Alcoholism category: 580 books
by Claude M. Steiner, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
The most lucid account of the patterns of problem drinkers ever set down in a book!
Drawing on soundly tested theories of transactional behavior, Dr. Steiner describes the three distinct types of alcoholics -- Drunk and Proud, Lush and Wino -- and their games, scripts and rackets: Debtor......
No More Letting Go
The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“Detachment” has been the standard message of most addiction literature for the last twenty years. The conventional wisdom offered to an addict’s loved ones has been to let the addict “hit bottom” before intervening. Now intervention specialist Debra Jay challenges this belief and offers...
The Twelve Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous
Interpreted By The Hazelden Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2009
This book brings together a series of short discussions from various authors who interpret the Twelve Steps.
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous form the cornerstone of one of the most effective programs for recovery from alcoholism. The steps have also been successfully adapted for use...
Your Brain on AA
Companion and Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
This Companion and Guide is the result of requests to provide a simplified overview of the contents found in Your Brain on AA (YBOAA). Hence, I have used flow charts highlighting the key issues regarding each of the twelve step discussions found in YBOAA to do this. In addition, I personally wanted to...
My Bipolar Life
Guide to Maintenance & Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
**THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING LIFE AS BOTH A BIPOLAR AND AN ALCOHOLIC.**
Jane S. is one of the 60-percent (or more) of "manic depressives" (persons severely bipolar) who are also alcoholics. Her bipolar life story covers forty-seven years of sobriety and forty-five years on lithium therapy, how...
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Substance Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.
Maybe you’ve just started on the road to recovering from addiction. Or you’ve tried to stop abusing alcohol or drugs before, but haven’t been successful....
by Anonymous Contributors
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
A collection of stories from people who have found release from alcoholism through the programme and fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Cool, Hip & Sober
88 Ways to Beat Booze and Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
In a refreshingly clear-headed and informed approach to addiction, noted writer and radio host Bill Manville sums up what he's learned in more than forty years of research . . . twenty as a demon-driven drunk and twenty in recovery.
From his popular show "Addictions and Answers,"...
by Mary N Stamper
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
Alcohol and drugs are as in the last days of our lives or even the earth's last days of existence, there will always be that "Last Call" for your vises before total destruction. Sodom and Gomorrah has nothing on today's alcohol and drug related society. People literally explode from alcoholism,...
The Road to Freedom
Healing from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The Road to Freedom is the path of hope for all of us who are stuck. With practical application and inspiration, Johnny Baker shares his story of recovering from alcoholism and offers the truths he has learned from his 25 years with Celebrate Recovery.
Baker’s father, John, founded Celebrate...
by Anonymous Guest
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2018
These are important questions being asked by thousands of people every day. An answer is shown that explains the stark differences between problem drinking and alcoholism. We will also cover what to expect if you go to an AA meeting in your town or city. All organizations have their good and bad points...
Sober Siblings
How to Help Your Alcoholic Brother or Sister-and Not Lose Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2008
In the vein of Adult Children of Alcoholics comes the first book geared specifically to the siblings of alcoholics. Patricia Olsen, sister of two alcoholic brothers, shares her personal experiences along with interviews with other sober siblings, while Petros Levounis, M.D., the director of The Addiction...
Signals of Transendence
One Man's Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
The author believed, “God had to beat me in the head with a two by four until I finally surrendered.” Raised to understand his family’s expectations – the same ones that later weighed on him, when he saw how far he’d wandered off the path, those seeds, planted earlier, helped him find his...
Married Under the Influence
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
As the wife of an alcoholic, author Harmony Rose searched for some validity to her emotions: she didnt want to feel crazy anymore or continue to carry the shame and blame that came with her husbands alcoholism.
In Married under the Influence, she shares her story of living year after year with...