The Grief Club : The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change

The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change

By: Melody Beattie

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Paperback | 1 November 2006

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How to move on after a major loss, such as the death of a loved one, the end of a career, or a health crisis.

After author Melody Beattie's son died, she found herself welcomed into new "club," a circle of people who had lived through the tragic loss of a child. This was not the first club in which she unwittingly found herself.

Years earlier she found herself in Twelve Step groups, first balking, then later embracing the healing principles that she now credits with saving her life. But life, Ms. Beattie writes, is all about change. Not only do loved ones die, but once successful careers can careen out of control and debilitating diseases can rob you of future plans.

Smaller losses can take a toll as well. The natural process of aging leaves many people with a depleted sense of worth, and staying abreast with current technologies leaves many people feeling ill-informed and inadequate.

She writes, "There's a secret to get through loss, pain and grief. If we're alone we can't see who we are. When we join the club, other people become the mirror. Through them, we see ourselves and gain an understanding of what we're going through. Then slowly, real slowly, we learn to accept who we see in the mirror. Then you become the mirror for them; by being honest about who you are, you'll help them learn to love and accept themselves."

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Welcome to the Club	p. 1
Initiating Change: When a Child or Someone We Deeply Love Dies	p. 13
Remembering Changes: Facing Alzheimer's Disease	p. 27
Touch That Changes: When We Don't Feel Blessed	p. 39
Changing Bad into Betterment: When We Lose Our Health	p. 53
Breaking into Change: Losing Someone to Suicide	p. 67
Wrestling with Change: Losing Marriage, Career, and Home	p. 83
Destined to Change: When Dreams Die	p. 105
Betting on Change: When Childhood Grief Makes an Encore	p. 123
Spare Change: Making the Most of What We Have	p. 133
Dying to Change: Facing Death	p. 153
Cool Change: When Doctors Aren't Enough	p. 165
Facing Change: Losing a Parent to Alcoholism	p. 189
Restraining Change: When Grief Makes Us Vulnerable	p. 213
Time Changes: The Empty Nest and Other Rites of Passage	p. 231
Cheap Change: When It Really Could Have Been Worse	p. 255
Changed by Love: Making Peace with Adoption	p. 269
Ex-Changes: Making Peace with the Past	p. 287
Master Loss Checklist	p. 313
Bibliography	p. 341
About the Author	p. 351
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