But that you find resources, services, programs, support groups and, yes, maybe spirituality (meditation and mindfulness are proven therapeutic tools) to guide you through.

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One thing that does not probably help this book is that Russell is naturally a funny man, but he is talking about a very serious subject where humour works against it.While that initial heroin rush only lasts for a few minutes, the high will last for the next several hours. There is one theme - recovery - and while the structure (the 12 step program) ensures that this theme follows a trajectory, the analysis starts to feel shallow, and dare I say it, a bit prescriptive, after a while. And I don't believe feeling occasionally anxious and or depressed and or struggling with relationships or lack of direction means that you are completely 'fucked' and you have no resources or plans to get you out of this other than the 12 steps, I think that it just makes you human.

Recovery: The Workbook: A Practical Guide to Finding Freedom

This article delves deep into the top 8 ideas presented in the book, offering readers a chance to understand, reflect, and perhaps even transform their own lives. Brand’s unpublished book – Recovery: The Workbook: A Practical Guide to Finding Freedom from Our Addictions – is a follow-up to the comedian’s 2017 self-help book Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions, which is based on the 12-step programme. Packed with his individual flair, humour, honesty and creativity, this proved to be a very entertaining and intellectual read. It is a fantastic medley of honesty, humor, and compassion with eye opening perspective that invites the reader to observe any patterns of habits in their own behavior that may be unhealthy. Rusty you blimey done it again mate, I can't turn me head round without you breaking more barriers between us and a total universal collective consciousness!

There is a little anecdote in the book where Brand is speaking with a counselor, a grueling session that has gone on and detailed the darkest parts of his life and the severity of his addictions. I’m not sure to whom I would recommend this, but if you’re struggling with a demon in your life, reading this can be a first step in finding a way to be the person you’re supposed to be. There were times in this book I related so much to what he was saying it was extremely emotive for me - particularly those detailing his his day to day interaction with the world and how that lead him to feel. He has made mistakes in life (one rather famous one involving Jonathan Ross will probably never be forgotten) but he has also overcome a lot too.

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions (Audio Download

Brand understands that addiction can take many shapes and sizes and how the process of staying clean, sane, and unhooked is a daily activity. And the fact that this book may be worthwhile — if he helps one addict get out of the mess they’re in, that can’t be bad — does not conceal the fact that he’s got a long, long way to go before he kicks the fame habit.Yes, Russell emphasizes the importance of a spiritual dimension in the recovery process, guiding individuals through their journey. Russell Brand’s "Recovery: Freedom From Our Addiction" is a great guide to begin an understanding of what addiction is. But Brand’s most startling metamorphosis has been going from a debauched early life of drug and sex addiction to a healthier life of long-enduring sobriety— over 15 years and counting. When an author expresses himself with such sincerity, intimacy, and intelligence -- I am inclined to feel gratitude for the shared experience.