Loving Someone in Recovery: The Answers You Need When Your Partner Is Recovering from Addiction (The New Harbinger Loving Someone Series)

I guess this book could be good if you have different problems in your relationship with the addict, but the title was misleading. All it talks about is being codependent and mindfulness(if I hear this word again, I'm going to explode.) I'm not a codependent person and couldn't relate to literally anything in this book. I tried. I wanted answers on how to treat the addict. Should you drink around them? What can you do to support sobriety? What are the benefits, statistics and risks of staying in the relationship. If that's what you're looking for then don't buy this. If you're looking for a book to tell you to be mindful and breathe, this is right up your alley. It was like reading a self help book for something I don't struggle with and knowing several addicts and their families, I don't think they could relate to it either.Update 5/2018: I was too hard on this book. Once I sat down and finally read it, I had to accept some hard truths. While it didn’t help me in the way that I’d hoped, it did teach me some things I didn’t recognize in myself. I do wish it explored more in depth about living in recovery with a loved one. While you can’t control them, there are definitely things you can do to help or hurt and that’s what I was looking for but years later I did find some help in this so I wanted to update my scathing review. :)

When my partner, who had stopped drinking, admitted that "I think I might be an alcoholic" I didn't really know what to think. After a few weeks his behavior started changing, despite his protestations that he was actually much happier. Now that he wasn't drinking, I thought, shouldn't our relationship be BETTER? This didn't seem the case, and I was feeling very confused.This book has changed my life. Whether you are someone who identifies as codependent, or just someone who wants a better understanding of how to help your recovering loved one, this book WILL HELP. It helped me to understand what he is going through, even when he himself is not able to express it. It gave me the tools to take care of myself when he becomes cold or distant. I've learned how to better speak to him so that potentially destructive conversations don't end in fights. But most of all, it gave me a sense of empowerment and clarity that I was otherwise lacking in such a confusing time.I cannot recommend this book more. I have referred to it time and time again over the past few months, and while we still find ourselves in a troubling time, I feel much better equipped in my interactions with him and far happier than when I started.

I highly recommend this book about dealing with a loved one, especially a spouse, going through the recovery stages of addiction while also facing your own co-dependence. The author writes in an encouraging, light-hearted, hopeful yet direct way that makes you feel that she knows you and is right there with you in this journey. It helped enormously. I still refer to it and it has been a few years.

Dr. Berg has knocked one out of the park with her book! As a professional in the addiction recovery field, I am always looking for smart ways to help my clients. Dr. Berg's book offers an interesting framework of using mindful meditation, exercises for breeding more connection and simple advice for the codependent to find their own identity while still being involved with their recovering partner. Berg approaches relationship in a step by step fashion. Her exercises promote feelings of safety and security. Berg lays out the critical characteristics that a recovering couple needs to strive for in an easy to read format, by providing clear examples and exercises to show how to create a daily practice for engendering love and connection between partners. This one is a must read whether you are the partner working on your codependent tendencies and love someone in recovery, a recovering addict loving a recovering codependent, or a therapist that wants to help recovering couples.

The main theme of this book from my perspective was "codependency" . Honestly being someone in a non codependent type of relationship this book was not for me. I am sure it would be extremely healthy book for someone or couples with that dynamic.

Title: Great Book!"Loving Someone in Recovery" is written in such a personable and loving way that I felt like I got to know the author personally. While Berg's book helped me tremendously with my relationship with my recovering boyfriend, I believe this book should be made available at all treatment centers, libraries, and addiction professionals. This book is must read for the partners of recovering addicts, especially if they are coming home from treatment and starting on a true road of recovery. The benefits I have received from doing the simple mindful meditations alone made it worth the read. I have been looking for a book such as this and will treasure the information and guidance it has given me as a gift. Highly recommended!"

I don't usually post reviews, but this book is worth taking the time to write about! As a mental health practitioner, I am always looking for good books to recommend to patients. I work with addicts, alcoholics, and their partners. This is the first book that I can say honestly addresses not only every question my recovering codependent patients have on how to deal with their clean and sober partners, but it helped me to bring more clinical depth to my work! Berg's writing is so smart, and so funny. She cuts to the chase in a personable and loving way. I recommend this book and would suggest it to any professional or lay person. BUY IT TODAY!

Loving Someone In Recovery has some useful ideas for any couple wanting to improve their connectedness, but especially for couples where one partner is recovering from addiction.I liked that she has a lot of ideas around mindfulness and using that practice to improve your relationship.I didn’t like her overuse of mindfulness though. Felt like there were a million different mindfulness meditations to do, which was overwhelming and frankly felt like a bit too much.

I ordered a used copy for about $16, didn’t expect there to be a price tag of $3.99 left on it though…. Kind of a slap in the face 😒Haven’t got to read it yet, hoping there’s some good advice.

Before Berg's book, Beattie's Co-dependent No More, a kind of recovery bible, moved me toward freedom from choosing a partner who is self-destructive. Berg teaches, in practical, gentle, funny and encouraging words, how to heal from the need to try saving another, and moves toward how to turn my efforts to saving myself. This, just incidentally, gives the other person their best chance to move away from self-destruction.Berg's respect for people in recovery, coupled with her "try this" suggestions, make "Loving Someone in Recovery" the new bible for BOTH people in the recovering partnership. It has enriched my life.

Excellent product, exactly as described. Arrived well packaged in short order.

Highly recommend