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When there's an addict in the family, you may find yourself in a codependent role: trying so hard to keep your loved one alive, out of jail, or emotionally appeased that you actually prevent them from realizing they need help. Barnett offers a step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved one's addiction, coping with the emotional hurdles of having an addicted family member, and making informed decisions on how to best help them-- and yourself.
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"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
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"Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--
We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain -- and what to do about...
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"Over the course of this ... memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis"--Dust jacket flap.
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When a group of teens are sent to a wilderness camp on an island to work through their problems, one of the girls vanishes, an ex-cop dies, and the radio has been disrupted, the kids choose to take matters into their own hands and find the executioner.
Eight teens are dropped off on a remote west-coast island for a week-long treatment program called INTRO (Into Nature to Renew Ourselves). Alice's police-officer mother believes Alice might have a...
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I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc. Before long, you're a true believer. And when you're finally released, sent back into the world, you crave safety. Crave being back in the warehouse....
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Recovery from anything is possible if you have hope. The Addiction Manifesto is the story of the trials and tribulations of a recovering addict on the road to recovery. For 20 years JR Weaver ran the streets, homeless, hopeless, Godless, and lost to the reality that his life was worth anything more than the next hit or drink. That is exactly what substance use disorder does, it blinds one to the reality or reasons behind why one's life has become...
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Are you, or someone you know, on the verge of losing their spouse, family, job, or reputation because their sex life is out of control? Do you feel imprisoned by the guilt, shame, and lies you have to keep telling because of your lust, sexual thoughts, or behavior? If so this book is for you! This dynamic, life-changing book provides a road map for people seeking to escape one of the fastest growing addictions of the 21st century - sex addiction....
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This book helps you learn how to harness the power of the principles of well-being to free yourself of addictions and self-destructive behaviors. The principles of well-being taught in this book were used by the author to help her recover from alcoholism and learn to lead a happy and more fulfilling life. In it she shares the secrets to such things as learning to build a foundation of self-love, letting go of the past, getting in touch with your...
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As a parent of three sober alcoholic daughters and becoming an addiction psychotherapist with a master of science in substance abuse, as well as working with hundreds of parents with stories similar to her own, Mary was able to utilize her knowledge and experience to aid parents in their own recovery, avoiding the pitfalls of enabling and codependency. No one can truly understand the grief and despair that comes with having an addicted child but for...
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Most of us are hooked on something, or have bad habits we can't quite kick or control. Being addicted is simply part of the human condition, but it also has deep emotional and psychological roots. Many of us struggle, often in silence, with our issues about alcohol, drugs, over-the-counter painkillers or food. Or it might be we overwork, staring at too many screens, spending too much money, or using sex and love as drugs. Overcoming Addiction looks...
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This book is for everyone who wants to know how to improve their results in business... From the Burger Bars of Las Vegas, to the airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, from Dressmaking to Wiring Harnesses, Your Business Rules OK takes you on a unique journey, to explain how remarkable businesses are built. Refreshingly honest and practical, packed with models, concepts and real life stories Your Business Rules OK is your guidebook to business. Based on...
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Every road to recovery involves a "personality change". It's all about growth and change, and that reality is shared in a personal and inspirational way – one genuine story after another – in Growth and Change. Forty-five men and women who've been there – mostly alumni of Renascent, one of Canada's largest treatment centers based in Toronto – share "what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now". A very special book.
17) Addiction What It Was Like Conviction What Happened Redemption What It Is Like Now (A True Story)
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Dear reader: In this riveting true story, you will be amazed at the devastation, dysfunction, addiction, and finally, success in the life of the author! He has reinvented himself several times in his seventy-five years on this earth. Living his first four years in a city near Trenton, New Jersey, he moved to a small tenant house on a farm in New Egypt, New Jersey, where the dysfunction began. He lived there with his parents and siblings, always feeling...
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Do you know why some people do the same destructive thing over and over again? What is the true source of gang violence in America? Does it ever feel like your life is stuck in a rut and nothing you do changes the circumstance? Why does a person whos labeled an addict crave doing the same thing over again? In Breaking the Curse From a Twisted Life, you will learn how to get right down to the root of the thing that seems to keep you from progressing....
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Depression is a significant complicating factor in recovery from substance use disorders. Nearly all substance abusers show significant depression in the first several weeks of recovery. In most cases, the depression quickly subsides. Others, however, suffer from serious bouts of depression throughout their recovery. Fortunately the recovery plans for addiction and depression are closely related. Many of things that help people stay comfortably sober...
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Forget everything you thought you knew about addiction.
After working with and listening to hundreds of people struggling with addictions, Lisa began formulating strategies for measuring success. What works and what doesn't? She knew there is no better source than the people struggling themselves.
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