Shifting Winds: Life with an Addict, Finding a PATH Forward

Do you live with an alcoholic or other type of addict? Have you tried to change them, fix them, bargain with them, fight with them, or threaten to leave them only to return to the same movie playing repeatedly? Do you caretake or enable the alcoholic — help them or cover-up for them? Is there abuse, power and control? If you answered yes, it is time to understand the life cycle of living with an alcoholic and to understand the changes both the alcoholic and the family member experiences. Shifting Winds reads like a novel but it is a real-life story about one couples’ journey down the path of alcoholism. The author, Kym Rupeiks, shares her personal story of being married to an alcoholic, giving the readers the understanding that they can empower themselves to live with, or detach with love from, an alcoholic. Through Kym’s raw and impactful life stories, the reader will peer into two lives ravaged by alcoholism and understand the changes in behaviors of the alcoholic and the family member as the addiction progresses. The book starts at the end of a thirty-nine-year relationship, showing what happens inside one (mental and physical) who becomes addicted, and then steps back to examine how the addiction started and how events in life can help shape the addiction. The author creatively turns the investigation of understanding alcoholism into a lesson of personal awareness, taking the reader down a PATH of understanding partnership, anger, tolerance and healing. You are not responsible for the addict. You are responsible for yourself. Take back your freedom. Take back your life.
ASIN: 1737588307
VSKU: BVV.1737588307.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Rupeiks, Kym
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.