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    Welcome Home: Release Addictions and Return to Love
    Welcome Home: Release Addictions and Return to Love
    Welcome Home: Release Addictions and Return to Love
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    Welcome Home: Release Addictions and Return to Love

    By Dr. Suzanne Gelb, PhD, JD

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    Addiction is hellish, lonely, and exhausting. Whether your "drug of choice" is food, alcohol, sex, narcotics, gambling, all, some, or none of the above, when you are caught in the grip of addiction it can be so difficult to heal and set yourself free. Difficult, but not impossible.

    I am living proof. And so are people whom I've coached and counseled over the past 30-plus years.

    As for me, today I am a successful professional with a fulfilling life. But in the past, I was a tormented person with a void inside of myself—a void that I tried to fill with food, with achievements, with awards, with praise, with all kinds of external experiences and substances.

    None of it worked. The temporary comfort that I found was always just that: temporary. The void would always return—along with the compulsive, self-sabotaging behaviors that hindered my life and that I loathed so much..

    Through a process of self-discovery—supported by some incredible teachers and mentors—I began to learn that love, security, comfort, and peace cannot be found in a bottle, in a pint of ice cream, or in someone's bed. These qualities must come from within. These are qualities that we can generate inside of ourselves—like the sun generating its own warmth and light—without requiring any external substances to do so.

    Once I learned how to do this—once I learned how to become "emotionally self-reliant," generating the feelings that I craved for myself, by myself—then I found—as did many of the people whom I subsequently coached and counseled—that our previous "drug of choice" no longer held power over us.

    We found that our addictions and compulsions subsided. Like a true miracle, we felt at peace and at home within our own lives.

    This is what my book, Welcome Home, is all about.

    I originally wrote this book in 1990. In honor of its 25th anniversary, I re-released the book with updates and additions in 2015.

    Welcome Home is written in a personal diary format (but it is not a replica of any actual, personal diary). I chose this diary format because it captures not only my personal struggle with addiction, my healing journey, my challenges and some of the lessons that I learned along the way, but it also reflects my years of professional experience in supporting others through the struggles and triumphs of releasing addictions.

    And as you read this book, you may feel like this could be your diary… your story. That was my intent—that the diary entries touch people who been gripped by addictions.

    Each entry is followed by a "self help suggestion": a brief exercise that can be done at any time. You can read the book chronologically or flip around and soak in a passage that calls to you.

    I hope that Welcome Home becomes a much-loved addition to your library—perhaps resting on your bedside table or on your desk, somewhere visible, serving as a daily reminder that with patience and courage, it is possible to learn how to become emotionally self-reliant: depending on ourselves, not external substances, to successfully handle life's challenges, and to provide all of the love, happiness, and comfort that we could possibly desire.

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    —Approximate File Size: 915 KB
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    —Approximate Paperback Length: 134 pages

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuzanne J. Gelb PhD, JD
    Release dateSep 13, 2019
    ISBN9781950764235
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      Welcome Home - Dr. Suzanne Gelb, PhD, JD

      Dr. Suzanne Gelb, PhD., JD

      FIRST EDITION

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      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be

      reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express

      written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief

      quotations in a book review.

      Copyright © 2019 Suzanne J. Gelb, Ph.D., J.D.

      Manufactured in the United States of America.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-950764-23-5

      www.DrSuzanneGelb.com

      OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

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      It Starts With You – How to Raise Happy, Successful Children by Becoming the Best Role-Model You Can Possibly Be. A Guidebook For Parents.

      How to Get Your Kids to Cooperate and Help Them Become the Best Grown-Ups They Can Be. (A Life Guide.)

      Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices About Dating and Sex. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Get Ready to Be a Parent and Be the Best Mom or Dad You Can Possibly Be. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Forgive the One Who Hurt You Most. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Deal With People Who Drive You Absolutely Nuts. (A Life Guide.)

      Aging With Grace, Strength and Self-Love. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Navigate Being Single and Savor Your Dating Adventure. (A Life Guide.)

      The Love Tune-Up: How to Amp Up the Love That’s Naturally Inside You to Enjoy Happy, Healthy Relationships.

      How to Rekindle That Spark and Create the Relationship and Sex Life That You Want. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Find Work That You Love When You’re Stuck in a Job That You Hate. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Reach Your Ideal Weight Through Kindness, Not Craziness. (A Life Guide.)

      How to Care for Yourself When You’re a Caregiver for Somebody Else. (A Life Guide.)

      Real Men Don’t Vacuum. And Other Misguided Myths That Cause Conflict in Relationships.

      DEDICATION

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      If you yearn for inner peace — if you yearn to feel at home in your body, in your environment, and in your life — this book is dedicated to you.

      May the pages of this book help you to find your way home —back to the infinite source of peace, creativity, confidence, and unconditional love that you were born with, that you still possess, even now, and that is waiting inside of you, waiting to be rediscovered...

      You matter, too.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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      They say it takes a village to raise a child.

      It definitely takes a village to give birth to a book, too!

      So many people have touched my life, in one way or another, helping to bring this book into the world.

      I’d like to thank...

      - My parents, siblings, relatives, friends, teachers, mentors, ex-boyfriends, and clients — all of the innumerable people who have shaped my life through the years. Thank you for the blissful times, the peaceful times, and even the challenging times. Even the difficult, awkward, uncomfortable moments of shaping were valuable and taught me so much. Every experience carries with it a lesson — an opportunity to grow. For each lesson, I am grateful. Thank you.

      - My support team here in Hawaii: You’re so humble that you prefer not to be named, and all of the cats, chickens, roosters, geckos, occasional peacocks and rabbits, and other beautiful creatures who frolic around my property and keep me company.

      - Mother Nature, the sun, air, and ocean. When I need replenishment, you are always there, infinitely giving, unconditionally loving, and you never require anything in return.

      - My mentor and dearest friend, JW, for years of guidance and support (JW, I still feel your beautiful presence, even though you are no longer living here on this earth).

      - Alexandra Franzen for helping me to do my best writing and for her creative insights and ageless wisdom.

      - Woz Flint for her eagle-eyed proofreading.

      Thank you, all of you, deeply and fully.

      This book wouldn’t be here without your presence in my life, through the years and today.

      Thank you.

      CONTENTS

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      FOREWORD

      DISCLAIMER

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER ONE

      Emotional pain and addictions go hand in hand. This chapter offers support to heal this pain (perfectionism, fear of rejection and abandonment, self-neglect, insecurity, guilt, low self-esteem, compulsiveness, approval-seeking).

      CHAPTER TWO

      Each moment in life offers us an opportunity to change and grow. This chapter is about helping yourself step out of the addictive cycle by: taking action and freeing yourself from negative fear, erasing guilt, self-care, weeding out

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