SOBER STARTING TODAY WORKBOOK

Sober Starting Today Workbook: Powerful Mindfulness & CBT Tools to Help You Break Free from Addiction, with a foreword by Christopher Germer, PhD, will be released by New Harbinger Publications in March 2024. (This book is a new, updated edition of  Breaking Free of Addiction, Between Sessions Resources, 2017.)

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PRAISE FOR SOBER STARTING TODAY WORKBOOK

“If you long to free yourself from the trance of addiction, this brilliantly organized workbook

will guide you with compassion and clarity. Sober Starting Today Workbook combines

transformational mindfulness practices with the wisdom of Western psychology to offer readers a practical, hopeful path toward deep healing and self-awareness.” 

—Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold 

“Whether you’re trying to quit, cut back, or just take a break from using substances, you’ll need self-compassion for your journey, and no workbook lays out that path with simple,

straightforward practices better than Deborah Sosin’s Sober Starting Today Workbook.” 

—Christopher Willard, PsyD, part-time faculty, Harvard Medical School; author, How We

Grow Through What We Go Through 

“In this beautifully written and organized workbook, Deborah Sosin addresses the subject of

addiction in a way that artfully links the practice of mindfulness with the journey of recovery as powerful co-factors in healing. Readers and practitioners who complete the book’s exercises and practice embodied awareness as they are guided will have a new experience of their habits. Guaranteed.” 

—Lawrence Peltz, MD, author of The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery

“This clinical workbook is a must-read not only for people suffering from addiction but for the people who love them. It offers a richly user-friendly approach to providing the skills people need for achieving substance reduction and abstinence. With its helpful vignettes and essential worksheets, this book addresses the core question asked by those struggling with alcohol and drugs: ‘How do I get control of my addiction?’” 

—Michael W. Otto, PhD, professor of psychology at Boston University, and author of Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders 

“Deborah Sosin’s Sober Starting Today is packed cover-to-cover with practical wisdom and

exercises to help people achieve and maintain recovery. Her mindfulness-based guidance is

readily combined with other interventions, for example, 12-step groups. While based on

Buddhist tradition, two foundation stones to what Deborah offers, namely, compassion and hope, are crucial components to other belief systems also, so her language is familiar and comforting. I recommend this workbook to colleagues and patients.” 

—Mark J. Albanese, MD, medical director, Massachusetts Physician Health Services and

faculty department of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance 

“Deborah Sosin does a great job offering evidence-based mindfulness and CBT strategies to

assist clients on their recovery journeys. The ‘Does This Sound Like You?’ component is an

excellent way for clients to compare their personal situations to real-life scenarios. Although

designed for clients, the book also offers activities that will help counselors in their clinical

work.” 

—Patrick Griswold, MEd, MSN, RN, LAC, associate professor in the department of human

services and counseling; clinical instructor in the department of nursing, Metropolitan State

University of Denver 

“Sober Starting Today Workbook is a refreshing, forgiving, yet realistic and hopeful step-by-step guide for navigating the addiction recovery journey. This workbook is well paced and logically sequenced with real-life examples applicable to anyone. It is respectful of the disorder and the person. It introduces valuable life coping skills that are useful to anyone looking for a comprehensive self-care guide and resource.” 

—Janice Kauffman, RN, MPH, LADC, assistant professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical

School

“Deborah Sosin’s Sober Starting Today Workbook does what most recovery-focused books do

not—it integrates a wide range of evidence-based tools into a clear, easy-to-access sequence so that someone can be well supported in either entering or deepening their recovery experience.” 

—Mitch Abblett, PhD, psychologist, author of the Nautilus Gold Award-Winning Mindful

Parenting book, Prizeworthy