Recovery

This Page deals with all kinds of different ways to help you in your recovery from child abuse.

Shelters provide a good starting place for people making the journey of child abuse victim to child abuse survivor. See: Local Services on this website.

My journey really got a solid start when I started attending Al-Anon meetings. I grew up in a house where there was no alcohol and alcohol was not part of my life. So why did this help me? It turns out that anyone who grows up in a home where child abuse takes place shares a lot of same characteristics with folks who live with an alcoholic. In Al-Anon I found people who were trying to put their world back to rights just like I was - it provided me with a great support system for the first part of my healing journey. (Alaska AlAnon/AlaTeen information)

Journaling is a powerful tool in the road to recovery. When I journal I can often work out a problem I could not talk out. Also, journaling used alone or in connection with something you are reading can show you parts of yourself you have forgotten or never knew about yourself. Don't know where to start? Try this book - Journal To The Self - Twenty-Two Paths To Personal Growth by Kathleen Adams, M.A. For more about this book go to our books link.

Books dealing with recovery from abuse are very helpful. You begin to see that you are not the only one dealing with these problems and life can get better. It takes lots of work but is worth it! Below I'm going to list some books on recovery - for more on each book or other titles go to our books link.

Outgrowing The Pain - A Book For And About Adults Abused As Children by Eliana Gil, Ph.D
Codependent No More - How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
The Courage To Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Allies in Healing - When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child by Laura Davis
I Never Told Anyone - Writings By Women Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Louise Thornton
Healing The Child Within by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.

There are many childhood sexual abuse survivors who have turned to Drugs and Alcohol to hide the pain of their victimization. I myself am one of those. Without help in my drug and alcohol recovery I would not be here.

Alaskan Meeting Directory for Alcoholics Anonymous

If you have been through, or know of any good programs/recovery centers in Alaska tell us about them.

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Recovery@RIDAlaskaOf ChildAbuse

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