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Expert shares first steps towards wiping the slate ‘clean’ in 2023
By Tom Madden
Few practice it’s better to give than to receive as passionately as addiction expert and advocate, Jack Alan Levine.
Levine has been running tirelessly on a health and wellness track ever since he conquered his own drug addiction years ago. Today, his mission to guide struggling addicts and their families along the winding road to recovery comes with a free ‘roadmap’; Levine’s acclaimed book Addiction and Recovery Handbook, Unmask Addiction, Unchain Recovery! can now be downloaded for free onto e-readers, phones or computers. jackalanlevine.com/ebooks.
“It’s a fast, simple read offering concrete answers and proven solutions,” said author Jack Alan Levine. “Addiction professionals, doctors, even celebrities like former NY Mets’ Darryl Strawberry share what works and what doesn’t, along with a healthy dose of inspiration and motivation.”
Levine continued,”Many helpful networks and resources, including Sober.com and SoberNetwork.com have shared my ‘roadmap’ across social media platforms as well as the SoberVerse Community.”
Before an individual can follow a concrete path/plan, here are the top 3 spiritual wellness affirmations Levine prescribes to move towards an addiction-free future:
DON’T BE AFRAID: Many people don’t do things because of fear of the unknown, it’s the same with addiction. If you understand addiction and what it does, why it does it and how it works, you will be less afraid of it. And, certainly, if you understand recovery, what it does, how it works and why, you will be more excited and encouraged to embrace it and have it work for you.
ADDICTS ARE NOT HOPELESS. Like every other person on earth, addicts were created by God with a purpose to live a happy, joyful, abundant life. THERE IS HOPE. DO NOT GIVE UP.
AVOID MAKING THIS MISTAKE: It’s so easy to put things off. Yet, if you were dying from a heart attack you wouldn’t put off going to the emergency room for life-saving heart surgery. Why? Because even when short-term pain is involved, when the long-term result outweighs the short-term pain – you run to that choice. Don’t delay in getting help, breaking free and having a lifetime of victory over your addiction.
“Going into a New Year is a unique time to truly develop a clear perspective and clean slate,” said Levine. “A life filled with Joy, Peace and Happiness starts with Reality, Fact and Faith. You Got This.”
MORE ABOUT JACK ALAN LEVINE
Jack serves on the Board of Directors of Washed Clean Ministries, National Addiction and Recovery Association and Purpose Church Orlando. He also advises NOW Matters More and served on the Board of Directors at Oasis Compassion Agency and Changed Lives Church.
Jack spoke at the Palm Beach Leadership and Recovery “Winning The Battle Over Addiction” conference along with Dr. Henry Cloud, Mark Glasser and Dr. Jared Pingleton. He’s also spoken at Faith Farm, Teen Challenge and other organizations devoted to overcoming addiction.
Jack’s articles on overcoming addiction have been published in Sober World Magazine and addiction blogs including Addiction Land.
Levine’s books My Addict Your Addict, and Addiction and Recovery Handbook cover his victorious battle with addiction and ways for those struggling to find lasting freedom. His “Free For Life” Overcoming Addiction online video program helps addicts and their families.
Tom Madden is an author himself, who has written five books, his latest WORDSHINE MAN, full of tips on how to make writing inviting. When he’s not writing articles and his weekly blog at www.MaddenMischief.com, he’s running TransMedia Group, the PR firm he founded when he left NBC where he was vice president, assistant to the president, then the late Fred Silverman.
