Jolted Sober: Getting to the Moment-of-Clarity in the Recovery from Addiction

"In medicine, as in life, until the mind has been prepared to see something, it will pass unnoticed, as invisible as though it did not exist." - Ovid
It could happen at any time. You hear something, remember something, notice something, or even say something - and that's it. Suddenly, there's a kind of click inside, an Aha! For a split moment you see clearly, as though for the first time. And what you see enables you to stop drinking, drugging, overeating, smoking, spending, gambling. You've been jolted sober...In researching the phenomenon, licensed psychotherapist Sylvia Cary discovered that contrary to everything she had learned in graduate school, there indeed is such a thing as an instant cure. It's unpredictable and possible for everyone, and it can be dramatic or subtle. She also found that you can increase your odds of experiencing a jolt cure by learning about the seven ways to "romance" it. Whether it's surrounding yourself at a meeting with people who have the same problem (People Ways); playing basketball, driving, or gardening (Physical Ways); reading all about it (Intellectual Ways); turning inward to meditate (Quiet Way); altering brain chemistry through non-drug means (Brain Ways); taking samba lessons (Contrary Ways); or Hitting Bottom -- one or more of these may be the trigger for your own jolt cure. There is also life after the jolted-sober experience. A chapter on maintaining your jolt recovery explains how to guard against relapse, and a chapter on helping others is a guide for professionals, family and friends. No matter how far down you have gone, no matter how many times you've tried and failed, you can have your moment of clarity. Just reading Jolted Sober could be your first step to obtaining the enlightening and liberating jolt cure.

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