<h2 class = 'uawtitle'>Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery</h2><br />
<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Saleem Rana</div><br /><br />
<div class='uawarticle'>Monday, Oct 8, 2012<br />
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Interview by Lon Woodbury<br />
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Tom Kimbal, co-author of the recovery book, "Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery" was interviewed by Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio. During the interview, he shared his vision of assisting individuals, families, health care professionals and others involved in the recovery field with his six-step program.<br />
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About Dr. Kimball<br />
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Tom Kimball, Ph.D., LMFT, is an Associate Professor at Texas Tech University as well as the Associate Managing Director for the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery. Additionally, he maintains a private practice and gives presentations about his approach to recovery to numerous mental health organizations. "Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery" was co-authored with Sterling Shumway, Ph.D.<br />
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What Are The Six Essential Steps To Recovery?<br />
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Tom clarified that the six basics covered the steps somebody in recovery needs to observe to accomplish lasting recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Getting clean or sober is just the start, and it was just one step in the work necessary to put a life back together again. The real work lies in remaining clean or sober. In the course of the interview, Tom illustrated the six steps to recovery and elucidated how they were the necessary keys for lasting change.<br />
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The initial step was hope. Somebody in recovery, in addition to his or her family, needed to think that it was indeed possible to keep clean or stay sober.<br />
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The second step was developing healthy coping skills, which basically meant learning how to handle adversity without resorting to the comfort of drugs or alcohol to feel better.<br />
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The third step was gaining back a feeling of identity. A person in recovery needed to begin feeling higher self-esteem and quit feeling incessant guilt.<br />
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The fourth step was gaining back a feeling of making concrete achievements.<br />
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The fifth step was discovering the best ways to be in a harmonious and healthy relationship.<br />
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Finally, the sixth step was reclamation of agency, which meant regaining a sense of feeling that life offered choices and that it was possible to choose the next right thing to do.<br />
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The origination of this six-step process arose from extensive academic and field research. After Tom and his co-author asked themselves a question about the characteristics of people in long-term recovery, they sought the answers by researching the mental health literature, speaking to addicts and alcoholics, interviewing their families, and asking the mental health professionals who worked with them.<br />
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The interview covered each of the steps in detail and outlined a useful map to recovery.<br />
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About the Author:<br />
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<div class='uawlinks'>The founder of <a href="http://www.strugglingteens.com">Struggling Teens</a>, Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his weekly <a href="http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Lon-092412.shtml ">L.A. Talk Radio</a> show for people to listen to at any time.</div><br />
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Title: Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery<br />
Author: Saleem Rana<br />
Email: webwriter25@gmail.com<br />
Keywords: lon woodbury, tom kimball, recovery, drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, sobriety<br />
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Category: Motivation<br />
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