Bücher von Sarina Wheatman

Have you ever wondered what recovery from addiction might be like, and why “they” just can’t say no? To begin with, Mimi thinks she has killed someone whilst in a blackout, she doesn’t think she is an addict and she definitely does not want recovery. She’s in Rehab. She’s in deep denial. This is a story about how therapist’s, her peers and rehab help her see, and then deal with, the truth. This book gives a birds-eye view from the inside out, how people can be moved from Denial to Recovery. Mimi meets other addicts with different addictions and through shared desperation. Find the answers and methods that start their journey, or prolong the agony. This is also an information manual that gives many descriptions of how to change what is wrong through education and support and points the reader to many resources. It is time to change perceptions about this Mental Health catastrophe, to find better solutions. This book is sad, shocking, informative, sometimes funny but ultimately hopeful. Describing how it is possible to change, get well and prosper. Denial: ‘Sincerely believing our own lies’.

Wires Untwisting is primarily a book about hope in the world of addictions.The lives of many have been blighted by untreated addiction, this book goes some way in explaining what addiction is and how to treat it. It explores at all the manifestations of the illness, from alcoholism to gaming and internet addiction, dual diagnosis and more.'Wires Untwisting' refers to the complex and baffling minds of addicts as well as the skewed attitudes that society has about addiction itself.The author, Sarina Wheatman, who has had many years of experience working with addicts, attempts to unravel some of the twists and turns in this complex mental health illness. Ultimately the reader will be left with the knowledge and information demonstrating that recovery can be achieved with the right kind of intervention and support.This book presents the reader with a choice to change long-held perceptions about addiction and shows why changing what we think could possibly encourage more to seek help or even not go down the murky road to disaster.Wires Untwisting is an uncomplicated and easy read, with many surprising facts. Anyone whose life is touched by addiction will find this book worthwhile.