PUBLICATIONS

Bob Reese, PhD talks about

‘Thriving in Recovery’

for those in Addiction Recovery

Book empowers recovering alcoholics, addicts to thrive in life

NOTE: This Book was formerly entitled "The 13th Step: Thriving in Recovery". The content is the same. 

Press Release:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/11/prweb14907154.htm

Few books on addiction address maintaining recovery, much less thriving in recovery. Bob Reese, PhD wanted to share his personal story to better understand how recovering alcoholics and addicts not only maintain recovery but go on to thrive in life. It prompted him to write Thriving in Recovery: Journey to Well-Being. The term 13th Step is inspired by his continued psychospiritual development after joining the 12-Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

[NOTE: Attending or Membership in a 12-Step group is not necessary. This book is meant for everyone in recovery and those who want to better understand them.]

The book tells Reese’s story in three parts: The Drinking Years; The Beginnings of a Sober Life; and Thriving in Recovery. It is in large part autobiographical, and includes stories from his 25 years in the NFL. The life experiences that he shares are for the purpose of showing the insidious nature of alcoholism; the challenges faced by those seeking sobriety; the changes and difficulties needed to stay in recovery; and the eventual ability to thrive in recovery.

In the epilogue, Reese describes some of his research with the Addiction Recovery Research Center (ARRC) and International Quit & Recovery Registry (IQRR), which is dedicated to learning from success in addiction recovery. It is his hope that information and understanding obtained from this registry can help more of the “sick and suffering” to recover so that they not only maintain recovery, but they also learn to thrive.

“I want readers who are in recovery to understand that they can do more than survive - they can thrive,” Reese says. “I want those readers who are not in recovery to better understand the courage it takes to maintain recovery and that they can also use some of the same techniques to improve their lives.”

Thriving in Recovery: Journey to Well-Being
By Bob Reese, PhD
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 446 pages | ISBN 9781524697693
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 446 pages | ISBN 9781524697716
E-Book | 446 pages | ISBN 9781524697709
Available at AuthorHouse Publishing, Amazon and Barnes & Noble

 Bob Reese is a goodreads author. 

Develop the Winner’s Mentality:

5 Essential Mental Skills for Enduring Success

Develop The Winner's Mentality is the culmination of Bob Reese’s journey from being an NFL athletic trainer where he initially treated bodies like Newtonian machines, through his incorporating the mental aspects of healing – mind-body medicine – to working solely with the mental facets of performance enhancement. He has distilled the commonalities of the best-known success experts, blended it with the core principles of sport and performance psychology, and integrated those with the tenets of the energetic universe. From that he developed what he has determined as five essential mental skills for enduring success. In Develop the Winner’s Mentality, Bob teaches these skills in an easy to comprehend fashion and shares stories – some humorous, some poignant – of NFL players have used these skills for their own successes.

Forewards by Pete Carroll and Ahmad Rashad

Available in paperback & e-book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

KEYNOTE & SEMINAR VIDEOS  Click on icon to play videos

Video Keynote: International Conference & Expo on Clinical Psychology(25:03) Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport, Amsterdam Netherlands / October 18-20, 2018

IQRR RECOVERY TOOLS VIDEOS

 #1 - Self-Talk (16:09)                                       

#2 - Visualization & Feelazation (21:37)

#3- Positive Emotions (21:01)           

#4 - Signature Strengths for Recovery (26:04)

 

#5 - The Forgiveness Paradox (38:57) https://youtu.be/ENGkK5Z24dg

 

For more Voice-Over PPT Videos from Bob's Psychology Courses, visit his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGBrmFKekUYMP1iSRQeK0w?view_as=subscriber

Audio Files

MINDFULNESS MEDITATIONS & MUSIC - Below are mindfulness meditation audio files, scripts, and some background music. They are for use by the students in PSYC 365 Positive Psychology and visitors to this website. Feel free to download and create your own audio files for mindfulness meditations. Also, feel free to share them with family and friends. However, they are protected by various copyrights and may NOT be sold.As much as possible you should be Belly Breathing when meditating. The instructional video is below in Materials.DANGER: Do NOT listen to meditation audio files while driving!Mindfulness Meditation: Visualization & Feelazation_

Bob's 20 Min TranceThe 20 Minute Trance is a hypnotic trance induction by professor, Bob Reese, PhD. It includes a helpful mantra ("I know I know this") that can be used to enhance your test-taking ability and some "Ego Strenghtening" to help improve your self-esteem. Even if your self-esteem is very high, we can all use a little ego strengthening ;).

    • Directions: Get in a comfortable chair or position. If you lay down in bed, try not to go to sleep the 1st time you listen to the hypnosis file. After listening all the way through at least one time, you may use it to help you get to sleep - just tell yourself BEFORE you begin listening that you will NOT wake up when the tape tells you to, but when it is time for you to arise in the morning. If you do wake up, just count yourself back down again from 10.

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  • 5 yr Timeline (6:00)To be used for goal-setting - where will you be in 5 years?
    You can get some insight into what your life might look like in the future by listening to this audio visualization. Put yourself into a meditative state, relax, and listen.  This is a visualization I used when I did corporate training and it can help you visualize your future. When you listen, use your imagination, but just let it happen - don't try to steer it. This is just another step to causing your future!
  • Background Music: Beauty by Lucia Hwong (22:09 min).
    • This the background music I use for all the meditations you will find in this folder. While you should use music that you like, I find that using the same song repeatedly helps put the listener in the desired state.
      You may download this music following the cautions mentioned at the top of the page regarding copyrights.
  • Circle of ExcellenceThis is a script that does not need to have a music background - but you can record it if you like.
    • This script can help you with tests and with life. I have used it with hundreds of athletes (NFL, NHL, Olympic, & Amateur), students, and business people - especially prior to interviewing for a promotion or new job).
      I suggest you read through the script and work to visualize each new instruction. Then you may want to record an audio file of you telling yourself what to put in and what to take out (as this is personal for you).
      The more often to do it, the more effective it is.
  • 5 yr Timeline (6:00)To be used for goal-setting - where will you be in 5 years?
    You can get some insight into what your life might look like in the future by listening to this audio visualization. Put yourself into a meditative state, relax, and listen.  This is a visualization I used when I did corporate training and it can help you visualize your future. When you listen, use your imagination, but just let it happen - don't try to steer it. This is just another step to causing your future!