Addiction category: 1829 books

New, updated edition 2017. Lyn Kelley, Ph.D. is a licensed therapist and certified relationship coach who draws from her own experience her clients’ to give you the most practical and up-to-date information about addicted men. You’ll learn how “bad” he is on a scale from 1 – 5. You’ll...

This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Cannabis is illegal as far as federal law is concerned; yet recent trends in the United States indicate it is moving toward more widespread legalization. While both sides of the legalization...

Okay, I quit. Now what? / Becoming a Re-Invented Alcoholic. Quitting drinking is the easy part – staying quit and enjoying sober life is the hard part. This book offers practical ideas to get the most out of sober living. It asks the reader to think about their own life and think on their own behalf. This is an alternative to traditional step systems. Not religious based.

Many books will tell you how to maintain healthy relationships, Betrayal-Proofing Your Relationship drills down into three specific problem areas with the potential to sabotage your relationship. Within those three areas, you'll learn how to identify maladaptive behaviors and roles that contribute...

Quitting smoking can be an overwhelming feeling. It’s not only about breaking a powerful physical dependence on an incredibly addictive substance. It also involves significantly changing one’s lifestyle, habits and coping strategies. At My Mind Valley we understand the undeniable difficulties...

This book will show you how to run problem-solving group therapy sessions. It focuses it focuses on practical techniques rather than theory. The problem-solving group format does several things. It rapidly established an effective group atmosphere that allows individual group members to work on different...

An inspiring collection of articles and personal stories about codependent behavior, this book focuses on self-sabotaging behavior patterns and good principles of self-care. An inspiring collection of articles and personal stories about codependent behavior, this book focuses on self-sabotaging behavior patterns and good principles of self-care.

In The Alternative 12 Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery, Martha Cleveland and Arlys G. show how the 12-Step program can be interpreted and worked by those who simply do not believe in an interventionist deity. At the same time the authors conscientiously maintain the intention and integrity of the program...

Rediscover the simple truths that make a relationship thrive with familiar and revealing insights from best-selling author Karen Casey. Tending our relationships is our highest calling as human beings, says Karen Casey. All of our relationships "with loved ones, coworkers, neighbors, and even...

A time-proven process of healing, The 12-Step method is a practical approach to overcoming addictions, codependency, and compulsions. These steps will help you: Heal your relationships with others. Master new skills to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Restore joy and meaning to your...

A poignant and moving account of the author's journey through recovery and his discovery of the evolving meaning of "normal". Includes wisdom gleaned through his relationship with his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. The reader learns how to redefine their understanding of normal as it applies to them.

Since Muriel Zink began her own recovery work over thirty years ago, many people in self-help and anonymous recovery programs have shared their concern with her about finding concrete, practical ways to use the Twelve Step model, developed originally by Alcoholics Anonymous. In STEP BY STEP, Muriel...

The Tao of Quitting Smoking is a spiritual guide written in a no-nonsense Dr. Phil-like way complete with homework assignments. Examining every level of the smoking experience, Weaver addresses why people start smoking, the effects of nicotine and other poisons in cigarettes, how to use meditation instead of nicotine, and how to say goodbye permanently to tobacco without gaining weight.

“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Recovering addicts work the 12 steps because their lives depend on it. Accessing a Higher Power and acting upon the Higher Power’s will is a means for lasting recovery and survival. The 12-Step Recovery Toolkit...