Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul Your

Find inspiration for change and personal growth in each story as people in this dynamic community share their experiences of transformation, of lives reclaimed, of relationships renewed and futures full of promise.

Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Mark Victor Hansen is a co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xv
The Recovering Journey
An Angel Wore Fur	p. 2
The Empty Chair Jenni Schaefer	p. 5
The Heap	p. 9
Touched by a Higher Power	p. 12
Silent Rage	p. 16
Summer Treasures	p. 17
The Skeleton in My Closet	p. 21
How Dry I Am	p. 24
A Little Band of Gold	p. 28
How Long Will It Last This Time?	p. 32
The Codependent Diet	p. 34
A 4C Woman	p. 37
How Am I Going to Pay for All This? Anonymous as told to	p. 41
The Letter Tracey	p. 42
Shoulders to Lean on
Friends of Bill W., Please Come to Gate…	p. 48
Around the Room	p. 50
A Miracle in the Making	p. 54
The 202 Club	p. 57
The Seat	p. 61
Serendipity or Higher Power?	p. 64
The Enabling of the Disabled	p. 67
A Promise of Spit and Dirt	p. 71
A Glimpse of Sanity	p. 73
With a Little Help from My Friends	p. 78
Dancing with the Elephant	p. 82
Finding the Healing Moments	p. 86
Charlie	p. 89
A Sense of Spirituality
My Little Son Showed Me the Way Anonymous as told to	p. 94
The Little Yellow Room My Higher Power Built	p. 96
Hope	p. 100
Healing Tears	p. 102
Free Flight	p. 105
Whispers of an Angel	p. 108
Looking for a Sign	p. 113
Recovery: A Reason as Well as a Road	p. 116
The Richest Man in the World	p. 121
A Birthday to Remember	p. 123
Angels Dancing Anonymous	p. 127
Families of Origin, Families of Choice
Panning for Gold	p. 132
Out of the Blue	p. 138
Perfect Grief	p. 141
To Do the Work of Angels	p. 145
Memory of Two Friends	p. 150
The Grace of God Shows	p. 152
A Light at the End of the Tunnel	p. 156
Time and Recovery	p. 161
What Was Left Unspoken	p. 163
Tears	p. 167
The Resilient Soul
Christmas Hope	p. 170
Amanda Stays Safe	p. 172
We Can Still Sing	p. 176
Could You Be the One?	p. 179
Choices	p. 183
Discards	p. 184
I Am the Story I Tell Myself	p. 187
Take Care of Yourself	p. 190
You Become What You Want to Be	p. 195
Carry On	p. 198
My Mom's a Party Girl	p. 199
Twenty-Four Hours to Live	p. 203
Our Community and Diversity
Vita	p. 210
My Best Friend	p. 215
As My Life Turned	p. 219
He Sat Alone	p. 222
Stress Management 101	p. 225
Build It and They Will Come	p. 227
Black Is a Primary Color	p. 232
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference	p. 235
Not a "Piece of Cake" for Me	p. 240
The Indestructible Dignity of Humankind	p. 243
Gratitude	p. 246
By the Dawn's Early Light	p. 249
Wise Beyond His Years	p. 253
Recovering Joy
Bill Saves the Bill	p. 256
My Father's Eyes	p. 259
Legacy	p. 263
Bare Bottoms and Dancing Toes	p. 268
"I Love My Body!" When Do You Ever Hear Women Say That?!	p. 273
The Dead Zone	p. 278
Late Night Movies	p. 283
Recovery's Unlikely Destination	p. 285
The Journey to Me	p. 290
From Victim to Victory	p. 295
Miracle at Wal-Mart	p. 298
Fully Recovering, Fully Alive
The Red Peanut	p. 304
The Faces of Heroes	p. 308
The Dying Battery and the Recovering Codependent	p. 311
Legacies Left Behind	p. 314
A Light Touch Anonymous as told to	p. 318
Fat, Stupid, Ugly Debrah Constance as told to	p. 320
I Will Not Give Up	p. 323
Now I Am Whole	p. 327
Out of the Mouths of Babes	p. 328
Through the Eyes of My Heart	p. 330
Fully Alive	p. 333
Who Is Jack Canfield?	p. 339
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?	p. 340
Who Is Robert J. Ackerman, PhD.?	p. 341
Who Is Theresa Peluso?	p. 341
Who Is Gary Seidler?	p. 342
Who Is Peter Vegso?	p. 342
Contributors	p. 343
Permissions	p. 350
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