Loving someone who has an addiction problem is like being trapped on a roller-coaster of painful emotions.

You never know what's going to happen from one moment to the next. It can be like living a re-occurring nightmare that you can't wake up from.

The ongoing lies and the broken promises, the constant worry and fear, the dwindling hope that someday things will change.

You know the story...

It's downright exasperating.

Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, friend, or colleague, the goods news is there is a way to end your suffering and Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction shows you how.

It doesn't matter what kind of addictive behavior your loved one is struggling with.

It could be alcohol and drug misuse; an eating disorder; smoking; gambling; an Internet, relationship, or sex addiction; or compulsive shopping and over-spending.

All addictions have negative consequences for loved ones.

It's not news that many family and friends get caught in the cycle of addiction and don't know how to untangle themselves from the spiral of destruction the addict is engaging in.

Candace shows you that the key to changing this painful reality for yourself lies in shifting your focus from your loved one's addiction to your own self-care.

She shows you how to stop doing the things that are not only making your own life miserable, but which are also enabling the addict to continue on the path of destruction.

However, thanks to this ground-breaking book you can now discover how to help yourself disengage from the ugly path of addiction.

Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself Shows You How to Stop the Cycle of Pain and Chaos

Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself presents a dramatically fresh approach to help you get off your loved one's roller-coaster chaos of addiction, maintain your own sanity and serenity, and live your best life.

The book clearly and simply outlines 10 things you can do to take back control of your life. It covers all aspects of loving an addict. It will help you:

• Understand the true nature of addiction.
• Face the truth even when you don't want to.
• See your own behavior more clearly.
• Set boundaries with the addict when they ask for something that will only hurt them--or you--further.
• And most importantly, how to look after YOU.

This book helps you see that it's not your fault. Your intentions have been in the right place, you just haven't known what to do. You've done everything you can to try to help, and yet nothing you've done has worked. It's time for a new approach--an approach that works

Even though it may seem daunting at first to cease engaging in behaviors that appear to help your loved one, Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself describes how once you take this crucial step, not only does your life start getting better, but it also encourages the addict to make important decisions that could end up being life changing for them as well.

Although Candace acknowledges that the addict may be helped through the actions you take to help yourself, the central theme of the book is that -- no matter what -- you must make this shift for your own sake

Are you in a significant relationship with someone who has an addiction? Are you frustrated with watching your addicted loved ones destroy their lives? Whether your relationship is with a family member, friend, or partner, caring about an addicted person can feel like a nightmare. If someone you love is abusing drugs or alcohol or is engaging in addictive behaviors such as disordered eating, problem gambling, smoking, Internet addiction, a controlling relationship, or compulsive overspending, there is hope. Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Workbook will show you how your life can improve by helping you to understand what will and won't work in your relationship with your addicted loved one--and in your relationship with yourself. As you become familiar with the top ten survival tips for loving someone with an addiction, you will learn how to offer healthier and more effective choices to your addicted loved one. Once you do this, you will feel a sense of realistic control in your life. In turn, this will increase your self-respect, which is, without a doubt, the most important thing you can change about yourself.

Vous sentez-vous exasp r et impuissant face la d pendance d'un membre de votre famille ?

tes-vous au bout du rouleau, ayant essay tout ce quoi vous pouviez penser afin de faire arr ter cette d pendance ?

Si une personne que vous aimez se livre des comportements de d pendance tels que l'abus d'alcool et de drogues, les troubles alimentaires, la cigarette, les probl mes de jeu, la d pendance Internet, la d pendance au sexe, les troubles d'achats excessifs compulsifs ou la d pendance affective, vous vivez sans aucun doute de l'impr visibilit dans votre relation.

Quelques-unes des motions les plus communes que vous vivrez incluent

• la culpabilit et la honte
• la col re et l'anxi t
• la confusion et l'impuissance

Que l'accro dans votre vie soit votre poux, votre partenaire, votre parent, votre enfant, votre ami ou votre coll gue, la cl pour changer cette r alit pour vous se trouve dans la redirection de l'attention que vous portez la d pendance de votre proche vers votre propre gestion de vos besoins personnels. Aimer un accro, s'aimer soi-m me les 10 trucs de survie pour aimer une personne d pendante pr sente une approche radicalement fra che pour vous aider descendre des montagnes russes chaotiques de la d pendance, pour maintenir votre propre sant mentale et s r nit et pour vivre une vie meilleure.