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The Real 13th Step
Discovering Confidence, Self-Reliance, and Independence Beyond the 12-Step Programs
by Tina B. Tessina
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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Career Press; Revised (September 2001)
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Preface
Since the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, twelve-step based recovery programs have proved very effective in helping victims of addictive, obsessive and compulsive behavior put a stop to that behavior and the damage it has created in their lives.

Preface
Since the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, twelve-step based recovery programs have proved very effective in helping victims of addictive, obsessive and compulsive behavior put a stop to that behavior and the damage it has created in their lives.

Chapter 1: Autonomy, Part 1
Through twenty-eight years of doing therapy, I have seen numerous clients who benefitted enormously from a recovery program and then came to me for private therapy either on the recommendation of a sponsor or a fellow member because they still had probles



Book Description

Tina Tessina asserts that, despite the millions who've found relief from addictive and compulsive habits through 12-step programs, these same programs' insistence that members always keep coming back unwittingly fosters attitudes that can undermine independence, self-confidence, and self-reliance, the foundations of a long, successful, healthy life.

The Real 13th Step dispels the bedrock recovery principle that some people are just born with addictive personalities. Instead, Tina Tessina targets the real problem as learned dependency, and she teaches readers how to develop the three central skills of true independence: risk-taking, problem-solving, and coping with failure. She then offers practical advice about applying these principles in every aspect of our lives: relationships, work, decision-making, and managing the continuing temptations of addiction.

Readers will discover how to take control of their own lives and remain free of the fear of relapse or setback in their recovery.

About the Author

Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D.Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D.

Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D., has twenty years of experience as a licensed marriage and family counselor. She is the author of seven books, including: The Real Thirteenth Step: Discovering Confidence, Self-Reliance and Autonomy Beyond the Twelve Step Programs, Gay Relationships: How to Find Them, How To Improve Them, How to Make Them Last and Lovestyles: How to Celebrate Your Differences.

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