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A Man's Way through Relationships: Learning to Love and Be Loved
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Product Description An essential guide to the challenges men face in creating healthy and engaged relationships in all areas of their lives. Every idea is presented through the lens of the “Man Rules”―the often unconscious ideas men carry with them into every relationship they have―that affect their ability to find true connection. A Man’s Way through Relationships offers practical advice and inspiration for men to define, with their partners, their own sense of masculinity, and thus heighten their potential to love and be loved. Dan Griffin excerpts interviews with men who share their innermost lives and experiences with relationships. He draws from his own life with over two decades of recovery and ten years of marriage. Readers will learn to recognize how their ideas about masculinity have shaped who they are and how they approach their relationships “For every man who has wandered through the entanglements of love, unwilling to ask for directions, and secretly hoping for a guide, Dan Griffin offers a clear and comprehensive road map. For any man serious about love and any woman who loves him, this book is a must.” Terrence Real, Author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression. About the Author Dan Griffin, MA, is the author of A Man’s Way through the Twelve Steps (Hazelden, 2009) and co-author of Helping Men Recover (Jossey-Bass, 2011), the first gender-responsive and trauma-informed treatment curriculum for men written with renowned expert on gender-responsive services, Dr. Stephanie Covington. With two decades of experience in the mental health and addiction field, he is a highly sought after international speaker and trainer, training treatment programs, drug courts, and other programs on implementing Helping Men Recover and how to improve their men’s services in general. Griffin is in long-term recovery and leads men’s retreats throughout the country for treatment programs and in the twelve-step community. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Where the Hell Am I Going and How the Hell Do I Get There? I was recently in London and had the opportunity to visit the underground bunkers used by Winston Churchill and his staff during World War II. While London was under siege, they strategized the defeat of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime from these secure and incredibly well-fortified dwellings, known as the War Rooms. Throughout these bunkers were maps. Many of the maps showed the locations of the different battleship groups around the world, those of both the enemy and the Allies, tracking their movement. What would they have done without these maps? They would not have been able to see the more complete picture. Not only did the maps show the layout of the current situation, they also helped the British think about and plan their next moves and develop a vision of where they wanted to end up. The strategy for winning the war was contingent on having the context and information these maps provided. So, where are the maps for men in recovery in our quest to love and be loved? They are few and far between. Maps for women? Yes, some wonderful ones. Maps for couples? Yes, many. But maps written just for men and written by men, especially for those in recovery from addiction? Not really. Why? There is a long-standing belief that men don’t care about relationships as much as women do. The good thing is that we are not at war in our relationships. It is not a battle and should not feel like one, even though for many men I know it does. As men we attempt this journey, often with little idea of where we are going. We try to steer our ships on the treacherous seas of intimacy, vulnerability, trust, and love, often crashing on the rocks of our belief systems about men. These rocks are everywhere, and if we are not paying attention, they will sink every meaningful relationship we set foot in. We all know that men don’t often ask for directions, even whe
