Society is looking in the wrong places to find what will really work to lower the recidivism rate in the United States. Ex-offenders want to move on, family members of ex-offenders want to keep their loved ones around, and social workers, community leaders and probation officers want to make a difference with their work. The Enlightened Ex-Offender is specially designed to help start the healing process inside the individual offender, as well as in other personally invested individuals, to produce results in the rest of the world. It helps people work through many difficult issues in a new universal tone of understanding and strength. Book, Eight Chapters, and Appendixes include: Introduction, "Getting Your Mind Right," Guided Journal "Getting Your Body Right," Guided Journal "What's Missing," Guided Journal "Figuring Out Addictions," Guided Journal "The Short Term Plan," Guided Journal "Breaking Free," Guided Journal "The Long Term Plan," Guided Journal "Changing the System," Guided Journal oClasses / Meetings using The Enlightened Ex- Offender oThe Enlightened Ex-Offender Completion Form"