Kategoria BISAC: Self-Help >> Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcohol

This new volume of meditations offers clients ongoing wisdom and guidance about relationship issues. An excellent enhancement to therapy, daily thoughts provide clients with ongoing insights into issues such as surrendering, the damaging effects of manipulation, and healthy communication.More Language of Letting Go shares unsentimental, direct help for clients recovering from chemical dependency, healing from relationships and family...

In A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps, author Dan Griffin uses interviews with men in various stages of recovery, excerpts from relevant Twelve Step literature, and his own experience to offer the first holistic approach to sobriety for men. Readers work through each of the Twelve Steps, learn to reexamine negative masculine scripts that have shaped who they are and how they approach...

Just about everyone knows a relative, friend, or coworker who is exhibiting signs of emotional or behavioral turmoil. Yet figuring out how to reach out to that person can feel insurmountable. We know it is the right thing to do, yet many of us hesitate to take action out of fear of conflict, hurt feelings, or damaging the relationship.Through a rich combination of user-friendly tools and real-life stories, Mark S....

In Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, award-winning journalist Anne Dowsett Johnston combines in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, and delivers a groundbreaking examination of a shocking yet little recognized epidemic threatening society today: the precipitous rise in risky drinking among women and girls.

With the feminist revolution, women have closed the gender gap in their professional and educational lives. They have also achieved equality with men in more troubling areas as well. In the U.S. alone, the rates of alcohol...

"A classic. Read it. Use it. It can help guide you step by step into the bright light of the world of recovery."
--from the Foreword by Harry Haroutunian, M.D., Physician Director, Betty Ford Center

"The Recovery Book is the Bible of recovery. Everything you need to know you will find in here."
--Neil Scott, host, Recovery Coast to Coast radio

Hope, support, and a clear road map for people with drug or alcohol addiction.

Announcing a completely revised and updated second edition of The Recovery Book, the Bible of addiction...

is the story of an artist's struggle with addiction and the beautiful journey to understand a world lost inside the throes of creative passion. The author wrote it to gain a better understanding of just what magic lies behind the creation of a work of art, what struggles it takes to live the life of a professional artist, and a few surprises along the way that are destined to lift and inspire the hearts of a wide array of readers. This is a journey through the darkness in a struggle to find balance in the beautiful lights and shadows of truth.

Social media has helped boost the culture of intoxication, a central aspect of young people s social lives in many Western countries. Initial research suggests that these technologies enable highly-nuanced, targeted marketing and innovations creating new virtual spaces that alter the dynamics and consequences of drinking cultures in significant ways.

Youth Drinking Cultures in a Digital World focuses on how pervasive social networking technologies contribute to drinking cultures. It brings together international contributions from leading researchers in this...

A compelling story of survival and healing from the ravages of the disease of alcoholism. Beginning with great opportunities and professional success, it chronicles the author's life and her decades-long battle with alcoholism that drove her into financial, physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy. It describes her journey back to health, a new career, and a new life.

The book answers the question, "How does anyone ever begin to recover from such a depth of physical and mental deterioration?" It offers critical information about the damage done to the brain and body by alcohol and...

A compelling story of survival and healing from the ravages of the disease of alcoholism. Beginning with great opportunities and professional success, it chronicles the author's life and her decades-long battle with alcoholism that drove her into financial, physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy. It describes her journey back to health, a new career, and a new life.

The book answers the question, "How does anyone ever begin to recover from such a depth of physical and mental deterioration?" It offers critical information about the damage done to the brain and body by alcohol and...

Part of the 5-star book series, Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss of a Parent shares the poignant journeys of men and women seeking healing and hope after losing a mother or father.

Offering 17 firsthand accounts of the aftermath, and filled with tender answers to moving questions, this book is a wonderful source of comfort for all grievers. Readers who share the same path will find compassion and hope, family and friends will gain better understanding, and professionals will appreciate the rich spectrum of journeys narrated by writers from around the world. Learn more...

'Should I drug test my child?' 'I've just found drugs in their room, what do I do now?'

The Drug Conversation is a guide for parents about how to raise the thorny issue of drugs with their children. It will help you begin a useful conversation about drugs with your child.

The book provides information on the different types of drugs available, their attractions and harms, how they work in the brain, and who uses them and why. It covers issues such as how to detect drug use, drug testing, synthetic drugs ('legal highs'), accessing help, effective treatments and what...