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What do author James Frey and former president Bill Clinton have in common? They were both secret keepers, and their secrets had disastrous effects on their careers. Millions of people hide addictions from their closest friends and family, often destroying their lives and the lives of others. This book explores how to break the secret-keeping habit and get the help and support needed to overcome addiction, rebuild self-esteem, and live honestly. The...
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Substance use will always be a popular interest in human culture.
But seeking help for addiction isn't always an appealing option. Today, more than ever, a new approach is needed to alleviate addiction within the individual and among societies.
"Addiction Reform" introduces THE VACUUM APPROACH-a three-dimensional reflection of the reality of substance-use behavior. This holistic model integrates developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive-behavioral...
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Whether you know it or not, accurate information is your most important recovery tool. You cannot recover from something that you do not understand. Therefore, my primary goal is to help you understand what addiction is, how to recognize it when you see it, and what you can do about it when you do see it. My goal is to make the material easy to understand for treatment professionals, recovering people, and their families. As a result, I have chosen...
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Cruise Control is the premiere book on the growing problem of sex addiction in gay men. This second edition explores how technology has impacted the instant ability to "meet up" and the implications of being in recovery in a committed relationship. Accessible resource for achieving sex addiction recovery including a "30 day test" and a dating plan.
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All my life included feeling awkward, not fitting in, low self-esteem, bullying, mental illness, arson, theft, vandalism, special education, depression, marijuana addiction, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual promiscuities, suicide, encounters with the law, accidents, illnesses, and more. The different paths taken over the years led me down an even more destructive cycle experiencing despair, loss of meaning, fear, and insanity. I finally realized for...
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In Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life, the first book on recovery specifically for women, Jean Kirkpatrick tells how she achieved sobriety. She explains the special problems of the woman alcoholic, and challenges some of the premises of Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization founded by and for men that she believes fails to address the specific needs of women. Instead of harping on past problems and behavior, the Women For Sobriety program focuses on the...
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This guide is for anyone who has stopped using alcohol or other drugs and wants to stay sober and drug free. Successful sobriety, involves, more than just the desire not to drink or use, it also involves hard work. Here you'll find the tools you need to begin.
This workbook is, designed to help you stay sober. It is not, meant to take the place of a Twelve Step group, counseling, or an aftercare program. It is to be, used in conjunction with them.
Whether...
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The first "adolescent primer" on the market Destructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self mutilation (ie: cutting and burning), and eating disorders. These will be covered in detail, along with other issues like Internet addiction and suicide. These problems...
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Recognizing that an addiction to 12-step programs can be just as dangerous as an addiction to alcohol or drugs, this book provides techniques to counter the self-defeating beliefs that lead to addiction. It enables those who have gone through Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and formal 12-step addiction treatments to overcome the self-destructive beliefs and attitudes that these programs promote. These include the idea that addicts and alcoholics...
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I met a man while working for a lighting contractor. Our jobs would take us on the road for weeks at a time. During that period we became good friends and in our travels we shared our personal victories and struggles. Every day before breakfast he would fill his jaw with chewing tobacco. He told me how he wished he could quit using it. He said he was scared that he would get cancer and he had sores in his mouth. He confessed that he had tried to quit...
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In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing anxiety and resisting cravings to dealing with emotional and physical imbalance.
Drawing on both ancient spiritual wisdom and the authors' extensive clinical psychological work with their patients over many years, Mindful Recovery shows you how to use the simple Buddhist practice of mindfulness...
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This book is written for readers who have found themselves in a hopeless, helpless state, those who have reached the pinnacles of success yet plummeted into the depths of despair, and those who have achieved true joy in life and want to better understand the clutches of addiction, so they can reach out to those afflicted. Bill's hope and passion is to share his story so others may unshackle themselves from their addictions and take the miraculous...
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"Alcoholism a disease? No way! Cancer is a disease. All they have to do is put down the bottle!" "If he cared enough about what he was doing to his parents, he'd get help. It's that simple." "She's been through rehab before – I don't see how this time will be any different." Likely you've heard statements like these. Perhaps you've even thought them, yourself. So much of what we believe about addiction and addiction recovery is bound up in stigma,...
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This work addresses the special problems of craving that nearly all addicts struggle with throughout their recovery. In developing the model of craving presented in this work, the author has drawn extensively from The CENAPS (The Center for Applied Sciences) Model of Relapse Prevention and from the work of Richard Rawsonand Arnold Washton. An article by Barbara Wallace summarizing available research strongly supports the model of craving presented....
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Childhood trauma, mental illness, addiction, and incarceration are far too common in the U.S. today. Recovery from even one of these issues is challenging, yet many people live with the stark reality of more than one of these circumstances every day. Our systems of care offer some help, but sometimes even the best programs don't yield lasting results. What does a person do when medication, therapy, drug treatment, and support groups are ultimately...
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If you are struggling with your teen's or young adult's substance use issues, "The Compassion Antidote" offers a proven framework for creating change. Catherine Taughinbaugh, Certified Parent Coach, reveals evidence-based strategies for more productive conversations with your child. She explains how positive reinforcement, allowing for negative consequences, setting clear boundaries, and taking care of yourself will give you the best chance to help...
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God Loves Addicts, This I Know: God's Word and the Road to Recovery is an examination of both classic and modern recovery literature and the role that the Judeo-Christian Bible has played in their development, and particularly regarding how its teachings apply to those struggling with addiction in its many forms. There is a common misconception regarding the term addiction in modern society, that it deals primarily, or even exclusively, with substances...
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Twelve-step programs like AA don't work for many addicts. The Ten Lifestyles of Recovery are the holistic, healthy alternative. Former addict, addiction counselor and ultra-endurance athlete Todd Crandell explains what makes the Lifestyles work. Todd knows what he's talking about: he wasted 13 years of his life being addicted to drugs and alcohol-ruining relationships, squandering his athletic talents, and nearly committing suicide. But after he pulled...
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There is a way out from the suffering, to end the obsession over drugs and alcohol. The whole purpose of this book is to show you the way. I struggled with drugs and alcohol for decades, and in the short periods of my life when I was sober, I struggled with anxiety, anger, depression, and fear. I never had a clue I was fearful. I realize now I really just wanted the pain in my mind to go away, and the only way I knew how was to numb it with drugs...
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For years, Jay Lind lived between the lines of society's moral and legal boundaries. But his smooth, privileged life was interrupted when his dad died and his drug addiction snowballed out of control.
Between the Lines is the moving saga of Jay's descent into addiction, his darkest choices, and his struggles in recovery, as told through short vignettes about the many people who touched his life at some of the most critical times.
Jay gained perspective...
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