Substance Abuse category: 962 books
by K.J. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Reading this guide will help you to better understand what addiction is, how drugs and alcohol affect the body, as well as Addiction Recovery options based on recent studies from 2015 done by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Health, and the US Department of Health and...
There's More Than One Way to Get to Cleveland
10 Lifestyles of Recovery That Lead to Freedom From Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Twelve-step programs like AA don't work for many addicts. The Ten Lifestyles of Recovery are the holistic, healthy alternative. Former addict, addiction counselor and ultra-endurance athlete Todd Crandell explains what makes the Lifestyles work. Todd knows what he's talking about: he wasted 13 years...
Pick Your Poison...No More
Stop Your Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Other Addictions You May Have
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
WARNING: NO ALCOHOL AND DRUG ARE PERMITTED IN YOUR LIFE BEYOND THIS POINT
Did you read the sign? Yes, you’ve read that correctly...from this point forward and onward...your alcohol and drug (as well as other addictions you may have) should be left out behind the door - and will eventually...
Closer to Found: Unlocking Your Teen's Secret Life
A Reader's Guide to Loss and Found
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Closer to Found: Unlocking Your Teens Secret Life, a companion piece to Karen Flyers memoir Loss and Found, offers readers real-life and relevant insights on surviving childhood and adolescent traumas; diagnostic and clinical advice for parents and mental health professionals on how to help a troubled...
Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
A person with a mental health problem has a higher risk of having a substance use problem, just as a person with a substance use problem has an increased chance of having a mental health problem.
This guide:
explains the symptoms and causes of concurrent disorder
outlines the different...
by Tommy Womeldorf
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2015
As a precocious, enthusiastic boy of thirteen, Tommy had the whole world ahead of him...until a trusted association with his Boy Scout leader destroyed his innocence and shattered his self-perception. To make matters worse, the abuse Tommy endured took place within the sacred walls of the Mormon Church....
by Susan Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
In the critically acclaimed Five Men Who Broke My Heart, Manhattan journalist Susan Shapiro revisited five self-destructive romances. In her hilarious, illuminating new memoir, Lighting Up, she rejects five self-destructive substances. This difficult quest for clean living starts with Shapiro’s...
by Michael McGee MD
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Are you ready to join the ranks of the addiction-free? This is the guide you've been waiting for. With his new 12-step program, Harvard-trained Dr Michael McGee has helped hundreds of patients in their full recovery. Start reading now and:
-completely transform your life from suffering to joy;
-fully...
by Skip Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
If someone you love has a drug problem and you can't talk to them, this book can do your talking for you
How To Straighten Up Your Act is a a do-it-yourself book that contains step-by-step instructions on how to overcome substance abuse on your own - in the real world – from the very moment you decide to quit.
It even works in Rehab.
Helping the Addict You Love
The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
It's okay to love them. It's your right to help them.
Addiction destroys people and can even end lives. When you know or suspect that someone you love is suffering from addiction you have two goals: getting your loved one into treatment and turning that treatment into full-fledged sobriety....
Hopeful Healing
Essays on Managing Recovery and Surviving Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Actress and author of the courageous New York Times bestselling memoir High on Arrival, Mackenzie Phillips—Hollywood’s go-to person on substance abuse and a visible and outspoken advocate for addiction awareness and education—brings her knowledge and voice on the subject of recovery for the...
by Theresa Dove-Waters
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Not My Son, Not on Mothers Day is a true-to-life story about a mother and son who were both going through a life-altering personal struggle. The mother was struggling with a call to preach, and the son was struggling with substance abuse, which started at a very young age.
The Recovering Body
Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Just as recovery requires daily practice, so does physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle. In The Recovering Body, seasoned health writer, Jennifer Matesa ignites the recovery community with the first-ever guide to achieving physical recovery as part of your path to lifelong sobriety.
In our...
Not As Prescribed
Recognizing and Facing Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Older Adults
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
The leading clinical expert on substance misuse and abuse, Dr. Harry Haroutunian of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, provides caregivers and loved ones with vital information needed to understand and address addiction issues in older adults.
Drug and alcohol problems are booming in older...