Easy Does It Dating Guide

September 15, 2004
This groundbreaking book aims to help addicts recovering from "any and all substances or behaviors" play the dating game. Readers will appreciate the perspective of Faulkner, herself a recovering addict who knows that perfection is not a realistic life goal; instead, dating is seen as a process, like recovery and life itself. Often laugh-out-loud funny, this work focuses on remaining clean and sober while dating and tries to steer readers clear of common pitfalls (e.g., "two wounded people desperately searching for someone else to fill the void isn't a relationship; it's a guaranteed train wreck"). For most public libraries and essential for recovery collections.

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