Freedom Your Path to Recovery

Addiction does not have to be your master or your destiny It comes in many forms, impacts millions of lives, and has caused untold pain and suffering. Yet addiction can be beaten! You have within you the power and potential to break free from the bonds of addiction! The key is to remove the veil of delusion that can hold you captive, which causes us to justify harmful behavior despite all evidence to the contrary. This book is your ticket to a new way of seeing— a new way of living. There are many well-known recovery programs that work for millions of people, but not everyone. If you have found the more common recovery solutions not a good fit for you or your situation, the message of hope inside may be just what you are looking for. Your recovery starts now. Step into the light of promise and potential!

James Vincent Eade is free from the tyranny of addiction. He earned his BA from UMass in 1978, and his MA from the University of San Francisco in 1991. He received his U.S. Chess Master title in 1981 and U.S. Correspondence Chess Master in 1984. He earned his WGO Chess Correspondence Master title in 1990, and his WGO Chess Master title in 1993. He has been the author of several chess books including the best-selling Chess for Dummies in 1996. He worked as a senior systems programmer for both AT+T and Charles Schwab. He now lives, with his wife, Sheri Anderson, in Menlo Park, California.

Preface ix
Introduction xi
Chapter One Recovery 1
Chapter Two Trauma 9
Chapter Three Community and Communication 17
Chapter Four What Happened 25
Chapter Five To AA and Beyond 33
Chapter Six Yoga and the Twelve Steps™ 39
Chapter Seven Buddhist-Based Recovery 47
Chapter Eight Power 55
Chapter Nine The God Question 63
Chapter Ten What It’s Like Now 71
Epilogue 79