Addictions category: 667 books
Harm Reduction, Second Edition
Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
From addictions treatment pioneer G. Alan Marlatt and associates, this is the authoritative work on harm reduction: its principles, strategies, and practical applications. Contributors review programs that have been developed and tested for a range of high-risk behaviors, including problem drinking,...
Ordinary Recovery
Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
The key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other kind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment. The problem is that addictions are often the result of our efforts to escape living in the present in the first place. Bill Alexander’s unique approach...
by Ace McCloud
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Are you addicted to playing digital games?
Whether you want to (1) reclaim your life, (2) help a friend who is addicted to gaming, or (3) just understand the dangers of online gaming and how to minimize them**, this book** will teach you everything you need to know.
Every addiction has...
She Bets Her Life
A True Story of Gambling Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
What sets She Bets Her Life apart is Mary Sojourner's ability to take both an objective and a deeply personal look at the psychological and physiological impact of gambling addiction on women. Having lived it, Sojourner is brutally forthcoming, and with her penchant for research and fact-finding,...
Rewired
A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
A REVOLUTIONARY NEW APPROACH TO ADDICTION RECOVERY FROM AN ADDICTION EXPERT
Rewired is a new, breakthrough approach to fighting addiction and self-damaging behavior by acknowledging our personal power to bring ourselves back from the brink. Centered on the concept of self-actualization, Rewired...
by The Blokehead
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
I want to thank you for checking out the book, “Awaken Organized Mind: Organized Mind: How To Rewire Your Brain To Stop Bad Habits & Addiction In 30 Easy Steps”.
This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to organize your mind to help you overcome bad habits...
by Jon Daily, LCSW, CADC II
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This thought provoking book “Adolescent & Young Adult Addiction: The Pathological Relationship to Intoxication and The Interpersonal Neurobiology Underpinnings” discusses the struggles of that the youth of today are faced with and puts forth that adolescent and young adult addicts are not addicted...
Counseling Addicted Families
An Integrated Assessment and Treatment Model
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
In Counseling Addicted Families, Gerald A. Juhnke and William Bryce Hagedorn recognize that even those treatment providers who understand the importance of the familial context of addiction are often stymied by the variety of family treatment theories and their often imperfect fit for cases of addiction....
Counseling and Therapy With Clients Who Abuse Alcohol or Other Drugs
An Integrative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
Every day, huge numbers of people use drugs or alcohol for recreation, medication, celebration, stress management, social lubrication, or escape. The abuse of psychoactive chemicals touches individual lives in countless ways, and clients frequently hint in therapy sessions at problems related to substance...
Inside Rehab
The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment--and How to Get Help That Works
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
An eye-opening tour of the addiction treatment industry explores the gap between what should happen and what does
What happens inside drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and how rehab works are a mystery to those outside the industry – and sometimes even to those inside it.
Anne...
Love First
A Family's Guide to Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
This revised and expanded edition of the most popular and effective book on intervention features enhanced tools and techniques to help loved ones face addiction.
A standard-setting book on intervention, Love First has helped tens of thousands of families, friends, and professionals create...
by H. Chaim Gruber
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Summary from Author and Quote from Eminent Psychologist Dr. Roy F. Baumeister:
The first topic in this book about sustainably increasing willpower regards my, the author’s, novel conclusion. Specifically, addicts or those with impulse-control issues should have an easier time building the willpower...
by Carlton K. Erickson
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
A comprehensive overview of the neurobiology behind addictions. Neuroscience is clarifying the causes of compulsive alcohol and drug use––while also shedding light on what addiction is, what it is not, and how it can best be treated––in exciting and innovative ways. Current neurobiological...
Rethinking Substance Abuse
What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding rapidly, clinical practice still lags behind. This book brings together leading experts to describe what treatment and prevention would look like if it were based on the best science available. The volume incorporates developmental,...