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Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One
When a mother discovers that her son is addicted to heroin, she finds herself so attached to his recovery that it disrupts her entire life. Is there a way for her to release herself from his obsession or has his addiction become hers as well? She must travel a long and painful path of self-reflection in order to finally allow her son to help himself. ANNE JOBES has been raised in an abusive home, and has married a self-absorbed man. In her need to feel some control over her life she has become inter-reliant with every person she meets. When her son becomes addicted to heroin she attempts to recover for him - enabling his addiction, keeping secrets from her family members, and trying to control what is uncontrollable. This is a story of personal triumph and unconditional love. Anyone whose life has been affected by addiction or codependance will easily relate to Anne's story and find hope in the freedom of accepting her powerlessness.
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Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One
When a mother discovers that her son is addicted to heroin, she finds herself so attached to his recovery that it disrupts her entire life. Is there a way for her to release herself from his obsession or has his addiction become hers as well? She must travel a long and painful path of self-reflection in order to finally allow her son to help himself. ANNE JOBES has been raised in an abusive home, and has married a self-absorbed man. In her need to feel some control over her life she has become inter-reliant with every person she meets. When her son becomes addicted to heroin she attempts to recover for him - enabling his addiction, keeping secrets from her family members, and trying to control what is uncontrollable. This is a story of personal triumph and unconditional love. Anyone whose life has been affected by addiction or codependance will easily relate to Anne's story and find hope in the freedom of accepting her powerlessness.
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Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One

Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One

by Anne Jobes
Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One

Powerless: Healing From the Addiction of a Loved One

by Anne Jobes

Overview

When a mother discovers that her son is addicted to heroin, she finds herself so attached to his recovery that it disrupts her entire life. Is there a way for her to release herself from his obsession or has his addiction become hers as well? She must travel a long and painful path of self-reflection in order to finally allow her son to help himself. ANNE JOBES has been raised in an abusive home, and has married a self-absorbed man. In her need to feel some control over her life she has become inter-reliant with every person she meets. When her son becomes addicted to heroin she attempts to recover for him - enabling his addiction, keeping secrets from her family members, and trying to control what is uncontrollable. This is a story of personal triumph and unconditional love. Anyone whose life has been affected by addiction or codependance will easily relate to Anne's story and find hope in the freedom of accepting her powerlessness.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781449556754
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 11/09/2009
Pages: 276
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Anne Jobes was born in January of 1955, and graduated high school in 1972. She went on to Point Park College where she majored in Computer Science.

After her first child was born she became strongly interested in the theories of fear as they pertained to childbirth, and went on to receive her teaching certificate for Childbirth Education. She has been working as an educator for almost thirty years. In addition she also works at a Financial Institution.

Anne and her husband, Sam, have been married for thirty years, and have three children. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she currently still resides.

This is her first novel.
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