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Drinkingby Caroline Knapp
Dell Publishing 1999; US$ 11.99Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. more...
Mindful Recoveryby Thomas Bien; Beverly Bien
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 15.95"This wise book provides practical exercises that will help us to develop conscious awareness and inner understanding, and the ways and means to free us from unsatisfying habits, addictions, and unconscious behavior patterns. I recommend it highly." --Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within "Anyone interested in finding a kind, spiritual guide to recovery that focuses on flexibility rather than the 'one true way' will benefit from this enjoyable and helpful book." --Maia Szalavitz, coauthor with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide In Mindful Recovery, you'll discover a fresh and effective method for healing from addiction that can help you handle important challenges, from managing... more...
Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Useby Jeremy M. Linton
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 27.50Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use is a workbook for use with clients in treatment, informed by the most current research and literature in the substance abuse field. Offering a field-tested alternative to the disease model of addiction, the book introduces a six-session curriculum for treating persons with substance abuse issues and can be used as a self-help resource, or as a practice guide for human service professionals. Drawing on years of research on cognitive-behavioral therapy, the stages of change model, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy, the author has put together a comprehensive and effective guide to change. more...
Breaking Free from Emotional Eatingby Geneen Roth
Penguin Group Inc. 2003; US$ 12.99There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating -- and this book explains how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When Food Is Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of readers over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of overeating. Using simple techniques developed in her highly successful seminars, she offers reassuring, practical advice. more...
Addictionby Avram Goldstein
Oxford University Press, USA 2001; US$ 22.951. Introduction. PART ONE: DRUGS AND THE BRAIN. 2. Neurotransmitters: The Brain's Own Drugs. 3. Receptors: Locks for the Addictive Keys. 4. Addictive Behavior. 5. Pain and Pleasure. 6. The Seesaw Brain: "Highs" and Adaptations. 7. Are Addicts Born or Made?. PART TWO: DRUGS AND THE ADDICTS. 8. Nicotine. 9. Alcohol and Related Drugs. 10. Heroin, Morphine, and Other Opiates. 11. Cocaine and Amphetamines. 12. Cannabis (Marijuana). 13. Caffeine. 14. Hallucinogens. PART THREE: DRUGS AND SOCIETY. 15. Prevention: Just Say No?. 16. Treatment Addiction, Preventing Relapse. 17. Three Lessons from the Street. 18. Three Lessons from Abroad. 19. Prohibition vs. Legalization- A False Dichotomy. 20. New Strategies for Rational Drug Policy more...
Fast Livesby Claire Sterk
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 26.95Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anything for crack, Claire Sterk's years of ethnographic research reveal the nature and meaning of crack cocaine use in the larger context of their lives -- including the impact of such issues as gender, class, and race. Focusing on active crack users, Fast Lives compiles information from participant observation, informal conversations, individual interviews, and group discussions. Sterk details the ways in which use affects the lives of these crack... more...
Your Sexually Addicted Spouseby Barbara Steffens; Marsha Means
New Horizon Press 2010; US$ 14.95Sexual addictions and compulsive sexual behavior are growing societal problems, with as many as three to six percent of the world population affected. Your Sexually Addicted Partner shatters the stigma and shame that millions of men and women carry when their partners are sexually addicted. They receive little empathy for their pain, which means they suffer alone, often shocked and isolated by the trauma. Barbara Steffens' groundbreaking new research shows that partners are not codependents but post-traumatic stress victims, while Marsha Means' personal experience provides insights, strategies, and critical steps to recognize, deal with, and heal partners of sexually addicted relationships. Firsthand accounts and stories reveal the... more...
The Tao of Sobrietyby David Gregson; Jay S. Efran; G. Alan Marlatt
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 9.99The Tao of Sobriety shows how to apply eastern philosophy to enhance recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. With a few simple mental exercises, readers can learn how to quiet "The Committee," those nasty mental voices that undermine serenity and self-esteem. With leaders of the recovery movement enthusiastically endorsing this uniquely helpful book, The Tao of Sobriety is an invaluable addition to the recovery bookshelf. more...
Seven Weeks to Sobrietyby Joan Mathews Larsen
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 11.99"Comprehensive, rational and personal. It suppplies much of what is missing in traditional approaches to alcoholic rehabilitation. I believe that this book can save lives." Leo Galland, M.D. Open this book and you will embark on a groundbreaking seven-week journey that will change your life. You will learn how to break your addiction to alcohol and end your cravings--and do it under your own power. Here, step-by-step, is a proven, seven-week program developed by Dr. Joan Matthews Larson at the innovative Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, that subdues your body's addictive chemistry and puts you on the path to full recovery. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Alcoholby Philip Tate; Albert Ellis
See Sharp Press 1996; US$ 10.00This practical, comprehensive, and easy to use book helps alcohol abusers understand their behavior, but provides practical steps that anyone can use to solve an alcohol problem. Written by a cognitive-behavioral psychologist, this book includes chapters on overcoming low self-esteem, depression, stress, attending self-help groups, and living a better life after quitting. Each chapter contains specific self-help techniques. Recommended by SMART Recovery. more...