Addiction category: 1829 books

Over a year ago, I left a Mariah Carey concert in Las Vegas after six songs. I had gone on the trip as a present to myself for turning forty. But I couldn't enjoy it. I was high on multiple drugs, but mostly crystal meth, and extremely drunk. I had been this way the majority of the year and a...

No matter what kind of change you want to make in your life, Waking Up Happy: A Handbook of Change with Memoirs of Recovery and Hope holds the keys. As inspirational as it is practical, this first-of-a-kind handbook focuses on the positive steps of recovery and change. Powerful, absorbing, and beautifully...

At SoCal Detox we know that finding help for addiction, whether for yourself or a loved one, is a confusing and overwhelming process. With that in mind, we have spent the past few years gathering information for individuals and families in order to help them have the best information possible in their...

If youre recovering from an addiction of any sortbe it to alcohol, drugs or something elseor if you want to support a loved one seeking to change their life, then you need this book. Dray Summers, who has worked with the addicted population for many years, shares more than two hundred sayings,...

The nicotine dependence is the most common form of substance abuse in subjects with schizophrenia, they are dependent on nicotine with a rate three times higher than that of the general population. The relationship between smoking and schizophrenia is complex: sick people seem to be driven to smoke, and researchers have found a biological basis for this addiction.

The Other Woman is a bold and emotional memoir based on a sixteen-line rap written by the daughter of an addict. In this honest portrayal of addiction, Nette loses herself in the stories of her father's struggles. She vividly recounts his memories of the crack houses and prison cells he once frequented,...

The Little Red Book for Women speaks directly to women of the 21st Century who seek both the restorative powers of Twelve Step recovery and insights into the time-honored traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Published in 1957, The Little Red Book is known as the foremost study guide to the Big...

This is it is not a book for the faint of heart or those that are easily offended. This is it was written to ignite change in your life to help you discover what is keeping you from living the life you've always wanted. Procrastination, excuses, justification, self-pity, and laziness are diseased...

Table of ContentsPrefaceSmoking HabitsChapter # 1: Why smoking is addictiveChapter # 2: Identifying smoking triggers in your lifeQuitting that SmokeChapter # 3: Rules for quitting smokingChapter # 4: Additional tips to help you quitChapter # 5: Personal Stop Smoking PlanAbout Relapse and Other...

This is a collection of short stories based on recovery and beyond. There are stories of strength, hope, compassion, and fear of living a life with and without addiction.

After 35 in the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous, I am still in awe of the miracles I see. People who are so messed up when they first come into this program and totally change into a rational, even thinking human beings. This happens not by just going to meetings, that won't do it. It is only by fully...

Being of service is essential to staying sober and can add a new level of perspective and gratitude to your life. Learn about the power of Step 12 and how to weave service into your day-to-day. “Nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It...

The 12 Step program is designed to achieve a crucial “personality change" sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism and addiction. These are stories by people who've been there and share the experience, strength and hope they gleaned from the 12-Steps. There are thirty-six stories - ways "to...

Big & Tall Chronicles is a revealing and powerful, yet surprisingly comical account of Gary Marino's lifelong battle with obesity. It details how growing up overweight in America negatively affects an individual. Anecdotes demonstrate how Mr. Marino's weight problem put him in situations or "misadventures"...