Addictions category: 667 books
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2014
Are you a self confessed porn addict? Well, you are not alone. There are thousands of porn addicts around your neighborhood alone, and you may not even aware of it.
This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL ex-porn addicts, sharing their path to end this addiction. There are many ways to...
Quit Smoking for Life
A Simple, Proven 5-Step Plan
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Author Suzanne Schlosberg has long been one of the country’s top health and nutrition writers, with many bestselling titles in the health and fitness field.
The book is based on the techniques and clinical protocols used in the ACS/Quit For Life® Program, the nation’s leading evidence-based...
Control The Controller
Understanding And Resolving Video Game Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Ciaran O'Connor looks at how gaming and addiction have come together so rapidly in recent years. Mobile based gaming and free-to-play games have revolutionised the gaming world - but what are the implications of this? And how does it affect current thinking on addiction? Control the Controller addresses...
Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use
A Guide for Beginning the Change Process
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Overcoming 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...
Let the Tornado Come
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Hailed as a “clear-eyed book written with poetry and compassion” by The Boston Globe, Let the Tornado Come is the “lyrical debut memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.
When Rita Zoey Chin was eleven years old, she began running...
Generation Rx
A Story of Dope, Death, and America's Opiate Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
A journalist recounts the loss of her brother to pills and heroin in a “gripping memoir, enhanced by statistics and other stories of addiction” (Kirkus Reviews).
What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat?
These...
Fifty Years in the Service of Addiction Treatment
An Evolution in Paradigm and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
We live in a time where treatment of addiction is transitioning from being criminalized to being medicalized. We begin a new era where it will be addressed like other chronic, incurable, and potentially fatal medical conditions. The 2012 US Supreme Court decision on healthcare reform providing parity for addiction and mental health treatment is an important part of this process.
Substance Misuse
The Implications of Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Substance misuse and its pervasive problems is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professionals today. With heightened political and policy emphasis on all aspects of substance misuse, it is paramount that professionals remain up-to-date on current issues and their responsibilities....
Heroine godverdomme
zijn biografie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Heroïne godverdomme is het eerlijke en aangrijpende levensverhaal van René van Collem, drummer bij Doe Maar. René begon als 18-jarige jongen als drummer in de beroemdste Nederlandse band ooit, maar zijn heroïneverslaving maakte het spelen in de band uiteindelijk onmogelijk. Toen hij ging stelen...
by Bob Erens, Laura Mitchell, Jim Orford
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Despite a rapid increase in the availability of many forms of gambling, there has been little serious study in the literature of the likely effects. This book seeks to fill that gap by reviewing what is known about gambling in Britain and studying work on the nature, prevalence and possible causes...
The Book of Ethics
Expert Guidance For Professionals Who Treat Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
The definitive book on ethics for chemical dependency treatment professionals.
The treatment of addiction as a biological, psychological, social, and spiritual disease requires a high standard of ethical knowledge and professional skill. This groundbreaking, reader-friendly guide to contemporary...
Dancing In The Garden Of The Lotus Sutra
A Buddhist Perspective On The Three Gates To Freedom From Alcohol Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
You're in recovery. You're at a 12-step meeting. And you don't believe in a Judeo-Christian god. Now What?
You are not alone. Author and meditation teacher, Margaret Cram-Howie, was in exactly that position. Now a practicing Nichiren Shu Buddhist, Margaret has written a book recounting the...
by Thomas Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Stress is the silent killer. Here's why and how. Rate your own stress using an internationally validated scale. What is stress? How does it affect the body? The mind? How to cope? This quick read puts it all into perspective.
Eating Ice Cream With My Dog
A True Story of Food, Friendship, and Losing Weight...Again
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
"A skilled blend of insight...and emotion" (Publishers Weekly), a memoir for every woman who has ever tried to lose weight.
Frances Kuffel transformed her life by losing 188 pounds. Unfortunately, she gained over half those pounds back. But she also gained four new friends during this period,...