Addiction and therapy Books

Fundamentals of Addiction is an essential reference for counsellors and a comprehensive textbook for college and university level students in courses that address addictions. Written by more than 50 experts in addiction treatment and related fields, each...

An expansive alternative for those who have struggled with the "higher power" of AA's 12-step program, Higher and Friendly Powers offers a sense of human decency, moral ideals, and even a better version of oneself. In Higher and Friendly Powers, Peg...

While the War on Drugs may have sounded like a good idea at one time, the consequences have been catastrophic. From physicians persecuted for providing health care to their patients to parents grieving the loss of their children to overdose or prison...

Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tellThe stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people...

Working as a drug and alcohol counselor for over 20 years has given author Bajeerao Patil a world of experiences, as well as a trove of heartrending and peculiar stories filled with unforgettable characters. Visit the agonizing, sad and often-strange...

When does a harmless habit become an addition? Why do only some of us get addicted? What can make recovery possible? The Psychology of Addiction is a fascinating introduction to the psychological issues surrounding addiction and the impact they have on...

""Your Will Power, Also Called The Mystic Will: Or How To Develop And Strengthen Will Power, Memory, Or Any Other Faculty Or Attribute Of The Mind"" is a self-help book written by Charles Godfrey Leland in 1918. The book focuses on the concept of will...

Procrastination Anxiety Addiction And Motivation: Guide to the Psychology Behind ProcrastinatingProven Ways For Overcoming Laziness Your Inner Procrastinator, Master Time, And Improve ProductivityYou know how you avoid tasks? Decide to tidy your...

Das Buch soll helfen, das Phänomen Drogensucht zu veranschaulichen. Wenn man weiß wie Drogensucht entsteht und stattfindet, lassen sich Wege aus der Sucht ersehen. Die Sucht verliert in dem Augenblick an Macht, in dem man sie durchschaut. Die im Buch...

When it comes to the road to recovery, antiquated notions abound. This book was created to highlight how, in the world today, there are actually many ways to get to and stay on the recovery path. In this book you'll read 11 stories of return. Return...

Rédigé par des conseillers professionnels, ce guide concis et facile à lire s'adresse aux personnes aux prises avec des problèmes liés à l'alcool et à d'autres drogues ainsi qu'à leur famille. Il fournit des renseignements sur :• ce que représente la...

Since Benjamin Rush first introduced the disease of wills as the cause of alcoholism, a steady and slow infiltration of the disease model has infected how the church treats those who struggle with addictions. The first organization that truly sought to...

She was an accomplished health care administrator, a fundraising executive running a multi-million-dollar campaign for one of Maryland’s leading health care systems. Her husband was a former mayor. They had raised a happily married daughter. From...

Despite a rapid increase in the availability of many forms of gambling, there has been little serious study in the literature of the likely effects. This book seeks to fill that gap by reviewing what is known about gambling in Britain and studying work...

Inspired by the 12step saying, "Life is simple, it's people who are complicated," Barb Rogers points out in Keep It Simple and Sane that it's pretty easy to tell ourselves lie upon lie as we explain away bad behavior associated with drugs, alcohol, food,...

This book explores the compulsions and trauma that underlie addiction, using an intersubjective approach in seeking to understand the inspirations and challenges arising from the psychoanalytic treatment of addiction, compulsivity, and related...

This timely volume explores the possible reasons that young people turn to drugs, the most effective methods to manage those who are afflicted, and ways to educate youth to prevent their initial drug involvement.

DescriptionFollowing over twenty years of abstinence from drink and drugs, much contemplation of natural phenomena, prayer and meditation, Jack Llewellyn describes with great candour his slippery descent into addiction - to sex as well as alcohol and...

PERFECTIONISM IS A POWERFUL DRUG.DOES THE ADDICTION HAVE ITS GRIP ON YOU?Perfection. It sounds appealing. After all, what is better than perfect? The allure of perfection hooks and draws us in. Once we've tasted perfection, good will never be good enough...

A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object provides an accessible understanding to the unconscious motive behind smoking addiction using Winnicott's concept of the transitional object.

Developing Competencies for Recovery aims to help people struggling with addiction realize recovery by developing core competencies that will equip, enable, and empower them to master addiction, live well, and do good. Competencies are clusters of...

Dans cet ouvrage, Valentin Magnan analyse les différentes formes du délire alcoolique et explore les traitements qui peuvent aider les patients à se rétablir. Les causes de l'alcoolisme sont également examinées, offrant une perspective précieuse sur...

Tired of unhappy relationships? Do you feel you always choose the wrong person? Do you feel disrespected in the relationship? Are you unable to leave the relationship even though you are unhappy? Then Love Addiction: A Guide to Emotional Independence is...

Wires Untwisting is primarily a book about hope in the world of addictions.The lives of many have been blighted by untreated addiction, this book goes some way in explaining what addiction is and how to treat it. It explores at all the...

Written in 1821, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' brought literary fame and not a little notoriety to Thomas de Quincy. It blew the lid on widespread opium addiction in Regency England, 'outing' such worthies as Dr Abernethy,...

Sailaday OK tells the story of how I built on my personal experiences of addictions and recovery to create a charity to provide a marine based adventure therapy programme to help recovering addicts to return and to find their place back in the world, to...

101 Tips for Recovering from Addictions can help transform the life of any recovering addict from bleak to bright. These practical suggestions give hope, from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, to realizing this light holds a promising future to...

Dear Husband is a powerful, intimate book about loving an addict. Nancy tells her story through a series of letters written to her husband over the course of many years. The letters begin two decades into their marriage, when an already rocky...

William E. Swegan ("Sgt. Bill") was the major spokesman for the psychological wing of early Alcoholics Anonymous-that group within the newborn A.A. movement of the 1930's, 40's and 50's which stressed the psychotherapeutic side of the twelve step...

In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one. Much of previous thinking had been based on anecdotal evidence. In contrast this book, first published in 1986, is based upon recent scientific evidence...

Originally published in 1979, this book examines the implications of the change of emphasis in how alcoholism was viewed at the time. It looks at definitional, aetiological, epidemiological and socio-cultural questions and contains contributions from...

As we became more aware of the risks associated with excessive drinking, this practical, straightforward guide, first published in 1989, would have been essential reading for health and welfare workers who were keen to develop the alcohol education...

In the 1970s the vagrant alcoholic was not a new problem. Tim Cook worked for many years with homeless men and in this book, originally published in 1975, he describes the problems of vagrant alcoholics and the way in which one voluntary organization,...

Originally published in 1978, this book develops a radical new perspective on the prevalence and causes of drinking problems, combining reviews of historical and contemporary literature with the authors' own research studies.

First published in 1983, the real nature of the relationship between economics and alcohol is explored in detail for the first time. It argues for increased participation by economists in the processes of social policy decision-making and considers the...

Originally published in 1991, Educating Young Drinkers outlines the reasons for the lack of success in previous experiments in alcohol education at the time. It focuses on an activity-based primary intervention with young people as a possible solution.

In the 1980s the study of alcoholism was in a period of rapid change, this book, originally published in 1985, identifies and explores the three most controversial contemporary issues. The authors broadly reject the disease concept of alcoholism, but, as...

Originally published in 1991, Counselling Problem Drinkers provides an illuminating and invaluable guide for the counsellor trying to help clients control their drinking. Written in a clear, straightforward way, it offers practical but imaginative...

First published in 1981, here was the first review of literature on a controversial but increasingly practiced approach to the treatment of alcoholism. The authors analyse all the questions controlled drinking raises, starting with the...

First published in 1987,this title addressed the realisation that only a small proportion of problem drinkers ever contacted existing treatment agencies, and that a more comprehensive community-oriented approach should be developed. Including training of...

Explore the causes and effects of the shame/guilt/addiction cycle!Since the original edition in 1989, great strides have been made in understanding the overlapping functions of shame and guilt and the ways these painful emotions are linked with...

In this textbook, the author defines what is meant by diversity and reviews what we know today about the effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine and crack, hallucinogens and heroin. This is then put into a broader...

Breaking the silence, removing the shameIn this highly acclaimed recovery guide, renowned sex and relationship therapists Wendy and Larry Maltz shed new light on the compelling nature and destructive power of today's instantly available pornography...