The hidden super power of addiction: Eastern wisdom and western science meet lived experience in Smart-UK's...

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Sue Cox

The hidden super power of addiction

Eastern wisdom and western science meet lived experience in Smart-UK's celebration of the addicted...

Sue Cox

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The Cloister House Press
16 April 2021

Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse

The Hidden Super Power of Addiction is based on 45 years of professional and lived experience and looks at the 'Celebration of the addictive brain' and the tremendous inherent skills of people with this particular wiring. Sue Cox explains the way to harness and embrace that exceptional wiring and shows how amazing it can be for a person who has left behind their 'drugs of choice' to divert and transform that relentless drive, and become empowered. More than anything, this is a hopeful book of transformation and empowerment. Sue uses a cross-pollination of skills to explore this positive approach, from Chinese medical theories to neuro-science. The Hidden Super Power of Addiction explains how the human brain works, how life events influence us and how the two interact to make us who we are. It spotlights some outdated and false assumptions, and explodes some of the long held negativity that is levelled at addiction and how some addiction services focus is self-serving not on the addicted person. Sue is constantly frustrated by the mis-information on addiction including why the concept of seeing an addicted person as 'ill' is disempowering and limiting to real recovery and rather than continually concentrating on the individual's 'defects' and trying to find where they are at fault, she suggests that it is our quickly moving society where the problem lies and addicts themselves are just born in the wrong century!

By: Sue Cox
Imprint: The Cloister House Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9781913460310
ISBN 10: 1913460312
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 16 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.smart-uk.com

"Sue Cox is the founder-director of Smart-UK and co-founder of Survivors voice -Europe. She is a traditional Acupuncturist, counsellor, teacher, speaker and author. Sue recovered from a difficult and abusive background to create her ""Smart-UK"" programme which is used in the NHS and Her Majesty's prison service, Community drug and Alcohol services, and mental health units. Smart-UK has evolved over 25 years and is the brain-child of Sue and her colleague Dr. Kim Wager. Sue's battlecry is for ""Optimum brain health"" and the empowerment of each individual. She teaches the understanding and reclaiming of powerful innate survival skills and the power of connections. Using a cross pollination of skills, neuro-science, western and Chinese theories, Sue has personally taught over 20,000 healthcare workers. She has created a ""5 Star wellbeing"" training programme for prisoners. Sue is in her 46th year of recovery from addiction and trauma and is passionate about recovery. She is a regular speaker at conferences in the U.K and abroad and has been featured in films and on television. In 2010 she received a ""Lifetime's achievement award"" for her contribution to addiction treatment, and in 2014 received an ""Inspirational woman of the year"" award for her role in human rights. She is the proud mother of six children and a grandmother."