Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts

· Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Karen White
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5 hr 25 min
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A relative or friend has finally taken those tentative first steps toward sobriety. With the relief of this life-changing course of action comes a new and difficult set of challenges for recovering addicts and those who love them. Family members and friends often find themselves unsure of how to weather such a dramatic turn, as the rules and routines of their relationships no longer pertain.



Everything Changes assuages fears and uncertainty by teaching loved ones of newly recovering addicts how to navigate the often-tumultuous early months of recovery. Beverly Conyers, author of the acclaimed Addict in the Family, again shares the hope and knowledge that she gained as a parent of a recovering addict by focusing on the aftermath of addiction. She outlines the physical and psychological changes that recovering addicts go through, and offers practical tools to help family members and friends:


  • build a fresh, rewarding relationship with the addict

  • be supportive without setting themselves up for disappointment

  • avoid enabling destructive behavior

  • set and maintain boundaries

  • cope with relapse

  • deal with the practicalities of sober living

About the author

Beverly Conyers is an editor and freelance writer who lives in New England. She is the author of Addict in the Family, Everything Changes, and The Recovering Heart.

Karen White has been narrating audiobooks since 1999, with more than two hundred to her credit. Honored to be included in AudioFile's Best Voices and Speaking of Audiobooks's Best Romance Audio 2012 and 2013, she is also an Audie Award finalist and has earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards.

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