Substance Abuse category: 962 books
Addicted
Notes from the Belly of the Beast
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2001
With new material from Susan Cheever, Molly Jong-Fast, and Rick Whitaker. What is this craving that overpowers all else? What is it like to be addicted, and what does it take to get straight or sober? In this new and expanded edition of a widely praised collection, an outstanding roster of courageous...
by Charlotte Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2010
Mackinaw Bridge Jesus is written for anyone, anywhere who’s struggled with addictions, sexual orientation, mental health, crazy families, finding God, losing jobs, getting old, getting laid and generally living life on life’s terms. It speaks to the dysfunctional members of society – those of us known as the vast majority.
by Andy Nieman
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
The horror of loneliness. Over 10 years in prison. Hooked on heroin, cocaine and drugs for 23 years. A chronic alcoholic for 27. Homeless. Eating out of garbage bins. Born into a violent alcoholic home. Molested by a pedophile in a residential school for three years. Surviving on skid row for 10 years....
It's Not About You, Except When It Is
A Field Manual For Parents of Addicted Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Upbeat, encouraging, and pragmatic, not theoretical.
Written by one who "knows the ropes."
Author has experienced fifteen years of interacting with an addicted child and understands the way to speak to others with the same experience.
Offers the author's "twelve...
by Carol Gilreath
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
This book describes the difficulties a family encounters as they live through a heartrending journey with a son who has chosen a life of addiction. Many families will be able to relate to the scenarios within their own lives. It is written with an interesting twist of nursery rhymes revised to describe...
by Anonymous Guest
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
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...
by Paul Wolanin
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2016
Escaping from a prison of negative and destructive thinking can be a real challenge. In his new book, therapist, author, and speaker Paul J. Wolanin identifies how we become prisoners of our thoughts and beliefs and outlines the steps necessary to escape from the prison of the mind. Using over a decade...
Addictive Thinking
Understanding Self-Deception
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding recovery.
Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous,...
A Place Called Self A Companion Workbook
Women, Sobriety, and Radical Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
A Place Called Self: A Companion Workbook addresses one of the greatest gifts and biggest challenges for women in recovery: Discovering their real, true self.
Stephanie Brown explains how the process of becoming addicted requires women to shut down, turn off, and block out much of their true...
I'll Quit Tomorrow
A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatmen
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers, I'll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods...
Creative Recovery
A Complete Addiction Treatment Program That Uses Your Natural Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
For writers, artists, musicians, and creators in every field, this book offers a complete addiction recovery program specifically designed for the creative person. Full of explanations and exercises, this book presents ways to use your own innate creative abilities in service of your recovery and...
Good Things Emotional Healing Journal: Addiction
Effective Strategies to Manage Unwanted Habits and Compulsive Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
A companion for people who want to free themselves from unhealthy habits and behaviors.
Physical and emotional stress can make us vulnerable to addictions of all kinds, as we use mood altering substances like drugs and alcohol—or unhealthy habits like overeating, gambling, and compulsive...
by Dell & Linda Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
12 Steps Unlocked was written to give a fundamental, nuts and bolts understanding of how the Twelve Steps work for men and women in recovery. The book breaks out of the generalities about spirituality and gives specific and clear implementation of Twelve Step programs that anyone from the atheist...
by Randy Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In this book, I offer secret tips to help the alcoholic and persons closest to the alcoholic. Why do I refer to these tips as secret? These tips are secret because too many family members and alcoholics, who need the information the most, don’t have the information; it is secret to them. They don’t...