Addiction category: 1829 books
by Jay Kyle Petersen
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
My personal story about how I got started drinking at age nine, had my first blackout age 14, kept on drinking hard, always to get drunk, got into drugs in college and finally bottomed out in 1977. How drinking negatively affected my life but also how it helped me as a coping mechanism with pain,...
Sober Boots
Spiritual Reflections on the Path of Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
In this compelling compilation, Heather Kopp shares stories and insights from her own stumbling journey of addiction to recovery. With the humor and honesty her readers have come to love, she offers practical help and spiritual encouragement to those who suffer from alcoholism or addiction. As the...
No Deals
An Addict's Journey To Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Early one morning in 1994, Jackie Burke lay dying on the floor of his elderly mother’s house, his body pumped full of a lifetime’s worth of drugs and alcohol.
An ex-prisoner, Jackie had defied help offered by psychotherapists, social workers and addiction counsellors. His drug-taking lifestyle...
Stronger
(What Doesn’t Kill You) An Addict’s Mom’s Guide to Peace
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Find The Love, Patience, and Insight to Take Your Life Back What does it look and feel like to be a Mother of an Addict? How does a Mother’s unconditional love help her child’s addiction? Sandy Sherman is a Mother of 2 addicts – a Daughter and a Son. For 5 years she felt her life was spiraling...
I've Lived
From recovery. To discovery.
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This is not a “How To” book. It is a “Why To” book.
Gerry tells us about his 15 year journey of discovery by relating to some experiences in his life prior to recovery from alcoholic addiction and bi-polar affliction. The author applies a common saying or thought to every letter from...
Quiet Hearts
A Companion to the Twelve Steps That Change Choices and Transform Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Addiction to booze or drugs, food, sex, gambling, spending—any addiction—is not orderly or tidy. Neither is recovering from it. Recovery can be exhilarating and frightening, and it can wreak havoc not only on the addict but on his or her family and friends. Quiet Hearts is a window on recovery both for people new to twelve-step programs and for those who care about them.
The Tao of Sobriety
Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The Tao of Sobriety shows how to apply eastern philosophy to enhance recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. With a few simple mental exercises, readers can learn how to quiet "The Committee," those nasty mental voices that undermine serenity and self-esteem. With leaders of...
Twelve Secular Steps
An Addiction Recovery Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Twelve Secular Steps features biology based explanations of both addiction and of the 12 Step recovery process. As a Step working guidebook the author, a scientist and recovered addict, emphasizes an active role for the recovering addict. Science and faith come together in this adaptation of the approach...
Howling Up To the Sky
The Opioid Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Pact Press brings you Howling Up to the Sky, the second anthology in our series designed to spark conversation, promote awareness, and generate funds for groups striving to improve our society. Pact Press is proud, through the sale of this anthology, to support the fine work of Shatterproof in assisting...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Learn the basic facts behind the dangers of nicotine and tobacco use, including the history of tobacco, its early medical use, signs of addiction and dependence, addiction treatment options, prevention tools for parents, and much more.With tobacco use as one of the most significant causes of death...
How to Spot Hidden Alcoholics
Using Behavioral Clues to Recognize Addiction in Its Early Stages
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
For those who may have alcoholics in their personal or professional lives, this book describes the indicators of alcoholism, many of which seem too subtle and innocuous to suggest addiction. Listing more than 80 alcoholic forms of behavior and clues, such as the supreme-being complex and mental confusion,...
Craving
Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A nationally recognized expert on compulsive behaviors explains the phenomenon of craving and gives us tools to achieve freedom from our seemingly insatiable desires by changing our actions to remap our brains.
When we find ourselves wanting something strong enough, we’ll do just about anything...
What's wrong with My Kid? and Recovering My Kid Bundle
A Recovery Collection for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
A down-to-earth, judgment-free guide on recognizing the warning signs of alcohol and drug use in their kids, recognizing if there’s a problem, and creating a safe, supportive environment during treatment and throughout recovery.
A down-to-earth, judgment-free guide on recognizing the warning...
by Shirley Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
If you have a friend, lover, family member or colleague with an addictive personality, then you can’t afford not to buy this book!
Consider the following questions:
• Do you attract partners who are either needy or engulfing, or fear intimacy and are emotionally unavailable?
• Do you...