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Finding a Purpose in the Pain: A Doctor's Approach to Addiction Recovery and Healing Original Edition
Author(s): James L. Fenley Jr (author) (Author)
- Publisher: Central Recovery Press
- Publication Date: 28 Feb. 2012
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1936290715
- ISBN-13: 9781936290710
Book Description
Finding a Purpose in the Pain charts the course Dr. James Fenley, a Tennessee internist, took as he accompanied his wife on her journey to recovery from addiction. Along the way he discovered a path to recovery from his own disease untreated depression and anxiety so severe that it landed him a stay as a patient in an institution. This led to his discovery that not only did the Twelve Steps hold the key to recovery for addicts like his wife, but that they could be used to treat his own anxiety and depression, which led to his present and fulfilling life’s work as an addiction medicine specialist. Dr. Fenley’s experience of finding a purpose in his own family’s pain is the basis of this insightful and easy-to-read book. Drawing from lectures he has developed and presented over many years, Dr. Fenley offers a multitude of recovery tools to help readers discover their own higher purpose and move toward healing. For anyone struggling or seeking to heal the emotional pain whether from addiction or other life trials this book will bring hope to a difficult time and help illuminate the path to finding relief and peace.
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About the Author
James L. Fenley, Jr.: James L. Fenley, Jr., MD is a board-certified physician in private practice and a recognized speaker in the field of addiction medicine. Dr. Fenley has twenty-five years of experience helping addicts, their family members, and other professionals who treat addiction. He also served for thirteen years as Chair or Co-chair of the Southeastern Conference on Addictive Diseases, and for the last seven years has served on the planning committee for the Cape Cod Symposium for Addiction Diseases.
