Addiction category: 1829 books

Whether meeting up for happy hour after a long day of work, catching up with a friend, unwinding after another day of parenting, sipping a glass while stealing time for a long, quiet soak in the tub, or commiserating over lost love, lost parents, lost jobs, lost years or lost waistlines, our wine...

Learn the basic facts behind marijuana, including its history and changing legal status, medical uses, signs of abuse and dependence, treatment options, prevention tools for parents, and much more.With changing legal and social attitudes towards marijuana use, both medicinal and recreational, what...

Learn the basic facts behind cocaine and crack, including their history and changing legal status, medical uses, signs of abuse and dependence, treatment options, prevention tools for parents, and much more.In a relatively short period, cocaine went from a low-level stimulant used by indigenous South...

The Key Facts on Drug Abuse provides individuals with comprehensive, easy-to-read information on the substance abuse epidemic.  Covering topics from treatment and prevention to the effects of specific substances, this guide offers readers everything they need to know about the adverse effects of drugs upon the individual and the country. www.MedicalCenter.com

Parents and educators agree this book should be a prerequisite for required reading, for students entering high school or college. Non-judgmental, easy-to-read, a guide that speaks openly and honestly about the use of drugs and alcohol. Knowledge is power. Drugs and Alcohol 101 has the answers.

Twelve Step Christianity teaches Christians in recovery to connect their faith with their program--and shows any Christian a clear path to a more intimate relationship with Christ. Genuine Christianity is more than a set of beliefs--it is a relationship with Jesus Christ that involves hearing...

This book is part of a series titled: -The Wounded Healers Guide to Understanding Drugs Help. When someone you love loves drugs.The Wounded Healers Guide to Understanding Drugs. Is for anyone who wants to understand another person's drug use.

Day-to-day and moment-to-moment techniques plus program slogans and humor provide newcomers with fresh wisdom for maintaining sobriety. The fundamental components of staying sober--not using, going to meetings, reaching out, working the Steps, and serving other--are only the beginning of the...

The third edition of this successful Facts title was authored by the late Dr Donald W. Goodwin, who wrote with a unique and engaging style defining alcoholism in very human terms. Although much of Dr Goodwin's assessments of alcoholism still hold true today, a great deal of progress has been made...

Pioneer Stories in Alcoholics Anonymous: God's Role in Recovery Confirmed! by Dick B. and Ken B. presents many quotations from the 29 personal stories included in the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous. Those stories by many of A.A.'s pioneers testify to roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ,...

Change is hard. And when you want to transform your life, change can be even harder. But it doesn’t have to be. Brett Moran knows from experience what it’s like to feel trapped in your own life, by your circumstances and by your environment – but he also knows that you can break free....

Marijuana is a leading drug threat to the country (USA). Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in a report prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2003. In the recent years, marijuana (weed) has gained tremendous popularity in...

This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Using Breathing Chapter 2: Whats The Pay off Chapter 3: Consider A Different Behavior Chapter 4: Bad Behaviors Only Satisfy Temporarily Chapter 5: Examine Feelings Chapter 6: More Strategies For Acquiring New Behaviors Chapter 7:...

The Forum is an international monthly publication of Al‑Anon Family Groups, a fellowship that offers strength and hope for the friends and families of problem drinkers. In the pages of this magazine, Al‑Anon and Alateen members share their challenges, insights, and progress along their path of...