Addictions category: 667 books
Heroin's Puppet -Amy (and her disease)
The Rehab Journals of Amelia F. W. Caruso (1989 - 2009)
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Amy Caruso was a junior in the nursing program at Boston College and seemed to have everything going for her—brains, beauty, athleticism, career goals, a loving family, and many wonderful friends. But in November of 2009, she admitted she was a heroin addict and voluntarily entered treatment. Five...
by Geri Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
FULLY REVISED, COMPREHENSIVE, AND PRACTICAL
Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling, Fourth Edition introduces counselors, social workers, and students to the field of addiction counseling and helps them acquire the knowledge and develop the skills needed to counsel individuals who are...
Finding Your Best Self, Revised Edition
Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every...
Discover Recovery
A Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
A practical collection of evidence-based treatment materials designed to assist the reader in developing the skills necessary to translate awareness into action, address important emotional needs, and construct a solid foundation of recovery to succeed and thrive.
Chancers
Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
In this powerful memoir of addiction, prison, and recovery, a reporter and a photographer tell their gripping story of falling in love, the heroin habit that drove them apart, and the unlikely way a criminal conviction brought them back together.
Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • LitHub...
Unearthed
Digging the Jewels of Sobriety from the Trenches of Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Patricia Monasmith knew something needed to change when she woke up handcuff ed to a hospital bed in Hearn, Texas, after overdosing on valium and drinking a case of beer.
She began the painful process of recovery and found her way to the Lord, becoming a speaker, teacher, and counselors assistant...
by James Wharton
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
After spending ten years in the army, James Wharton enters civilian life and settles in the idyllic English countryside with his husband and two dogs, in what seems to be a perfect fairy-tale ending.
But only a year later, separated from his husband, James finds himself trying to carve out...
Filth to Faith
A Christian Response To Extreme Pornography Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Grit, dirt and sweat. We often forget that we exist in a world of filth. We abstract away our dilemmas and consider ourselves creatures of serendipity and fortune. Filth to Faith examines the real world of grime. Filth to Faith looks at pornography, its outcomes and its endeavors. ...
by Barbara Jo Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Explore effective, innovative ways to foster healthy relationships!
This thoughtful book discusses fresh and innovative ways to treat partners in distress. It suggests creative therapeutic ways to approach a range of problems and inner needs. Encompassing case studies, theoretical concepts,...
by Judith Brook, Barry Stimmel
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
This timely volume explores the possible reasons that young people turn to drugs, the most effective methods to manage those who are afflicted, and ways to educate youth to prevent their initial drug involvement.
Smoking
The Artificial Passion
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1992
What compels millions of people to ignore the medical evidence and continue smoking? David Krogh offers some fascinating and surprising answers in this critically acclaimed analysis of what doctors and scientists know about the passion for tobacco.
This feisty and provocative work gives smokers,...
Beating The "Butt" On Your Own
Important Info On Nicotine Self Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
In this generation, younger people are already succumbing to the influence of smoking due to culture and peer pressure. Many people do not realize the consequences of getting hooked onto tobacco, and once they're hooked, are powerless to stop themselves. Smoking usually started as a habit; however...
by Willers T. Darenvogt
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Rehab doesn’t work. Ibogaine does. The broken promise of traditional rehab fails millions of alcoholics and addicts every year. Sadly, most of them don’t even know that there is a natural medicine called ibogaine that ends addiction - without withdrawal - and then eliminates the cravings for drink...
Over the Influence, Second Edition
The Harm Reduction Guide to Controlling Your Drug and Alcohol Use
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
"Just say no" just doesn't work for everyone. If you've tried to quit and failed, simply want to cut down, or wish to work toward sobriety gradually, join the many thousands of readers who have turned to this empathic, science-based resource--now thoroughly revised. A powerful alternative...