Böcker av Megan Johnson Mccullough

PACE Yourself: Alcohol, Addiction and Exercise provides qualitative research about the influence of exercise on alcohol use disorder (AUD) recovery. In addition, the author explains how someone can benefit from exercise and explores how the PACE method could help keep new addictions at bay. PACE is an acronym for Proactive Awareness Controlling Excess. The author has developed an app of the same name which is available in the Apple store. Exercise is medicine when it comes to the recovering body and mind of an alcoholic. Physiological and psychological changes as a result of moving the body contribute to prolonged sobriety and deter the cyclical threat the nature of alcohol abuse can pose upon person in recovery. The struggle to never become powerless to alcohol again can be kept at bay when the benefits of exercise over power the benefits alcohol used to have. However, the addictive mind can find a new habit to replace the old one. The PACE method proposes steps to become aware of replacement type behaviors with the understanding that anyone can become addicted to anything.

The power of addiction takes away control and choice, despite the resulting negative consequences. As the daughter of an alcoholic, Megan knew her mother became powerless to drinking. Yet, she chose to find strength in her talents in order to spread her wings and transform what could have been trauma, into the very attributes that have helped her emerge from her cocoon. The outcome has led Megan to a life of helping others reach their health and fitness goals, while soaring higher and higher to accomplish her own endeavors. Biceps and Butterfl ies is the story of Megan’s transformation to find herself, love herself, and forgive.