Addiction Why They Use A Handbook For Anyone That Loves An Alcoholic Or Addict

Author : Emmanuel S. John
Publisher : Books for Your Head Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780985189808

Get Book

ADDICTION: WHY THEY USE (A handbook for anyone that loves an alcoholic or addict) by Emmanuel S. John Pdf

Addiction is perhaps one of the most emotionally painful issues we can observe in someone we love. Because of the complex emotional nature of the problem it is without question one of the most confusing human health issues we have ever faced as a society. Addiction often leaves loved ones worried, tortured and full of guilt. Addictive disease creates excessive levels of fear, stress and anxiety. It leaves family members living in a toxic state of fear for what the future might bring, as well as overwhelming physical and emotional exhaustion resulting from worry and blame. For those who love the addicted many crucial questions have remained unanswered for far too long. “Why They Use” bridges the information gaps for loved ones in very simplified and understandable terms. No longer are the loved ones of alcoholics and addicts left alone in fear. I understand your suffering because I have experienced it too! I wrote this book for you.

Author : Richard W. Clark
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781525568282

Get Book

The Addiction Recovery Handbook by Richard W. Clark Pdf

What Richard Clark presents in The Addiction Recovery Handbook: Understanding Addiction and Culture is long overdue. Since 1939, Bill Wilson’s important and influential books, Alcoholics Anonymous and AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, have helped millions of people struggling with addiction to recover. In more than 80 years since then, a lot has changed: the definition of addiction, its demographics, social attitudes to addiction, politics, religious influence, treatment modalities, and the epidemiology of the illness. These have taken tolls on our modern network of relationships and treatment that culture and community now depend upon. The Addiction Recovery Handbook examines the changing historical views of addiction, outlines how this culture developed its contemporary perceptions and values, and how society contributes to this growing problem. Richard Clark proposes AA’s traditional religious model of God’s help-and-forgiveness can no longer address the needs of a diverse and largely irreligious society where atheism is becoming mainstream. His updated analysis of the traditional ‘AA’ approach proposes that self-understanding and awareness—through knowledge and education, psychology, and compassion, be the significant components of any recovery framework. This will guide both caregivers and addicts to develop expertise regarding more successful treatment and recovery protocols. This would be in a supportive environment of self-knowledge and mutual respect, whether theist or atheist. All concerned will acquire the ability to live a spiritual life, which is clearly defined. The Addiction Recovery Handbook is an interesting and readable book and is intended for everyone: addicts, medical professionals, counsellors, therapists, clients, sponsors, social workers, family members, partners, friends, employers—every stakeholder in a healthy, non-judgmental society that cares about the wellbeing of all its members.

Author : Biella Blom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973200201

Get Book

Living with an Addict by Biella Blom Pdf

Do you love an addict or an alcoholic? Loving an addict is one of the most painful and traumatic life journeys that any sober-minded person can experience. Feelings of betrayal, powerlessness, anger, fear, desperation and raw grief are an ever constant companion. The person you love disappears as they chase their addiction. People who love an addict inadvertently get drawn in by the addict and their lives begin to revolve around the dysfunctional hell that the addict's life is. According to the World Drug Report, approximately 247million people worldwide were in active addiction during 2016. Statistics on alcohol abuse are not as easily determined because alcohol is a socially accepted drug. It is estimated that 1 in every 12 adults suffer from alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol is a drug. There is very little that separates the emotional pain and dysfunction that saturates your life whether you love an alcoholic or a drug addict. Both substances are mind-altering, both substances reprogram the human brain, both substances render the addict powerless over their addiction. The only person who can break an addict's addiction is the addict. No one can convince, force, coerce or threaten an addict to seek professional help. No one can love an addict into sobriety either. This book is about understanding and helping your loved one, and also about helping yourself. You can never 'learn' to live with an addict. You either come to accept the hard truth or you separate yourself from the addict. Separation can sometimes drive an addict to seek professional help, but it's no guarantee. Sometimes you have to just let go. This book will explain how your addict thinks; however, understanding alone does not mean that you can protect them and yourself. You also need the psychological reediness to act and face certain outcomes. Let me show you how.

Author : Richard S. Sandor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : 1101021853

Get Book

Thinking Simply about Addiction by Richard S. Sandor Pdf

Author : Ronald L. Rogers,Ronald Rogers,Chandler S. McMillan
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0399517278

Get Book

Freeing Someone You Love from Alcohol and Other Drugs by Ronald L. Rogers,Ronald Rogers,Chandler S. McMillan Pdf

This realistic handbook offers sound advice for people whose lives are affected by alcoholism and other drug addicitons and presents a step-by-step program of intervention.

Author : Emmanuel S. John
Publisher : Emmanuel S. John
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780985189877

Get Book

Addiction: Am I Powerless by Emmanuel S. John Pdf

Addiction am I powerless, is first in determining if a chemical or substance abuse problem exists. It has been written by a frontline clinician with more than 3 decades of experience in the addiction field; written to help you determine if you need to make any changes to your chemical use. Addiction: Am I Powerless is the most comprehensive self-assessment tool ever devised to measure Powerlessness. "Powerlessness Syndrome" is introduced as a standard for the measurement of personal loss of control and unmanageability related to the use of a mood-altering drug. Addiction: Am I Powerless, is a tool to measure the seriousness and severity of a chemical use problem in the privacy of your own home; without pressure, judgment or expectation.

Author : Lisa Frederiksen
Publisher : Klj Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Recovering addicts
ISBN : 0981684459

Get Book

Loved One in Treatment? Now What! by Lisa Frederiksen Pdf

Loved One in Treatment? Now What! offers a F first-of-its-kind handbook for family members and friends navigating the path of a loved one's substance abuse, addiction, treatment, and recovery. This book combines the most current brain and addiction-related research with the author's 40 years of experience coping with family alcoholism and alcohol abuse, giving readers the answers they are looking for and easing the pain and confusion that accompany a loved one's destructive behavior. What makes Frederiksen's book especially unique is her explanation of second-hand drinking/drugging (SHDD), namely the impact that one person's substance misuse can have on others-how it happens, how it can be reversed, and how family members and friends can live productive lives, regardless of what their loved one does. Using easy-to-understand explanations of the latest research and graphically depicting the effect of substance misuse on the brain (thanks to advances in brain imaging technologies), Loved One In Treatment? Now What! answers additional questions, such as: * How can addiction be a brain disease? * What causes addiction? * Why do some people become addicts/alcoholics and others do not? * What is "effective" treatment? * Is there a difference between treatment and recovery? * Who among family members and friends can help a loved one get treatment? Or can they? * What does coping with a loved one's addiction do to family members and friends, and what is available to help them?

Author : Alice M. Lebron, LCSW, MSWAC, BCD Emeritus
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781480905535

Get Book

A HANDBOOK FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM/ADDICTION, FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AND RECOVERY by Alice M. Lebron, LCSW, MSWAC, BCD Emeritus Pdf

Alcoholism, like other forms of addiction, is a complex disease, but treatment does not have to be complicated. The stigma/shame of the disease comes from the behaviors developed from the disease. These behaviors must be addressed and changed using a therapy program. Sobriety is more than abstinence and relapse prevention. Family members are severely emotionally and mentally injured and need as much treatment as the alcoholic/addict so they can become healthy persons. A clinical social worker, author Alice M. Lebron has dedicated her career to finding and developing information to help individuals suffering from alcoholism/addiction, as well people directly affected by the disease-their families. The author believes that “recovery enables a person to become the person they were born to become,” and through this book, she aims to guide you and your family down the path of change and healing, which she has been doing for more than forty years.

Author : Hanna Pickard,Serge H Ahmed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317423416

Get Book

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction by Hanna Pickard,Serge H Ahmed Pdf

The problem of addiction is one of the major challenges and controversies confronting medicine and society. It also poses important and complex philosophical and scientific problems. What is addiction? Why does it occur? And how should we respond to it, as individuals and as a society? The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject. It spans several disciplines and is the first collection of its kind. Organised into three clear parts, forty-five chapters by a team of international contributors examine key areas, including: the meaning of addiction to individuals conceptions of addiction varieties and taxonomies of addiction methods and models of addiction evolution and addiction history, sociology and anthropology population distribution and epidemiology developmental processes vulnerabilities and resilience psychological and neural mechanisms prevention, treatment and spontaneous recovery public health and the ethics of care social justice, law and policy. Essential reading for students and researchers in addiction research and in philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind and psychology and ethics, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction will also be of great interest to those in related fields, such as medicine, mental health, social work, and social policy.

Author : Stephen Arterburn,David Stoop
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830772223

Get Book

Understanding and Loving a Person with Alcohol or Drug Addiction by Stephen Arterburn,David Stoop Pdf

This compassionate and helpful book educates both the mind and heart in the power of addiction and the way to help others find healing. When a family member or friend is addicted to drugs or alcohol the situation can feel hopeless and confusing. In this book, David Stoop and Stephen Arterburn help readers develop a plan of action by offering: • Insight into brain chemistry and addiction • Real-life ideas for encouraging healthy choices • Guidance in how to help without enabling • The connection between depression, ADD, and trauma Stoop and Arterburn have helped thousands of people around the country understand chemical addiction and how to love someone well in the midst of this gripping disease.

Author : Beverly Berg
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781608829002

Get Book

Loving Someone in Recovery by Beverly Berg Pdf

Recovering addicts are faced with many challenges, and these challenges can often extend to their romantic partners. During the recovery period, couples often struggle with overcoming feelings of betrayal and frustration, and may have a hard time rebuilding trust and closeness. While there are many resources available to recovering addicts, there are limited resources for the people who love them. In Loving Someone in Recovery, therapist Beverly Berg offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help readers sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take real steps toward reigniting intimacy. The material in this book is drawn from the author’s successful Conscious Couples Recovery Workshop. With more than 25 years in the field, she has developed a unique set of exercises that address the issues faced by couples in recovery. This book addresses the roles that both partners play in recovery, and aims to help readers develop a new appreciation for one another and improve self-confidence and acceptance. The road to recovery is never an easy one, but by building a strong support system, the chances of success are exponentially greater. For more information on Berg’s work, visit consciouscouplesrecovery.com

Author : Joseph Nowinski,Stuart Baker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781616494421

Get Book

The Twelve Step Facilitation Handbook by Joseph Nowinski,Stuart Baker Pdf

The Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) Handbook documents the efficacy of TSF as proven in Project MATCH, a study that found it as effective as motivational enhancement and cognitive-behavioral treatment. Millions of people put their faith in the Twelve Steps every day. As a treatment provider, however, you need more than faith: you need proof to show accountability. The Twelve-Step Facilitation Handbook documents the efficacy of Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) as proven in Project MATCH, a nationwide study that found TSF as effective as motivational enhancement and cognitive-behavioral treatment. Suitable for group or individual treatment programs. Twelve Step Facilitation is now listed on SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

Author : Robert J Meyers,Brenda L. Wolfe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781592857753

Get Book

Get Your Loved One Sober by Robert J Meyers,Brenda L. Wolfe Pdf

The first general consumer book ever on the powerful, award-winning, scientifically proven new system of intervention that is turning the recovery field on its head. Historically there have been few options available for individuals seeking help for treatment-resistant loved ones suffering from substance abuse. Co-author Dr. Robert Meyers spent ten years developing a treatment program that helps concerned significant others bth improve the quality of their lives and learn how to make treatment an attractive option for their partners who are substance abusers. Get Your Loved One Sober describes this multi-faceted program that uses supportive, non-confrontational methods to engage substance abusers into treatment. Called Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), the program uses scientifically validated behavioral principles to reduce the loved one's substance use and to encourage him or her to seek treatment. Equally important, CRAFT also helps loved ones reduce personal stress and introduce meaningful, new sources of satisfaction into their life. Key Features: --CRAFT is more effective than other types of interventions.This breakthrough new system is sweeping the recovery field. This is its first introduction to the general public. --Contains simple exercises readers can practice at their own pace, with no costly or heart-breaking interventions. --Proven successful for numerous addictions, not just alcoholism.

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031251108

Get Book

Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health by Pranee Liamputtong Pdf

This handbook highlights the relevance of the social sciences in global public health and their significantly crucial role in the explanation of health and illness in different population groups, the improvement of health, and the prevention of illnesses around the world. Knowledge generated via social science theories and research methodologies allows healthcare providers, policy-makers, and politicians to understand and appreciate the lived experience of their people, and to provide sensitive health and social care to them at a time of most need. Social sciences, such as medical sociology, medical anthropology, social psychology, and public health are the disciplines that examine the sociocultural causes and consequences of health and illness. It is evident that biomedicine cannot be the only answer to improving the health of people. What makes social sciences important in global public health is the critical role social, cultural, economic, and political factors play in determining or influencing the health of individuals, communities, and the larger society and nation. This handbook is comprehensive in its nature and contents, which range from a more disciplinary-based approach and theoretical and methodological frameworks to different aspects of global public health. It covers: Discussions of the social science disciplines and their essence, concepts, and theories relating to global public health Theoretical frameworks in social sciences that can be used to explain health and illness in populations Methodological inquiries that social science researchers can use to examine global public health issues and understand social issues relating to health in different population groups and regions Examples of social science research in global public health areas and concerns as well as population groups The Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health is a useful reference for students, researchers, lecturers, practitioners, and policymakers in global health, public health, and social science disciplines; and libraries in universities and health and social care institutions. It offers readers a good understanding of the issues that can impact the health and well-being of people in society, which may lead to culturally sensitive health and social care for people that ultimately will lead to a more equitable society worldwide.

Author : Dawson Church,Stephanie Marohn
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781604152135

Get Book

Clinical EFT Handbook Volume 2 by Dawson Church,Stephanie Marohn Pdf

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is used by an estimated 10 million people worldwide. Yet a lack of standardization has led to a field in which dozens of forms of EFT, with varying degrees of fidelity to the original, can be found. This led to the establishment of Clinical EFT, the form of EFT taught in the original EFT Manual and associated materials, and validated in over 20 clinical trials. In this volume, the most noted scholars, researchers and clinicians in the field compile a definitive outline of the EFT protocol, as it is applied in medicine, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and life coaching. This volume covers • Integrative Medical Settings • Special Populations (such as Children, Veterans, Addicts) • Sports and Business Performance • Innovations in EFT. These handbooks are essential reading for anyone wishing to understand EFT as validated in research, science, and best clinical practice.