Acknowledgments  vii
Introducing Creative Recovery  1

Part One: Preparing
Chapter 1: Biological Risks  23
Chapter 2: Other Risks  52
Chapter 3: The Abuse Continuum  79

Part Two: Working
Chapter 4: Accepting the Call to Change 105
Chapter 5: Your Addiction Challenges  122
Chapter 6: The Existential or Spiritual Leap  149
Chapter 7: Your Creative Nature  171

Part Three: Living
Chapter 8: Early Recovery  193
Chapter 9: Ongoing Recovery   215
Chapter 10: Creating in Recovery  243

Resources  263
Index 277
About the Authors  285