Grab some tissues, while I take you on a journey of drug addiction, homelessness, toxic relationships, lack of self worth to been a successful online business owner and living a life of freedom. I stood in the middle of the road in my little night dress and bare feet clutching on to my nan’s hand. She was shaking telling my mum go get the front door keys, so she could lock the door. I looked at her and didn’t understand why she would say that. Have you ever felt so low the only way you can cope is through self abuse and self destruction? Addicted to abundance is an Irish girl’s struggle with pain, life, parenthood along with alcohol and drug addiction. The fight between your heart and your mind against the addict within you is not a fair fight. Some battles you win, some battles the addict wins. Just make sure, in the end you win the fucking war. I love me But I also love you & I want to help you know There is always love and light in every corner of darkness. Sometimes it’s in the form of your fight for survival of you and your son. Brave, honest and truthfully scary account of a life controlled love always Patricia P

Does it sometimes seem like your life is unreal? Perhaps it seems that your existence is more a nightmare than a dream. We never know about the private lives behind the façades people create for public consumption. Yet what shapes our lives is the raw, unvarnished, unstated, and camouflaged reality that defines our everyday existence. I grew up in such an illusion and suspected that my life was closer to the nightmare side than the dream. My dad was a recognized and renowned jazz musician. He played with and made records with the great musicians of the late twentieth century. Behind the mask of success and notoriety lurked a monster whom no one from the public would have recognized or believed existed. His own insecurity, fear, addictions, lies, and bad choices led him to be a violent abuser. Bars on the windows, secrets behind locked doors, terrors behind the mask of normalcy. I lived in a nightmare world and needed a way out. In the end, for me, there is a happy ending. What I didn't know was that, while I was able to escape the abusive situation, the abuse itself followed me. It sapped my joy and creativity. It wasn't until I fell into a hole of depression as a supposedly successful adult, a doctor, and the mother of three children that I realized there was a purpose to my pain. What did it take to crawl out of this hole? Join me as I take you on a journey of Reboot, Repair, Rebirth. Reboot your soul by breaking the silence, speaking your truth, and ending the isolation. Get to physical and emotional safety. Repair by getting help and consciously healing your mind, heart, and body. Conquer your demons and discover your inner light and resilience. Celebrate your Rebirth as a new, healing, wiser, loving, and centered being. Live intentionally and abundantly.

This story will engage, shock and make you laugh. It begins in an impoverished environment of abuse and violence. Years of drinking eventually result in a psychotic breakdown when I was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital. After escaping from this hospital I continued to make a complete mess of my life. At 34 I tried to stop drinking. Silly me! I ended up in a coma on my death bed with the delirium tremors (DTs) . This time I was sent to a rehabilitation unit where I was interned with alcoholics, drug addicts, criminals and murderers. They provided the love, support and encouragement I needed to start to build a new life. I went on to complete several degrees related to psychology, set up a successful business and travelled the world. The intentions of writing this book are not only to provide a compelling story but to impart with the psychological insights gleaned on my journey of recovery and give any reader who needs it hope and inspiration.

The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, as heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting . . . The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. As such we’ve all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption. In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain . . . and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.

Find peace amid chaos, tragedy, and pain with tools presented in this unique approach to manifestation. Messy Miracles will help readers overcome depression, heal from divorce, and conquer their addictions. Kristy's honesty is endearing and sometimes humorous as she shares a realistic view of how to manifest through the hardships of life.

In her newest book, Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes walks you through daily activities to help you transform your mindset and more effectively use your energy to propel yourself toward a life of love and abundance. You will learn tools to help you improve your patience with yourself and others; enjoy what you have in the moment; develop respect for yourself and others; forgive yourself and others; increase your earnestness (dedication) in all that you do; enhance your compassion for yourself and others; live more truthfully and authentically; and become more selfless, humble and exuberant. Links to additional video resources from Dr. Snipes' YouTube channel are also included to help you deepen your understanding of these concepts and explore additional tools.

Once an All-American elite college athlete, and now a top national sales producer with his own business, Michael seemed to be on top of the world, to have it all. Outgoing, the center of any party, an expert in his field, an in-demand golfer at customer tournaments, great family, country clubs, houses, cars - his life seemed perfect; he couldn't ask for more. Except for internal peace. What looked like the American Dream on the outside was a life of fear and increasing chaos on the inside. Once in peak physical condition, he was now a tired, severely overweight, out-of-shape man with increasing health issues. The pressures of his rapidly growing business, a family experiencing significant medical conditions, and unaddressed past traumas were getting increasingly tough to outrun. The occasional drink to relax became two and three or five to escape. As his life spiraled out of control, Michael found himself in the grips of alcoholism. His only way to deal with problems became his largest problem of all, threatening his relationships, his business, and his life. Perched on the edge of death, Michael knew he was like the cat who had used all nine of its lives. Without a miracle, he was at the end of his road. That miracle came - in an unexpected form - followed by others. The long, hard road to recovery required that he re-invent himself. He only had to Make a Beginning, and a better, richer, more rewarding life unfolded in front of him. The insights and lessons learned along the way were not his to keep but his to share, to help others seeking a better, more meaningful and peace-filled life. Join Michael as he shares his journey from disaster and loss to a life of abundance and blessings.

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