A breakthrough recovery plan for women who struggle with alcoholism, based on a groundbreaking new model Tens of millions of women today drink to excess and their numbers are growing. Now Dr. Kitty Harris, an experienced counselor and therapist who is herself a recovering alcoholic with more than thirty years of sobriety, presents a new model for recovery that focuses on treating the pain in women's lives that can lead to a vicious cycle of addiction—not on the shame that fuels it. Combining her personal and professional experience, Dr. Harris offers tools that can help women who want to recover as well as friends or family members who are seeking help for a loved one. Focuses on dealing with the pain associated with alcoholism in women, not reinforcing the shame - Discusses the different types of female drinking habits, including binge drinking and drunkorexia - Takes a plain-language, jargon-free approach that is easy to understand and shares the stories of recovering women of all ages and from all walks of life - Is written by Dr. Kitty Harris, Director of The Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University, with twenty-five years of private clinical experience working with adults and adolescents Kitty S. Harris, Ph.D., LMFT, LCDC Dr. Kitty Harris is currently the Associate Dean of Outreach and Engagement in the College of Human Sciences and holds the George C. Miller Regent's Professorship at Texas Tech University. Since 2002, she has served as the Director of the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery (CSAR) at Texas Tech University. Dr. Harris currently holds LCDC (Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) licenses. She has private practice and insitutional clinical experience working with adult and adolescent populations. Dr. Harris teaches in the areas of Addictive Disorders and Recovery Studies; Community, Family and Addiction Services; Human Development and Family Studies; Educational and Counseling Psychology; and Communications, Civility and Ethics in the Honors College. In addition, Dr. Harris was the recipient of the national America Honors Recovery Award in 2007. She is a Fellow in the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention. She is a founding member of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education. Dr. Harris is a noted public speaker, and presenter at national conferences, workshops and seminars on topics including adolescence; substance abuse prevention; addiction and recovery; and communication, civility and leadership. She is the author of Women and Recovery-Finding Hope, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and co-editor of Substance Abuse Recovery in College, published by Springer. "Where was this book when my mother needed it? Women and Recovery is a wonderful and very comforting resource for women and family members. I really enjoyed it." —Susan Ford Bales, daughter of Betty Ford "Women and Recovery is a must-read. Dr. Harris gets it—one-size-fits-all has never fit women. Her page-turning stories of binge-drinking girls, social-drinking moms, and others illustrate the many ways women slip into alcoholism. With her unique coping skills, Dr. Harris offers a lifesaving ring of hope to women and their loved ones." —Karen Tandy, former administrator, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration "For years, there has been an alarming lack of resources specifically for women with alcohol problems. This book fills that void by intelligently combining forthright personal accounts of alcoholism with treatment and recovery science. The result is a compelling, engaging, and, above all, useful book that will open the door to a better life for countless women." —John F. Kelly, Ph.D., Director, Addiction Recovery Management Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Millions of women drink too much, and their drinking is destroying their lives. Now Dr. Kitty Harris, one of America's foremost recovery counselors and herself a recovering alcoholic with more than thirty years of sobriety, presents a new recovery plan for women that focuses on treating the pain, not reinforcing the shame. Dr. Harris's program can be used successfully in tandem with any 12-step or other recovery program. In this unique and easy-to-understand guide, Dr. Harris identifies the five types of pain associated with alcoholism in women and discusses how to deal with each of them. She shares the stories of recovering women of all types, from binge-drinking young people to closet alcoholics, and includes the personal story of her own alcoholism and recovery. KITTY S. HARRIS, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University, Associate Dean of Outreach and Engagement in Texas Tech's College of Human Sciences, and Executive Director of the Ranch at Dove Tree, a residential alcohol and drug treatment center. JODIE GOULD is an award-winn