Addiction category: 1829 books

Donna Smith not only lost her young husband to a tragic death, she was powerless to help her only child, a beautiful daughter, who chose a lifestyle of drugs & prostitution and contracted diseases from it. Despite it all, Donna found serenity, & her story, though tragic, is full of hope, encouragement,...

A gripping, true story of one man’s forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery. "My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture...

"From Death Do I Part" is written for all addicts and their loved ones, but especially for those who have not been helped by Alcoholics Anonymous or drug and alcohol rehab. Amy shares with us in such a way that not only is the reader engaged in her often gripping, always revealing stories,...

Over a million people have been helped to take that first step with this easy-to-read pamphlet. The author provides an in-depth understanding of the first step in the 12 Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 1: The Foundations of Recovery also provides a table that outlines the stages of addiction...

Bob Welch was twenty-three, a World Series star, and promising young pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers when he realized he was an alcoholic. He became one of the first prominent athletes to discuss his ongoing treatment for addiction. His description of his time at the rehab center and his daily...

This highly personal, intriguing memoir gives hope and encouragement to those struggling with addiction and the ones who love them. In this grippingly honest narrative about one man’s journey from alcoholism and self-destruction to recovery and a changed life, readers will be dismayed at...

Designed to be used with the book A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps, this workbook helps deepen the understanding of the lessons taught and brings them to life with exercises and journaling activities. Women's recovery can differ from men's, and each person's recovery is in many ways unique....

Finally a treatment approach that embraces the whole family! In one sense, alcoholics and drug addicts are the fortunate ones. They have to learn a new way to live or risk death, incarceration, and loss of everything they hold dear. But what about the other members of their family? Because...

Learning About Effective Resolutions To Quit Smoking, Drinking & Gambling! Can Have Amazing Benefits For Your Life And Success! Resolve To Live An Addiction Free Life This Year! People who struggle in addictions and life will find these things in common: * They don't know...

Writing is compelling, vital, emotional; engages the reader. Author is telegenic and promotable. Approximately 22 million adults are classified with dependence or abuse according to US government data; only a small portion are in treatment. Market is huge as addiction is a family disease...

This memoir was first begun to help a young woman get through addiction. But as she dried up, her mental health issues began to shine through. If you or someone you know struggles with either addiction or mental health issues, this memoir will help you see that you are not alone. Brutally honest with a no holds bars attitude, prepare to join the experiments.

Picking up right at the point where Janet Woititz’s 1990 hit book Adult Children of Alcoholics left off, clinical psychologist Tian Dayton’s latest contribution contains fresh perspectives and new analysis on how to gain back emotional stability after growing up with the trauma of addiction,...

A man overcomes the trappings of his family’s history of suicide and addiction in this “grimly exquisite memoir that reads like a noir novel” (Publishers Weekly, Best Book of the Year). “One of the toughest memoirs I’ve ever read, at once spare and startlingly, admirably unsparing....

After enduring 12 years of sexual abuse at the hands of her father, and a long struggle with sexual addiction as an adult, Kelly Boykin set out on a journey of self-discovery by journaling about her past, her addiction, and her path to forgiveness and recovery. The Death of Innocence is candid, humorous,...