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SMART Recovery 4-Point Program® Handbook - International Version - English

by SMART Recovery Global ...

Tools and strategies to help manage problem behaviorsThe International Smart Recovery 4-Point Program(r) Handbook is designed to help people with addictive or problem behaviors live a balanced life. Each handbook is rooted in the principles of the SMART Recovery 4-Point Program(r), which includes:Building and Maintaining MotivationCoping with UrgesManaging Thoughts, Feelings, and ... Read more

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Tools and strategies to help manage problem behaviorsThe International Smart Recovery 4-Point Program(r) Handbook is designed to help people with addictive or problem behaviors live a balanced life. Each handbook is rooted in the principles of the SMART Recovery 4-Point Program(r), which includes:Building and Maintaining MotivationCoping with UrgesManaging Thoughts, Feelings, and
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The Sober Truth

Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

by Lance Dodes, Zachary Dodes ...

**A powerful exposé of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous—and how this failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America.“A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry.” —Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts**Alcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous ... Read more

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**A powerful exposé of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous—and how this failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America.“A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry.” —Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts**Alcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous
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The Attention Fix

How to Focus in a World That Wants to Distract You

by Anders Hansen ...

**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental ... Read more

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**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental
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DIARY OF A BROKEN MIND

A Mother’s Story, a Son’s Suicide, and the Haunting Lyrics He Left Behind

by Anne Moss Rogers, Charles Rogers ...

THE FUNNIEST, MOST POPULAR KID IN SCHOOL, Charles Aubrey Rogers suffered from depression and later addiction, then ultimately died by suicide.Diary of a Broken Mind focuses on the relatable story of what led to his suicide at age twenty and answers the why behind his addiction and this cause of death, revealed through a mother’s story and years of Charles’ published and unpublished song lyrics. ... Read more

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THE FUNNIEST, MOST POPULAR KID IN SCHOOL, Charles Aubrey Rogers suffered from depression and later addiction, then ultimately died by suicide.Diary of a Broken Mind focuses on the relatable story of what led to his suicide at age twenty and answers the why behind his addiction and this cause of death, revealed through a mother’s story and years of Charles’ published and unpublished song lyrics.
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Drugs, Crime and Public Health

The Political Economy of Drug Policy

by Alex Stevens ...

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach - centred on the UK, but with insights and complementary data gathered from the USA and other countries - it discusses theoretical perspectives and provides new empirical evidence which challenges prevalent ways of thinking about illicit drugs. It argues ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach - centred on the UK, but with insights and complementary data gathered from the USA and other countries - it discusses theoretical perspectives and provides new empirical evidence which challenges prevalent ways of thinking about illicit drugs. It argues
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Counseling Individuals With Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Disorders

A Comprehensive Approach

Edited by Reginald W. Holt, PhD, Regina R. Moro, PhD ...

The premier text on co-occurring mental and substance use disordersWritten by professional counselors for counselors, this lucid text delivers comprehensive information for those who work with individuals suffering from these complex maladies. It is distinguished by its grounding in the holistic, wellness orientation of the counseling profession and a segment dedicated to specific populations such ... Read more

$75.99 USD

The premier text on co-occurring mental and substance use disordersWritten by professional counselors for counselors, this lucid text delivers comprehensive information for those who work with individuals suffering from these complex maladies. It is distinguished by its grounding in the holistic, wellness orientation of the counseling profession and a segment dedicated to specific populations such
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Don't Call It Love

Recovery From Sexual Addiction

by Patrick Carnes ...

"Dr. Patrick Carnes is a creative, pioneering, and courageous human being. His books are changing the lives of thousands!""I lost three marriages, all because of affairs." "I became suicidal because of multiple intense involvements.""I spent money on sex when I needed it for children's clothes.""I lost promotion opportunities and a special scholarship because my co-workers found out about my sex ... Read more

$10.99 USD

"Dr. Patrick Carnes is a creative, pioneering, and courageous human being. His books are changing the lives of thousands!""I lost three marriages, all because of affairs." "I became suicidal because of multiple intense involvements.""I spent money on sex when I needed it for children's clothes.""I lost promotion opportunities and a special scholarship because my co-workers found out about my sex
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Hooked

Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

by Michael Moss ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Salt Sugar Fat comes a “gripping” (The Wall Street Journal) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over public health.“The processed food industry has managed to avoid being lumped in with Big Tobacco—which is why Michael Moss’s ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Salt Sugar Fat comes a “gripping” (The Wall Street Journal) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over public health.“The processed food industry has managed to avoid being lumped in with Big Tobacco—which is why Michael Moss’s
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The Easy Way to Stop Smoking

by Allen Carr ...

Series Book 10 - Allen Carr's Easyway
'If you follow my instructions you will be a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life.'That's a strong claim from Allen Carr, but as the world's leading quit smoking expert, Allen was right to boast!This classic guide to the world's most successful stop smoking method is all you need to give up smoking. You can even smoke while you read. There are no scare tactics, you will not gain weight and ... Read more

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'If you follow my instructions you will be a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life.'That's a strong claim from Allen Carr, but as the world's leading quit smoking expert, Allen was right to boast!This classic guide to the world's most successful stop smoking method is all you need to give up smoking. You can even smoke while you read. There are no scare tactics, you will not gain weight and
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The Thirteenth Step

Addiction in the Age of Brain Science

by Markus Heilig ...

The past thirty years have witnessed a revolution in the science of addiction, yet we still rely on outdated methods of treatment. Expensive new programs for managing addiction are also flourishing, but since they are not based in science, they offer little benefit to people who cannot afford to lose money or faith in their recovery.Clarifying the cutting-edge science of addiction for both ... Read more

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The past thirty years have witnessed a revolution in the science of addiction, yet we still rely on outdated methods of treatment. Expensive new programs for managing addiction are also flourishing, but since they are not based in science, they offer little benefit to people who cannot afford to lose money or faith in their recovery.Clarifying the cutting-edge science of addiction for both
... Read more
The Recovering

Intoxication and Its Aftermath

by Leslie Jamison ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of
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The Bangkok Connection

Trafficking heroin from Asia to the USA

by Ron Chepesiuk ...

Leslie “Ike” Atkinson is one of U.S. history’s most original gangsters. According to law enforcement sources, he and his gang smuggled, by conservative estimates, 1,000 pounds of heroin annually from Bangkok, Thailand, to U.S. military bases during their period of operation from 1968 to 1975.The Bangkok Connection: Trafficking Heroin from Asia to the USAchronicles the story of Atkinson, a ... Read more

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Leslie “Ike” Atkinson is one of U.S. history’s most original gangsters. According to law enforcement sources, he and his gang smuggled, by conservative estimates, 1,000 pounds of heroin annually from Bangkok, Thailand, to U.S. military bases during their period of operation from 1968 to 1975.The Bangkok Connection: Trafficking Heroin from Asia to the USAchronicles the story of Atkinson, a
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol

by Allen Carr ...

Series Book 9 - Allen Carr's Easyway
READ ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking, and his internationally best-selling Easy Way to Stop Smoking has been published in over 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies.In this classic guide, Allen applies his revolutionary method ... Read more

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READ ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking, and his internationally best-selling Easy Way to Stop Smoking has been published in over 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies.In this classic guide, Allen applies his revolutionary method
... Read more
Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation

A Neurobiologically Informed Holistic Treatment

by Alexandra Katehakis ...

Examining the neurobiological underpinnings of sex addiction.Neuroaffective science—studying the integrated development of the body, brain, and mind—has revealed mechanisms linking psychological and biological factors of mental disorders, including addiction. Indeed, its paradigm-shifting theoretical umbrella demonstrated that substance and behavioral dependencies share identical neurobiological ... Read more

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Examining the neurobiological underpinnings of sex addiction.Neuroaffective science—studying the integrated development of the body, brain, and mind—has revealed mechanisms linking psychological and biological factors of mental disorders, including addiction. Indeed, its paradigm-shifting theoretical umbrella demonstrated that substance and behavioral dependencies share identical neurobiological
... Read more
Smoking

The Artificial Passion

by David Krogh ...

What compels millions of people to ignore the medical evidence and continue smoking? David Krogh offers some fascinating and surprising answers in this critically acclaimed analysis of what doctors and scientists know about the passion for tobacco.This feisty and provocative work gives smokers, ex-smokers, non-smokers, or anyone captivated by the quirkiness of human behavior a better understanding ... Read more

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What compels millions of people to ignore the medical evidence and continue smoking? David Krogh offers some fascinating and surprising answers in this critically acclaimed analysis of what doctors and scientists know about the passion for tobacco.This feisty and provocative work gives smokers, ex-smokers, non-smokers, or anyone captivated by the quirkiness of human behavior a better understanding
... Read more
The Tennis Partner

A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss

by Abraham Verghese ...

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow... ... Read more

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An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow...
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Breaking the Cycle

Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame

by Andrew Adleman, MA, George Collins, MA ...

Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult. But summoning the courage to find help for this condition can be even more of a challenge. If addictions to pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, phone sex, or chat rooms have made you feel trapped, this book can help you find a way to break free.Written by a ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult. But summoning the courage to find help for this condition can be even more of a challenge. If addictions to pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, phone sex, or chat rooms have made you feel trapped, this book can help you find a way to break free.Written by a
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How to Overcome Addiction on Your Own

Self-Help Strategies for Getting Clean Without Help

by Steven Gray ...

About twenty-five percent of the world's population is suffering from one addiction to the other; unfortunately, fewer people take effective action to overcome this problem—this brings about incidences where dreams are shattered and goals getting neglected.Maybe you don't want to open up about your addiction because you are too embarrassed. Maybe you have tried different methods to overcome ... Read more

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About twenty-five percent of the world's population is suffering from one addiction to the other; unfortunately, fewer people take effective action to overcome this problem—this brings about incidences where dreams are shattered and goals getting neglected.Maybe you don't want to open up about your addiction because you are too embarrassed. Maybe you have tried different methods to overcome
... Read more
Chasing the Scream

The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

by Johann Hari ...

The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.One of Johann Hari's ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.One of Johann Hari's
... Read more
The Science of Addiction

From Neurobiology to Treatment

by Carlton K. Erickson, Ph.D. ...

An updated and expanded edition on the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction.Over the past 10 years, neurobiologic and genetic research has provided an increased understanding of what causes drug addiction in the brain’s reward pathway. Knowing this leads to a better understanding of how it may be treated and even reversed in those who successfully overcome the disease. This is ... Read more

$27.99 USD

An updated and expanded edition on the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction.Over the past 10 years, neurobiologic and genetic research has provided an increased understanding of what causes drug addiction in the brain’s reward pathway. Knowing this leads to a better understanding of how it may be treated and even reversed in those who successfully overcome the disease. This is
... Read more
Rehab

An American Scandal

by Shoshana Walter ...

Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry.Our country’s leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment. Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry.Our country’s leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment. Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where
... Read more
Creating Change

A Past-Focused Treatment for Trauma and Addiction

by Lisa M. Najavits, PhD ...

**Winner (First Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing CategoryThis flexible, evidence-based manual offers counselors a gentle, compassionate approach to help people with trauma, addiction, or both explore their past.** Creating Change guides clients to understand how trauma and addiction arose over time, grieve losses and regrets, create ... Read more

$63.99 USD

**Winner (First Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing CategoryThis flexible, evidence-based manual offers counselors a gentle, compassionate approach to help people with trauma, addiction, or both explore their past.** Creating Change guides clients to understand how trauma and addiction arose over time, grieve losses and regrets, create
... Read more
Codependent No More - Summarized for Busy People

How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself: Based on the Book by Melody Beattie

by Goldmine Reads ...

This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version.Is someone else's problem your problem? You may be codependent—and you may find yourself in this book—Codependent No More—if, like so ... Read more

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This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version.Is someone else's problem your problem? You may be codependent—and you may find yourself in this book—Codependent No More—if, like so
... Read more
Momma May Be Mad

A Memoir

by Kerry Neville ...

Momma May Be Mad: A Memoir is an inventive and striking memoir about motherhood, madness, and the grace of second and third chances. Kerry Neville shares the story of how she was caught in the perfect storm of bipolar disorder, anorexia, and alcoholism when her children were young and her marriage failing and how she found her way back to joy and hope. Electric shock therapy, hospitalizations, and ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Momma May Be Mad: A Memoir is an inventive and striking memoir about motherhood, madness, and the grace of second and third chances. Kerry Neville shares the story of how she was caught in the perfect storm of bipolar disorder, anorexia, and alcoholism when her children were young and her marriage failing and how she found her way back to joy and hope. Electric shock therapy, hospitalizations, and
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