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

Do you try to fill an emptiness in your being with activities, substances, or unhealthy relationships? If so, then this book is for you. Unlike other books that focus on the physical side of addiction, "Addicted to His Presence" addresses the spiritual side of addiction and gets to the root cause of the problem. The bottom line is that the only healthy addiction is being addicted to God's presence, and this book shows you how to find it and keep it.

Eat healthy. Exercise. Quit smoking. Cut down on drinking. Reduce stress.Changing unhealthy behaviors is easier said than done.

If you're like most of us, you have already made repeated attempts to change your lifestyle and improve your well-being without lasting success. You may attribute those...

This book addresses the history of harm reduction. It evaluates the consequences and constraints, stakes and costs of the policy of needle exchange for the purposes of harm prevention and health research. Vitellone situates the syringe at the centre of empirical research and theoretical analysis, challenging existing accounts of drug injecting which treat the syringe as a dead device that simply facilitates social action between humans. Instead, this book complicates the relationship between human and object injecting drug user and syringe to ask what happens if we see the object as an...

Deepen Your Capacity to Live Free from Addiction--and from Self and Selfishness

"Twelve Step recovery is much more than a way to escape the clutches of addictive behaviors. Twelve Step recovery is about freeing yourself from playing God, and since almost everyone is addicted to this game, Twelve Step recovery is something from which everyone can benefit."
--from the Introduction

In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more...

This book is not just for Jewish people. It is for all people who would gain strength to heal and insight from the Jewish tradition.

Using a one-day-at-a-time monthly format, a spiritual leader who continues to reach out to addicted people, and all those seeking spiritual renewal, reflects on the rhythm of the Jewish calendar with recovering people and other teachers. Together they bring insight to recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviors of all kinds. This sensitive volume soars with the spirit of the Jewish soul and year. Its "exercises" help us move from...

Besides becoming a comic's comic over the decades, he has starred on television's "Married With Children" and won awards for his writing as a member of the "Roseanne" staff.

The book's introduction is by Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."

Dozens of photos and index

In "Kicking Through the Ashes," Shydner collects all of his 1980s life experiences -- the good, the bad, and El Brookman's --...

​​This book examines sports doping from production and distribution, detection and punishment. Detailing the daily operations of the trade and its gray area as a semi-legal market, the authors cover important issues ranging from athletes most at risk to the role of organized crime in sports doping, and whether sports governing bodies are enabling the trade. Challenges for law enforcement and legislation, and efforts to control PED use in the worldwide sports community and among aspiring athletes, are also discussed in depth. The book's extensive research: - Estimates the demand...

Have you ever felt stuck or unmotivated about life? Are there things you want to do or dreams you want to achieve, but you don't know how to get started or how to reach your goals?

In Cut the Crap and Feel Amazing, experienced hypnotherapist Ailsa Frank provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to take control of your life and ensure that it follows a more positive direction - the direction in which you want it to go.

The techniques described in this book will help you to cut out the negative habits in your life and make improvements where they are needed -...

Is Re-incarnation ruining your life?

Your past lives could be affecting the current one.

This book will change how you look at your life and the lives of others from now on. Even if you don't believe in reincarnation, understanding the spiritual imprints of your unique soul and how they're impacting your life today can help you gain power over the negative forces that hold you back.

Every page will take you on a soul excavation, helping you to cultivate spiritual awareness and fostering the opportunity to resolve deep-seated life...

When Your Heart Belongs to an Addict, it changes how you view the world. What begins as an altruistic endeavor to free your loved one from addiction turns into an obsessive quest to "love" the addict into wellness. This twisted form of love undermines what you so desperately wish to achieve and makes you lose your own way. 

Cyndee Rae Lutz has walked this path and has mentored others who share this difficult journey. Her struggles have taught her about the addictions and afflictions we all confront - about individual frailties and the various ways we try...

This book is a brief synopsis about the abuse I suffered as a child, the disorders I obtained as a result of the abuse, the addictions I used to combat the feelings from the abuse, and the treatments I used to get through the trials I suffered to become whole again.

This book explores the outcomes of Sweden's aim to create a 'drug-free society' on the lived realities, health, and welfare of people who use drugs, and on the dynamics of Swedish drug use. Drawing on a wealth of empirical data, including extensive interview testimony and participant observation from years of fieldwork conducted in Sweden, the book debunks the widely-believed myth that Sweden is a progressive, liberal, inclusive　state. In contrast to its　 liberal reputation, Sweden has criminalised the use of drugs and allows for compulsory treatment for those with drug...

Keith Repult spent his life looking for love and running from God. After growing up bouncing between parents, grandparents, and foster homes, Keith ended up in California in his early twenties--homeless, addicted, and broken.

One night he met the owner of a local adult bookstore and soon became a worldwide leader in the porn industry. As a self-made multimillionaire, "King Keith" was living a life of luxury, but was completely empty and addicted to alcohol, drugs, and pornography. Still trying to find the answers, Keith and his wife bought a vacation house at the beach and opened a...

Impact of Market Forces on Addictive Substances and Behaviours examines the 'web of influence' formed by industries which manufacture and sell addictive products and trade associations and policy intermediaries such as lobbyists and think tanks in the EU. Using a...