach to audiobook narration. John specializes in various genres, including arts and entertainment, biography/memoir, history, sports and outdoors, health and wellness, and parenting, relationships, and personal development. In addition to audiobooks, John writes and voices corporate, explainer, and training videos as the full-time male voice-over talent for Samsung Care. John spends his free time cheering for his alma mater Syracuse University, playing tennis and pickleball, spending family time with his wife Brandi and their dog Fletcher, and daydreaming about his next beach vacation.

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