books about: addictions     books:       Slaying the Addiction Monster: An All-Inclusive Look at Drug Addiction in America Today1 review Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis BookSurge Publishing, 2008 Living with an addicted person? Then this book is for you. Slaying the Addiction Monster is filled with information including the latest scientific research by leading addiction researchers, information on how to perform an intervention, information on the teen brain (yes they really are different from us)how to tell if you're an enabler, signs to look for if you suspect your child is using drugs. There is also heartfelt advice from parents who have been ...             Is It Love or Is It Addiction? - Second Edition5 reviews Brenda Schaeffer Hazelden, 1997 An excellent resource for addicts who want real love! I can't believe I am the first one to review this book! After struggling with addictions of all sorts for years (including alcohol, drugs, sex, and love addiction), I finally determined why I kept sabotaging my relationships with women. My compulsive search for something to help me feel less pain came from my childhood, and this book was the stepping stone that helped me see that there was hope ...             Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love46 reviews Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, ... HarperOne, 1992 Simple and astounding My beloved yoga teacher recommended I read this. I highly recommend this book. Personally, it has been a profound experience. I can now see this is a pattern of behavior that others have gone through as well. I have felt alone. and reading this book has given me assurance and the ground work for change, for growth and healing. It is simple enough to read in a couple of days, but i ...             How to Break Your Addiction to a Person47 reviews Howard Halpern Bantam, 2003 Excellent book ! I have been searching all over the internet for Dr. Halpern's contacts to send him a mail and thank him for this phenomenal book. "How to Break your Addiction to a Person" has completely changed my thinking about relationships and about the concept of "self." It made me realize that it is essentially a problem in ME (and not the guy I was dating) that perpetuated the problem. It's no use blaming ...             The Addiction Treatment Planner (Practice Planners)2 reviews Robert R. Perkinson Wiley, 2005 Great resource. This book is awesome for many addictions, as well as addresses issues that are correlated to addiction, such as grief or past family trauma. It is ASAM oriented, so you can pick out what dimension you want to address. The verbage is concise and makes you sound real smart ;) It identifies the problem, gives goals, and recommends objectives w/strategies. Great for interns or anyone who can ...             Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery10 reviews Ph.D. Kevin B. Skinner GrowthClimate, 2005 A Practical, Working Guide to Breaking the Chain of Addiction I highly recommend this book to counselors or individuals seeking practical methods of dealing with pornography addiction. Dr. Skinner's does a great job of describing the drivers and nature of the problem and his approach outlines doable steps toward recovery. It is the best book on the subject I have seen. We are now recommending it to individuals in our counseling practice with good success.             Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone24 reviews Joyce Meyer FaithWords, 2008 Joyce Meyer-keepin' it real.... Joyce Meyer did a great job on writing this bestseller. Approval Addiction is another one of Joyce's masterpieces. I saw a lot of me in this book, and she stepped on all of my toes....(even though I didn't want to hear it). The good thing is that she uses references (via scriptures from the Holy Bible) to explain how approval addiction can be harmful not only to you, but to other ...             7 Tools to Beat Addiction9 reviews Stanton Peele Three Rivers Press, 2004 Splendidly helpful As I mention on the book's jacket, this is an amazing work by an amazing man. The fact that the recommendations inside do not work for every single person IS THE POINT! Just as Dr. Peele emphasizes that many of the current therapies jammed down people's throats today are clearly not for everyone, no single recommendation inside this book should apply to every single person under every ...             Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions (Plus)43 reviews Gerald G. May HarperOne, 2007 Excellent This is an excellent book and should be read by anyone having an addiction and searching for the Lord's help to overcome it. Bravo to the author....             THE ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION CURE: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery41 reviews Chris Prentiss Power Press, 2007 Great perspective This book helped to give me a different perspective of my husband's issues with alcohol. This book gave me hope that a cure to alcoholism is possible if someone is willing. The chapter that helped me personally the most is the one that talks about nothing that happens is bad or wrong. I'm not someone who believes that AA works for everyone and this book explains that if someone is willing to ...             Willpower's Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind13 reviews Arnold M. Washton Harper Paperbacks, 1990 Great book for the user and family as well! Wow, what can I say. A book that really helps the user to understand themselves and why they continue to do what they do and ways to help themselves as well as reach out for the help they need to break their addiction. Helps them to understand relapse and what it really means and how to deal with it. Highly recommended for the family too. ANOTHER GREAT BOOK [ASIN:156838999X Addict In The ...             Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave : Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel (Resources for Changing Lives)11 reviews Edward T. Welch P & R Publishing, 2001 "Addictions A Banquet in the Grave" - a Reading Feast This book is not only a must read for alcoholics and drug addicts, but for anyone who has been, or thinks they can't become, seduced by sin. This book is for everyone because at one time or another we all take small steps of spiritual casualness or indifference that can lead to lack of sensivity to right or wrong, which can lead to all kinds of addictions. The end of each chapter is very ...             The Sex Addiction Workbook: Proven Strategies to Help You Regain Control of Your Life (New Harbinger ...9 reviews Tamara Penix, Ph.D. Sbraga, William T. O'Donohue New Harbinger Publications, 2004 therapist's helper I, as a therapist who works with folks who have sexual addictions, have found this book to be a good resource to supplement the work we do together in sessions. It is well written and seems to address the issues in a gentle manner, allowing clients to work at a comfortable pace. Lorraine LaBarre, LCSW New London, CT             Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction2 reviews Susan Cheever Simon & Schuster, 2008 Exploring Desire and Addiction Susan Cheever is most often mentioned as the daughter of literary great, John Cheever. However, with this book she has entered a new arena of her own. With this book, Susan has presented us with a novel that explains that sex addiction should be treated not as a failure of morality or character but as a disease of brain biochemistry resulting from a combination of genetics and life events. This ...             The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors21 reviews Lance M. Dodes Harper Paperbacks, 2003 An enlightening and straight forward examination of addiction A respectable service to addiction by questioning tradition thoughts and treatments. Without trashing other systems, the author transers years of insight and research from his own practice into a framework that is logical, consistent and practical. He deftly removes the overtones of religion, shame and isolation that can (and has) resulted in what I call 'orphaned addicts'. His content inspires ...             The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment1 review Carlton K. Erickson W. W. Norton, 2007 From genetics of dependence to chapters on various ways the brain processes drugs in the body Neuroscience is clarifying how drug and alcohol addictions are processed in the body - and how it can be treated, so any college-level collection and many a public library interested in the scientific process of addition will want The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment. It reviews the roles brain function and genetics play in addiction, exploring changes in the terminology and ...             Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction65 reviews Patrick J. Carnes Hazelden, 2001 Enlightening Carnes does a great job of not only showing how destructive sexual addiction can be, but also how slippery the slope is so that the addict can easily fall into the illegal and extremely shameful without realization or intent. Along with this dire warning, he also offers hope and shows that while admitting the problem may be humiliating, refusing to admit that the problem is there can easily lead ...             The Last Addiction: Own Your Desire, Live Beyond Recovery, Find Lasting Freedom6 reviews Sharon Hersh WaterBrook Press, 2008 Addiction - A Gift?!? Yes ... a gift. Sharon Hersh speaks from experience, not as an addict who has successfully "overcome" her addiction. Rather, she speaks as a woman who has been found and has surrendered to her Pursuer. Here's an example: "My experience of redemption in the humiliating and broken places of my story has taught me that the deepest reality is that God is searching for us. In the midst of our ...             Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power15 reviews Charlotte S. Kasl Harper Paperbacks, 1990 Wonderful and private way to heal yourself from the inside! Freedom from Relationship/ Co-Dependency/ Sexual Addictions is the greatest asset to this book. I started reading it when my relationship ended with a man I cared for. My bad relationship triggered many unrealistic emotions inside myself that caused me a lot of self damage by acting out and dating guys that were all bad for me because of my low self image since the break-up. I couldn't see it ...             Food Addiction: The Body Knows: Revised & Expanded Edition33 reviews Kay Sheppard HCI, 1993 A severe program for a person with a severe problem I think the maximum benefit of this book comes to a person with a serious binging problem. The first part of the book describes the nature of food addiction and gives many examples. The second part of the book descibes the recommended food plan for people with a food addiction. The food plan is extreme - but probably appropriate for treating a severe problem. 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