This engaging guide offers strategies to help couples who drink together get sober together.
Are you and your partner curious about sobriety or better managing your drinking? In Sober Love, Dr. Joseph Nowinski offers practical advice and proven strategies to help couples end their relationship with alcohol—and redefine their relationship with each other.
Alcohol misuse can become an insidious problem for many couples. As a psychologist with extensive experience in designing effective treatment programs, Dr. Nowinski describes how and why people, and couples, develop problems with alcohol. He lays out a step-by-step approach to help readers assess their level of drinking and develop an action plan for getting and staying sober. This plan can be tailored to an individual's and a couple's journey. Crucially, Dr. Nowinski discusses common challenges to maintaining sobriety and outlines strategies for overcoming these obstacles. Sober Love is an engaging and nonjudgmental resource that can help you and your partner begin your journeys to better habits and a happier, healthier relationship.
By:
Joseph Nowinski
Foreword by:
Marvin Seppala
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781421449142
ISBN 10: 1421449145
Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Marvin D. Seppala, MD Introduction. Why This Book, and Why Now? Chapter 1. It's about Love Chapter 2. Why We Drink Chapter 3. Couples Who Chose Sober Love Chapter 4. What It Takes Chapter 5. A New Identity: The Sober Couple Chapter 6. Breaking Free and Moving Forward Chapter 7. A Recipe for Success Chapter 8. Building a Sober Lifestyle: Shared Pleasures Chapter 9. Renovating Your Lifestyle Chapter 10. Rekindling Intimacy Chapter 11. Spirituality and Sober Love Chapter 12. Coloring outside the Lines: Love and Creativity Chapter 13. Bumps and Potholes on the Road to Sober Love Chapter 14. Slipping and Sliding Chapter 15. Medications for Drinking: What You Need to Know Chapter 16. Beyond a Drinking Culture Acknowledgments Appendix. Sources and Further Reading Index
Joseph Nowinski is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist. He is the author of Recovery after Rehab: A Guide for the Newly Sober and Their Loved Ones.