Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery

How to heal relationships, mend rifts with loved ones, and balance the demands of sobriety with the need for family connectionAn empowering guide for recovering addicts and alcoholics from an author with lived experience and professional expertiseIn Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery, Janice V. Johnson Dowd shows readers how to repair and enhance their relationships after active addiction. With personal insights and professional wisdom, Dowd—a licensed social worker in recovery—explores her own personal journey through alcoholism, offering a realistic and transformative guide.Centered on nurturing the critical balance between the self-healing of your own sobriety journey and building bridges and connections with loved ones, Dowd’s narrative combines empathetic insights with practical tools. The book covers:Understanding Addiction's Impact: Exploring how addiction affects family dynamics and the individual’s role within them.Effective Communication: Strategies for opening dialogue and