Understanding Relapse: Shoulds Wipe Us Out and Sabotage Recovery
Understanding Relapse: Shoulds Wipe Us Out and Sabotage Recovery An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing [...]
Understanding Relapse: Toxic Attitudes or Responses to a Relapse
Understanding Relapse: Toxic Attitudes or Responses to a Relapse An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing [...]
Understanding Relapse: A Common Symptom of the Chronic Disease of Alcoholism and Addiction
Understanding Relapse: A Common Symptom of the Chronic Disease of Alcoholism and Addiction An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., [...]
12 Core Concepts of Emotional Sobriety
12 Core Concepts of Emotional Sobriety For more read 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing [...]
Don’t Confuse a Spiritual Solution with a Spiritual Bypass
An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recoveryby Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Don't Confuse a Spiritual Solution with a Spiritual [...]
Spirituality as Avoidance (Luther’s Story)
An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recoveryby Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Spirituality as Avoidance (Luther's Story) Luther, a client [...]
Summary: Digging in the Muck
An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Summary: Digging in the Muck When [...]
Understanding Emotional Sobriety | Part One
Understanding Emotional Sobriety: John's Anxiety is Caused by Lack of Emotional Sobriety An excerpt from 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs are Gone by [...]
Understanding Emotional Sobriety | Part Two
Understanding Emotional Sobriety: Emotional Differentiation An excerpt from 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs are Gone by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing [...]
Understanding Emotional Sobriety | Part Three
Understanding Emotional Sobriety: Bill W.'s Letter on Emotional Sobriety An excerpt from 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs are Gone by Allen Berger, PhD., [...]
Recovery Today | Emotional Sobriety in Relationships
Earnie Larsen, author of “Stage II Recovery - Life Beyond Addiction” helped us understand that recovery unfolds in stages. The first stage is concerned with getting and staying clean and [...]
Serene Scene Magazine
Andrew: I have the distinct pleasure of sitting with Dr. Allen Berger, Ph.D., practicing in Hermosa Beach and in Westlake Village, California. Author of the awesome books, 12 Hidden Rewards [...]
Dr. McGee: 12 Stupid Things
First there were the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Now, Allen Berger, Ph.D. has come up with 4 gems that all contain dozens of benefits for those in recovery from [...]
Learning and Growing from Our Past
So many of are plagued by painful past experiences. Regardless of what happened, we can find ourselves stuck in the past. This creates much sober suffering (a wonderful term coined [...]
Recovery Matters | Part Three
Recovery Matters An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Nearly every serious [...]
Recovery Matters | Part Two
Recovery Matters An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Nearly every serious [...]
Recovery Matters | Part One
Recovery Matters An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Nearly every serious [...]
A Hidden Reward of Making Amends: Nathan (Part Three)
Nathan An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing Part three of a [...]
What Does a Dry Drunk Look Like? | Louise (Part Two)
Louise: Part Two An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing An excerpt [...]
What Does a Dry Drunk Look Like? | Louise (Part One)
Louise Part One An excerpt from 12 More Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing An excerpt [...]