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Do you really want to stop smoking but fear you won’t succeed without some help? This self-help hypnosis audio for adults and older teenagers could be just what you need. Track one encourages you to see things from a different perspective and internalize powerful suggestions to stop smoking forever and store that decision deep inside. You receive powerful, long-lasting suggestions for coping calmly and confidently as a nonsmoker in the situations you meet in your everyday life.

For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioral illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fiber. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. In their groundbreaking The Addiction Solution, David Kipper and Steven Whitney distill these exciting findings.

Centered around multi-million dollar stakes and a series of nationally televised poker tournaments, Fading Hearts on the River offers a story of odds - the odds of a newborn surviving severe jaundice, the odds of Congress passing a law that renders one's online gambling income inaccessible, the odds of drawing the right card on the turn or the river.

Historias que nos recuerdan que nos sobran razones para sentirnos agradecidos. Los Cuentos de Recuperación son el resultado del impacto que generaron en la Rev. Sonia Echezuría las historias de personas que han sobrevivido y superado situaciones difíciles tales como adicciones, severas disfunciones familiares, separaciones, cáncer y trastornos psiquiátricos. Sus protagonistas nos recuerdan que a pesar de todas las vicisitudes que la vida nos depara, bien vale la pena vivir.

Nichtraucher durch rauchen! Wie du mit Rauchen zum Nichtraucher wirst. Kennst du das Problem, wenn dich dein Gehirn ständig zur Zigarette zurückführen will? Werdende Nichtraucher führen einen dauernden Kampf mit sich selbst. Es ist wahrhaft nicht einfach, denn Glimmstängel aus seinem Leben zu verbannen. Ein berühmter Zigarrenhersteller sagte einst: "Mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören ist kinderleicht. Ich habe es schon dutzendmal geschafft". Dieses Zitat wiederspiegelt die Gesamtheit des Problems. Willst du mit dem Rauchen aufhören und zum Nichtraucher werden? Dann wäre es doch Zeit damit anzufangen!

Cuando llevas muchos años fumando has adquirido un hábito, en tu mente se ha creado la costumbre y la adicción. Esta meditación, a través del sistema de una meditación Zen, te permitirá ir dejando de forma regular el habito de fumar.

Fluch oder Segen? Für die einen ist Cannabis eine harmlose Droge, für andere der Einstieg in eine zerstörerische Sucht. Doch die Wirkstoffe dieser Pflanze können auch als Medizin schwer kranken Menschen helfen, und ein neues Gesetz erlaubt es nun allen Ärzten, Cannabis-Arzneimittel zu verschreiben. Was dies genau bedeutet, wird in diesem Hörbuch erläutert. Schon lange wird unter Fachleuten diskutiert, ob das Verbot von Cannabis und die Kriminalisierung der Konsumenten eher schaden als nützen. Sollte die Droge frei erhältlich sein?

In Prodependence, Weiss presents a research-based social and psychological understanding of human interdependence, accepting and even celebrating human interdependency in ways that are healthy and life-affirming for each person.

Come possiamo liberarci dalle dipendenze? Il Counseling Bhaktivedanta ci guida in quest'impresa così necessaria per la nostra evoluzione e reale benessere, in prima istanza aiutando la persona a centrarsi nel suo sé spirituale, laddove sgorga una felicità che non dipende dagli eventi esterni. Centrandosi nel proprio sé ci si libera da attaccamenti egoici, materiali, e sono proprio questi attaccamenti che producono aspettative, pretese, e infine dipendenze.

With great insight and originality, author Holly Parker shows you how to use denial as a buffer in the face of tragedy, and how to know when your use of denial has become counterproductive or detrimental. Through a fresh, comforting, and clinically-based perspective, Parker takes the shame out of denial with practical and relatable solutions to uncovering, reframing, and harnessing this very normal coping technique.

While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new audiobook, Dawson argues peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620.

Heroin is a Beast, and that Beast has infiltrated every town and city in America. The Beast has come for your sons and daughters. The Beast is hunting for your fathers and mothers. And that Beast has only one mission, to bury as many Americans as possible. I Am a Heroin Addict is the story of how Ritchie Farrell survived a ten-bag-a-day heroin habit to become a best-selling author, WGA screenwriter, and recipient of the prestigious du-Pont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism. 

The wreckage of addiction lies scattered around too many people - from the one who is or was addicted to those in relationship with that person. Age-old culprits of drugs, alcohol, and gambling are joined by newer addictions, such as food, prescription medication, shopping, pornography, and technology. Left unaddressed, addiction devastates lives now and makes it difficult to see a positive way forward. For anyone struggling with an addiction, attempting to live in recovery, or seeking to understand the mind of an addict they love, Dr. Jantz's newest book is a lifeline.

When Kristi stopped drinking, she started noticing things. Like when you give up a debilitating habit, it leaves a space, one that can’t easily be filled by mocktails or ice cream or sex or crafting. And when you cancel Rosé Season for yourself, you’re left with just summer, and that’s when you notice that the women around you are tanked - that alcohol is the oil in the motors that keeps them purring when they could be making other kinds of noise. In her sharp, incisive debut essay collection, Coulter reveals a portrait of a life in transition.

Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of Americans, tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue. Where is the solution? Where is...

Addictions will weaken in their power when you find better ways to get your essential emotional needs met and understand clearly exactly how the brain manufactures and maintains psychological dependencies. In this download you will learn of the common causes of all addictions - be it illegal drugs, gambling or sex, and even obsessive behaviours and dependencies.

The older adult population is growing by leaps and bounds. Dramatic lifestyle changes, along with growing health problems, have led many to turn to alcohol, prescription painkillers, and marijuana to medicate their physical and psychic pain. You may think, "Dad is just enjoying cocktails and retirement" or "Mom still has pain and needs her pills". Maybe so, but consider that an estimated 17 percent of people aged 60-plus struggle with substance misuse and addiction.

Through roles in cherished films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Aladdin and Hook, he became the genial face of family comedy. His childlike enthusiasm was infectious, sweeping viewers away. Allied to his lightning-quick improvisation and ability to riff lewdly off any cue thrown at him, Robin was that rare thing - a true comic genius who appealed to adults and children equally. He could also play it straight, and empathetic depth came to him naturally. 

Leslie Schwartz's powerful, skillfully woven memoir of redemption and reading, as told through the list of books she read as she served a 90 day jail sentence In 2014, novelist Leslie Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for a DUI and battery of an officer. It was the...

Drawing from his leadership and ministry experience as president of Alpha USA and Vineyard Churches USA and from his own life experiences as an ordinary Christian, Hunter calls us to reframe our salvation and discipleship. He believes that God intends us to become cooperative friends of Jesus, living in creative goodness for the sake of others through the power of the Holy Spirit.