Abuse category: 3108 books

Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father’s dead body. He has committed suicide. Then her mother remarries and Joss bitterly resents...

Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding recovery. Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous,...

A Place Called Self: A Companion Workbook addresses one of the greatest gifts and biggest challenges for women in recovery: Discovering their real, true self. Stephanie Brown explains how the process of becoming addicted requires women to shut down, turn off, and block out much of their true...

This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers, I'll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods...

For writers, artists, musicians, and creators in every field, this book offers a complete addiction recovery program specifically designed for the creative person. Full of explanations and exercises, this book presents ways to use your own innate creative abilities in service of your recovery and...

“It’s All About Her” offers first-hand personal accounts from numerous men who have fallen for the female narcissist and become ensnared in her trap. In addition, it explains the personality of a narcissist and offers Six Steps to help you break free and get off the “crazy-train” that a female narcissist creates in order to keep you hooked and forever catering to her needs.

A companion for people who want to free themselves from unhealthy habits and behaviors. Physical and emotional stress can make us vulnerable to addictions of all kinds, as we use mood altering substances like drugs and alcohol—or unhealthy habits like overeating, gambling, and compulsive...

This is a book for anyone who suffers from addiction, contends with bad habits, possesses negative thinking patterns, or is held captive by their addictive personality. Information and methods in this book for treating addictions and habits have taken a decade to put together compiling information,...

You try to commiserate with your friends and family, but they seem to shun you lately. Your friends don’t know what you are talking about when you complain about your unhealthy relationship. They think that your partner is a perfect angel. Your family is confused about your erratic behaviors. Everyone...

12 Steps Unlocked was written to give a fundamental, nuts and bolts understanding of how the Twelve Steps work for men and women in recovery. The book breaks out of the generalities about spirituality and gives specific and clear implementation of Twelve Step programs that anyone from the atheist...

Rich with insight and awareness, Recovery explores the secrets, fears, hopes and issues that confront adult children of alcoholics. Authors and widely respected therapists and ACOA workshop leaders Herbert Gravitz and Julie Bowden detail in a clear question-and-answer format the challenges of control...

In this book, I offer secret tips to help the alcoholic and persons closest to the alcoholic. Why do I refer to these tips as secret? These tips are secret because too many family members and alcoholics, who need the information the most, don’t have the information; it is secret to them. They don’t...

The author previous book, A Man’s Way through the Twelve Steps, was published by Hazelden in 2009. A gender-responsive, trauma-informed guide to help men create and maintain healthy relationships with their spouse/primary partner, friends, children, and parents, in the face of shifting expectations...

Ignorance is the worst problem people can ever face. The industrialized and developed countries as well as lesser-privileged areas of the world are crowded with people who feel helpless and intimidated by most things money can do. As I explain in detail in this book, most monetary problems are a kind...