Substance Abuse category: 962 books
by Leonardo Boscarato
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
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WHY YOU TAKE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS?
This book is a collection of tips Leonardo Boscarato, who has decided to dial it in order to help society to unravel, at least in part, the fundamental question that generates problems of various kinds, including of course, bullying , addictions,...
by Garrett Buhl Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
After hearing I had a quit smoking, one of my mother’s friends asked if I would write a letter explaining how I had liberated my life from this insidious addiction. After sending her this letter, I asked her if she would mind if I shared this with others and she gave her gracious consent. If you...
Ordinary Recovery
Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
The key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other kind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment. The problem is that addictions are often the result of our efforts to escape living in the present in the first place. Bill Alexander’s unique approach...
Sane
Mental Illness, Addiction, and the 12 Steps
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Marya Hornbacher, author of the international best-sellers Madness and Wasted, offers an enlightening examination of the Twelve Steps for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders.
In this beautifully written recovery handbook, New York Times best-selling author Marya Hornbacher...
by Shannon Egan
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
For Shannon Egan, what began as a desperate bid to break from her strict religious upbringing and recover her sobriety—via a one-way ticket to Sudan, a country in the midst of genocide and civil war, and, due to Islamic law, seemingly alcohol-free—would evolve into a headlong plunge into the surreal...
by Dell Sweet
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
In AA they say that addictions will take you to hospitals, Mental Institutions and Prisons. It's true. They will. I have been in all of those places because of my addictions. But addictions are not responsible for the life I lead entirely, and certainly not responsible for the things I did. I may...
Healing and Hope
Six Women from the Betty Ford Center Share Their Powerful Journeys of Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2004
“A moving account of six former alcoholics and Betty Ford graduates—among them a teacher, a housewife and a gang member—with commentary from Ford herself.”—Self
“There was a lot of drinking and codependence in my extended family. Sitting in my jail cell, I thought about how many...
Unbroken Brain
A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped...
Quitting Cold
A Guide to Quit Smoking
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Quitting Cold: A Guide to Quit Smoking explains what to expect before, during, and after successfully quitting smoking. This guide will help to prepare both mind and body for each step in the process of quitting smoking. While other texts focus primarily on medical opinions and gimmicks, Quitting...
The Book That Started It All
The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
An extraordinary reproduction of the original working manuscript of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, with an introduction and notes by a panel of celebrated AA historians. The many changes that were made in black, green, and red on each page are show.
An extraordinary reproduction of the...
by Mary Beth Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
After unbearable pressure at home and at work, the author became manic and crashed her car into a tree thinking she would become reincarnated. After going to an incompetent psychiatrist, she had the enormous good luck to switch to the best psychiatrist in the county. Here she tells her own story along...
The Craving Mind
From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love?Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them
We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any...
by Diana Thorgill
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
It has been recognized recently that all addictive behavior - whether it be smoking, alcohol intake, shopaholics, workaholics, playing games, watching TV too much, having a lot of sex, doing a lot of exercises to buying a book and not reading it, and others - work the same general way the brain works...
Caffeine Blues
Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
One of the most accomplished nutritional biochemists and medical writers in his field reveals the truth about caffeine and helps you kick the habit forever.
Nearly 80% of all Americans are hooked on caffeine, this country's #1 addiction. A natural component of coffee, tea and chocolate, and...