Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life Free Audiobook Download by Christie Tate

I started working with therapist Christie T. in the middle of her last group session, and I never looked back. My life had been a rowdy, messy, rough ride for as long as I could remember. With Christie's guidance and support I was able to take a deep breath and see the good that was already in my life- all around me just waiting to be claimed.

Christie Tate's story is one that starts with her mother leaving her as an infant and ends with Christie attracted to a life of therapy work. After years of self-destructive behaviors, she found herself abusing drugs and alcohol. Then, she found a therapist who introduced her to a group called "Circles of Support and Accountability" (COAA). This group focused on helping people like Christie stay clean by providing structure and accountability. COAA helped Christie discover that she was capable of achieving more than she ever thought possible for herself

Group is a story about how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2010 when I was twenty-six. My parents decided to put me on Lithium to deal with the emotions that were 'out of control'. It worked for two years, but suddenly it stopped working and I started experiencing the full effects of my illness. I would feel suicidal, anxious, and irritable all day long and every day I would search for an answer as to why this was happening to me and what could be done about it.

One day, as I sat in a local coffee shop, a beautiful woman named Christie Tate walked in and introduced herself. From the moment I saw Christie I felt like I had known her my whole life. In that moment, our lives were forever connected. We sat down and talked about our experiences with hospitalization and mental illness, and over the course of the next hour we shared our struggles with one another. After that meeting, Christie became my therapist and we began to write out a plan for living with this time of life together. Along the way, we met more amazing people who have completely changed our outlook on life, giving us hope for those around us who are struggling just to get through each day.

Can change be achieved by just one person, a therapist and a circle of strangers? Christie Tate believes so. Her life was on a downward spiral when she found herself feeling helpless and scared with only one way out: to reach out to others for support. When she realized the damage of her destructive behavior, Christie knew that it was time for her to take charge and make an effort to find support where she could.

Christine Tate is a social worker who has been working her way up from the bottom. But she's had an addiction to alcohol that's turned her days into nightmares. So when she meets a group of strangers who share their stories and help Christine find peace, she's surprised by how quickly they can help her turn her life around. Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life is the inspirational story of one woman's struggle with addiction, hope, and strength after feeling like there was nothing left to live for.