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This book is intended to contribute to the World Health Organization's (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. It explores areas where alcohol producers' technical competence can and does make a positive contribution to reducing harmful drinking and where industry input has been welcomed by WHO. The book describes each of these areas: producing beer, wine, and spirits; addressing availability of noncommercial beverages; pricing, marketing, and selling beverage alcohol; encouraging responsible choices; and working with others. The final chapter sets out views of how...

This is the original study guide to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Filled with practical information for those first days of sober living, this little book: offers newcomers advice about the program, how long it takes, and what to look for in a sponsorprovides in-depth discussions of each of the Twelve Steps and related character defectsposes common questions about AA and helping others, identifying where to find answers in the Big Bookfeatures...

Essential evidence-based strategies for the prevention and reduction of alcohol abuse among college students

With contributions from notable substance abuse researchers, this practical guide presents clear strategies for prevention of and interventions for alcohol abuse in the college-age population.

Ranging from community-based prevention programs to individual, motivational, and interview-based approaches, College Student Alcohol Abuse explores:

• The leading theories used to conceptualize college student drinking and related problems, with an...

These daily reflections, prayers, and tags of memory-sticking phrases are intended to offer inspiration, comfort, and, above all, hope to those recovering from alcoholism, or from other forms of chemical dependency or compulsive behavior.The book is based on the solid spiritual foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and upon the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. It draws also upon the great body of accumulated...

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.

Maybe you've just started on the road to recovering from addiction. Or you've tried to stop abusing alcohol or drugs before, but haven't been successful. Perhaps you're making progress in a support group or 12-step program, but want to add an approach grounded in science. No matter how far you've come, how far you still have left to go, or which path you've chosen, this book can help you end your struggle with addiction.

The Wisdom...

Twelve Steps. Twelve Traditions. And yes, Twelve Principles. The Steps outline the actions that lead to extraordinary healing. The Traditions exist as guides to the functioning of the Fellowship. Embedded in both is a series of Principles by which to measure your progress.Anyone who lives a Twelve Step way of life will recognize the principles passed on in A Gentle Path through the Twelve...

The twelve steps tap into the essential human process of change and will be regarded as one of the intellectual and spiritual landmarks in human history.--Patrick CarnesIt was out of his reverence and respect for the wisdom and therapeutic value of the Twelve Steps that Carnes wrote A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps, now a recovery classic and self-help staple for anyone looking for guidance for life's hardest challenges.Hundreds of thousands of people have found in...

A book of fresh meditations, Morning Light offers beautifully written bursts of inspiration to help you begin each day with renewed self-confidence and serenity.Amy Dean brings the comfort and courage offered in her top-selling mediation book Night Light to this companion for the morning hours, helping devoted fans and new readers start their day on a bright and positive note. Written in her signature personable style, these...

Emotional Sobriety: Feel-Good Secrets for Everyone provides uplifting mental practices, powerful encouragement, and straightforward advice to anyone seeking to improve the quality of his or her life. Easy-to-follow, simple exercises and suggestions give you a step-by-step practical program to master your emotions and to tune in, tap in, and turn on to your Inner Being.

This guide provides a new, innovative approach to steps ten and eleven found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous that can change and raise your awareness to feeling good all day, every day.

You can learn to use...

Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. Growing awareness of alcohol-related health problems among the general public has led to high levels of interest in alcohol consumption and its impact on society. This innovative collection of new perspectives on this critically important issue is informed by a leading group of international social scientists. Topics covered include alcoholism, the family, minimum pricing, paternalistic controls, and Socially Responsible Investment programs. Together, these essays reveal illuminating new insights into how public policy...

Contrariamente a la idea de que son los padres los que dejan un legado a los hijos, en este libro, es Alex, a travEs de su historia, el que le otorga una herencia a su madre y a toda la familia: la de la lucha incansable por reconstruirse a sI mismo, lejos de los espacios de las drogas. Dilucidar quE sucediO en esta historia, puede, sin duda, ayudar a otros padres a que conozcan mAs sobre el mundo de las adicciones, asI como darles a conocer los distintos clichEs que se han producido en torno a esta enfermedad; para que asI, al contar con mAs herramientas, puedan enfrentar, de la mejor...