Picking Up the Pieces without Picking Up: A Guidebook Through Victimization for People in Recovery
Author(s): Jennifer Storm (author) (Author)
Publisher: Central Recovery Press
Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2011
Language: English
Print length: 178 pages
ISBN-10: 1936290642
ISBN-13: 9781936290642
Book Description
“Just when you thought recovery couldn’t get any harder, life on life’s terms happens, and sometimes that means someone perpetrating violence on you or your home.” These words from the introduction of Jennifer Storm’s newest book encapsulate a very real problem facing thousands in recovery today. Being victimized by crime can be a life-altering, traumatic experience one that can potentially throw a person off the course of recovery and back into the throes of addiction. Focus is on rebuilding one’s life after the devastation of a crime or trauma, while preventing relapse and promoting healing and self-awareness. Through guided exercises, journaling, recovery reminders, and other helpful tools, readers will be empowered to move through their victimization with grace and strength.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Jennifer Storm’s Picking Up the Pieces Without Picking Up is a highly informative and insightful book for anyone who has been victimized and/or is struggling with addiction. I especially appreciated the fact that she spoke directly to those who have been sexually assaulted and tend to blame themselves for what happened to them. Her voice is one of consolation and strength to those who need it the most.
This book spoke to me in a unique way as I am currently in prison for taking two innocent lives in a horrific drunk driving accident 8 years ago. Although I’ve certainly tried to empathize with my victims’ family members, I believe this book forced me to fully grasp the magnitude of the impact of my crime on the surviving family members. This book is a must read for both victims and offenders of crime.
Martin L. Lockett. Oregon State Penitentiary
About the Author
Jennifer Storm is the Executive Director of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, PA. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Rehabilitation Services and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from The University of Phoenix. In 2002, Governor Edward G. Rendell appointed Ms. Storm as a commissioner to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. She was later appointed to the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Justice Systems Advisory committees where she also serves on the Terrorism Prevention and Local Law Enforcement Subcommittee. Her media appearances include appearances on all major networks as a spokesperson for victims rights. She has been profiled or appeared in We, Magazine for Women, Central Penn Business Journal, Curve Magazine, Rolling Stone, TIME, and many other media. Ms. Storm is the author of Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America (Hazelden, 2008) and the follow-up memoir, Leave the Light On: A Memoir of Recovery and Self-Discovery (Central Recovery Press, 2010).
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