Recover to live Kick any habit, manage any addiction : your self-treatment guide to alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex and porn
Book - 2013
"More than 100 of the world's top experts interviewed by [Christopher Kennedy] Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency through self-assessments and symptom lists and how to determine which treatments will work best for you"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.
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Dallas, Tex. :
BenBella Books
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xlv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781936661961
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction: Are We a Culture of Addicts?
- Part 1. Is Your Unhealthy Habit Really Dependence?
- I. Toxic Compulsion 1: Alcohol Abuse
- II. Toxic Compulsion 2: Drug Abuse
- III. Toxic Compulsion 3: Eating Disorders
- IV. Toxic Compulsion 4: Gambling Dependence
- V. Toxic Compulsion 5: Hoarding
- VI. Toxic Compulsion 6: Sex and Pornography
- VII. Toxic Compulsion 7: Nicotine Dependence (Smoking)
- Part 2. Which Treatment Tools Work Best for You?
- VIII. I Love an Addict, How Can I Help Myself?
- IX. Dependency Starts ... and Ends ... in Your Brain
- X. Seven Self-Care Tools with Proven Benefits
- Tool 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Tool 2. 12-Step Programs (and Other Groups)
- Tool 3. Mindfulness
- Tool 4. Meditation
- Tool 5. Nutrition and Exercise
- Tool 6. Body Work
- Tool 7. Journaling
- XI. A Guide to Working 12-Step Programs
- XII. Having a Life Worth Living-the Art of Recovery
- Appendix 1. Drug-Use Treatment and Health Facts
- Appendix 2. A Resource Guide to Recovery
- Appendix 3. Experts Cited in This Book
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index