Showing titles in Addiction & Recovery

Growing up in a home where there is addiction or relationship trauma puts a child at great risk for long-term, post-traumatic stress effects that adversely compromise adult relationships. Best-selling author, psychologist, and psychodramatist Tian Dayton examines this trauma through an exploration of the way the brain and body process frightening or painful emotions and experiences in childhood.

In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight, a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one woman's twenty-year battle with sex, drugs, and alcohol addiction, and what happens when she finally emerges on the other side. Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch...

Sober Stick Figure is a memoir from stand-up comedian Amber Tozer, chronicling her life as an alcoholic - starting with her first drink at the age of seven - and her eventual recovery. Amber writes about the crazy and harsh truths of being raised by alcoholics, becoming one herself, stagnating in denial for years, and finally getting sober.

Don't Let Your Kids Kill You is a landmark work that dares to focus on the plight of the confused, distressed parent and not the erring child. It sets aside any preconceived ideas that parents are to blame for what is essentially a full-blown global crisis. Drawing on interviews with parents who have survived the heartbreak of kids on drugs, combined with his own experience, Charles Rubin provides practical advice on how parents can help themselves and their families by first attending to their own needs.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Thomas De Quincey's best-known work, is an account of his early life and opium addiction, in prose that is by turns witty, conversational, and nightmarish.

Det här är en metod som fungerar, för resten av livet. Utan skrämseltaktik och avskräckande bilder. Utan krav på viljestyrka. Utan viktökning. Utan oro för abstinens. Utan känsla av försakelse. Utan hjälpmedel och mediciner. Bara 100 procent naturligt. Bli en lycklig icke-rökare!Ta första steget nu. Fortsätt röka precis som vanligt medan du läser boken. Läs med ett öppet sinne. Läs allt. Äntligen Icke-Rökare ger dig lust att sluta. Och det är lätt.

Med denne revolutionerende metode, bliver du ikke-ryger for altid! Her finder du ikke skræmmekampagner med billeder af åreforkalkning eller rygerlunger. Her får du ikke brug for viljestyrke. Her vil du ikke tage på i vægt. Her behøver du ikke at bekymre dig om abstinenser. Her har du ikke følelsen af at lide afsavn. Her er der ikke brug for at sætte noget i stedet, hverken mad eller medicin Metoden er 100% naturlig.

In È Facile Controllare L'Alcol Se Sai Come Farlo, Allen Carr applica il suo metodo al problema del bere. Ne derivano insospettate ed illuminanti risposte, ed emerge, semplice e nitida, la soluzione.

Brian Cuban was living a lie. With a famous last name and a successful career as a lawyer, Brian was able to hide his clinical depression and alcohol and cocaine addictions - for a while. Today, as an inspirational speaker in long-term recovery, Brian looks back on his journey with honesty, compassion, and even humor as he reflects both on what he has learned about himself and his career choice and how the legal profession enables addiction.

Lo has intentado en otras ocasiones, pero no estabas absolutamente convencido. Quizá llegaste a abandonar el hábito por un tiempo, pero has sufrido una recaída. Es posible que tus esfuerzos por dejar el tabaco hayan fracasado. Te presentamos una terapia completa, el método de Allen Carr, para descubrir cómo el abandono de hábitos nocivos y la reeducación de tus gustos mejora tu calidad de vida en todos los sentidos. Sin riesgo de caer nuevamente en la dependencia del tabaco.

In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions - alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping - as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness.

Have you ever felt stuck or unmotivated about life? Are there things you want to do or dreams you want to achieve, but you don't know how to get started or how to reach your goals? In Cut the Crap and Feel Amazing, experienced hypnotherapist Ailsa Frank provides you with the knowledge and tools...

Today, millions of Americans are struggling with alcoholism, but millions are also in long-term recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous and a growing number of recovery organizations are providing support for alcoholics who will face the danger of relapse for the rest of their lives. We have finally come to understand alcoholism as a treatable illness rather than a moral failure. Today's advocates can draw inspiration from the victories of sober drunks throughout American history.

This is a proven stop-smoking tool that will have you on your way to quitting today. (Please note: This title is in Spanish.)

Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Mining the expertise of leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity. Drawing on neuroscience, she explains why other self-destructive behaviours - such as eating disorders and high-risk sex - are interchangeable with substance use.

"La Luz de tu sombra" Guía de viaje para que conozcas tu sombra que resulta en una magnífica receta para los problemas no resueltos. Si no conoces tu sombra y la niegas, ella decide por ti, te controla, te provoca más dolor y es capaz de destruir lo que amas. El auto-sabotaje, los malos hábitos y las adicciones forman parte de ella. Cuando la conoces, de ser un temible enemigo, pasa a ser tu mejor aliado. ¡Logra vivir tu vida en una forma más plena, creativa, e incluso, divertida!

Esta técnica cuenta con dos fases/capítulos. La primera es de preparación y concienciación. En la segunda, se realiza la hipnosis en sí, que reprograma tu subconsciente para liberarte del hábito de fumar. Siguiendo los pasos que te indicamos y trabajando bien, puedes conseguirlo. Puedes dejar de fumar.

Do you feel ambushed by your obsessions? Addictions come in all forms: overindulging, overspending, overworking, and more. But no matter how they show up in your life, your addictions trap you and edge out the full freedom you can enjoy in Christ. Join Dr. Tony Evans on a 30-day journey filled with powerful biblical insights and practical tips for overcoming the behavior that controls you. You'll discover the tools and principles you need to embrace healing and find liberation.

After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good. With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells her...

Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict, "West Coast Director of a large Italian-American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces.