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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2009
OF CHARACTER
Building Assets in Recovery
By Denise D. Crosson, Ph. D.
LAS VEGAS - Today, most people hear the term "assets" and think about financial matters. But for a person in recovery the assets of his or her character are more important than any bottom line. "I believe character is about setting a standard for behavior and then considering whether that standard has been met," says Denise D. Crosson, Ph.D., author of Of Character: Building Assets in Recovery (Central Recovery Press / April 2009 / $12.95 Paperback).
Of Character helps readers build character assets, and features inspirational quotes to describe how the principles embodied in the Twelve Steps can enrich an individual's life. People interested in self-improvement and those who want to make positive changes in their lives will find much to encourage them in this book.
Dr. Crosson offers fresh perspectives on 58 character-based assets including:
- Accepting - When we are able to accept ourselves, we find the judgment of others often loses its sting.
- Calm - Real calm cannot be created or destroyed by external circumstances or other people's reactions.
- Honesty - Being honest was not a character asset for most of us during active addiction. Now we must seek a healthy balance between honesty and tact.
- Patience - The rewards of patience are many and far-reaching, including calm acceptance of our powerlessness [and] more energy to devote to the things that are our responsibility...
- Stewardship - Many of us who have little trouble being good stewards of our belongings find we struggle with being good stewards of our time and talents.
This beautiful book offers powerful insights and enables readers - whether new to the recovery process or in long-term recovery - to energize that recovery. Those who live with, work with, and/or love those in recovery will also find solace and inspiration in this wonderful book.
About the author
Denise D. Crosson, Ph.D. has been a nurse for twenty-five years, a nurse practitioner for nine years, and a nurse researcher for five years. She earned a masters and a doctoral degree from Virginia Commonwealth University where she was a fellow in the VA-LEND neurodevelopmental disabilities training program, which focused on children and families. She has been in recovery for over sixteen years.
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