- Diagnosing and Treating Codependence
A guide for professionals who work with Chemical dependents,
their spouses and children
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Step Zero: Getting to Recovery
Acknowledgment of and receptivity to the fact of addiction is the
true beginning of recovery. This beginning is Step Zero, when we drop our
defenses, face ourselves, and begin to assess our behavior and the reasons for
it. The authors deal directly with the problems of early recovery and
address the questions of the not-yet-converted.
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Talking About Alcohol and Drugs: A Risk Reduction
Program
The primary goal of the program is to reduce the risk that
participants will ever experience any alcohol or drug related problem at any
time in life. A second goal of the program is to assist self-assessment
to interrupt progression into addiction.
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A Newcomer to Al-Anon: A Wife's Perspective
Welcome to Al-Anon. If you faithfully and frequently attend the
meetings, you will have to opportunity for a valuable experience in personal
growth. Al-Anon is an organization open to everyone who lives with or
comes into close contact with an alcoholic (referred to often in this writing
as a "problem drinker").
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Al-Anon's Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions
The Steps and Traditions of Al-Anon have helped restore hundreds
of thousands of people to joyful living. Many members of Al-Anon tell in
this major new book how they have applied these basic principles to their
lives. Al-Anon’s twelve steps and Twelve Traditions deals with each in a
multi-dimensional way.
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Adult Children of Alcoholics
Alcoholics, as well as being victims themselves, have an adverse
impact on those with whom they associate. This book discusses what
happened to you as a child, what is happening to you now, how to break the
cycle, and guidelines for breaking the cycle in the next generation.
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Guide to Recovery: A Book for Adult Children of
Alcoholics
This book will answer the questions: What is an adult child
of an alcoholic? What is an alcoholic, What is an alcoholic? Why is
alcoholism called a family disease? Why are adult children of alcoholics
called “survivors"? What happens to children of alcoholics as they
grow up? What are the stages of recovery? And much more.
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Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book
We of Alcoholics Anonymous, want to show other alcoholics
precisely how we have recovered. This is the main purpose of this book.
For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further
authentication will be necessary. We think this account of our
experiences will help everyone to better understand the alcoholic.
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Dual Disorders: Counseling Clients With Chemical
Dependency and Mental Illness
Do Psychiatric problems in alcoholics result from
alcoholism? Or, can alcoholism arise from psychiatric disorders?
How do you, as a mental health or chemical dependency counselor, determine
whether a dual disorder exists in a client? And, once a dual disorder is
diagnosed in a client, which problem should be treated first?
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Getting Better: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous, mankind’s best weapon against the scourge
of alcoholism, is the most successful self-help movement in history. Yet
it is also perhaps the most misunderstood. Meet the members, hear their
voices, learn how A.A. actually works and why it succeeds.
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Getting Them Sober Volume 2: A Guide for Those Who Live
With An Alcoholic
More Help for Families of Alcoholics!
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Helping Your Alcoholic Before He or She Hits Bottom: A
tested technique for leading alcoholics into treatment
A revolutionary method for actually getting a troubled loved one
away from the bottle and into a rehabilitation center. Called “guided
intervention," this lifesaving technique places the initial
responsibility for getting treatment on the nonalcoholic spouse (or parent,
child, or employers) rather than on the alcoholic himself.
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How to Control Your Drinking: A practical guide to
responsible drinking
Problem drinkers need more than advice to cut down; they
need a plan for dealing with this attractive and highly available drug.
This book provides that plan...It carries them, step by step, through a program
that careful research shows to be effective...
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A Million Little Pieces
James Frey woke up on a plane to find himself badly injured. He had no
idea where the plane was headed nor any recollection of the past two
weeks. An alcoholic & crack addict, he checked into a treatment
facility shortly after landing. He was told he could either stop using or
die before he reached 24. This is his acclaimed account of his six weeks in
rehab.
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Shame: Understanding and Coping
Recovery from active alcoholism is simple. You just don’t
drink--that is, you stay away from the first drink, one day at a time.
Living as a sober alcoholic, not only maintaining sobriety but progressing in
recovery, can prove a bit more complex. The hope is that this book will help
you in your sobriety.
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The Tip of the Iceberg: Slogans and Sayings About
Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Recovery
A collection of slogans and sayings which one hears in A. A.
arranged in conceptual categories and including some commentary by the
author.
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The Twelve Steps: A Healing Journey
This is a book about transformation, change, finding direction in
surrendering, freedom in commitment, & joy in a new way of living. It is
about the personal experience of spirituality. Serenity. Freedom. Joy.
Fulfillment. Health. These words are used to describe the transformations
brought about through the power of the Twelve Steps of A. A. Anonymous.
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Things My Sponsors Taught Me
Provides the specifics, based upon the general guidelines in
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), of how one man, his sponsor, and the A.A.
fellowship work together for recovery. Sponsors and sponsees alike will
benefit from this encyclopedic handbook on recovery that has a message
for anyone who follows the A.A. way of life.
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
A co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tells how members recover
and how the society functions. This book deals with the “Twelve
Steps" and the “Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics
Anonymous. It presents an explicit view of the principles by which A.A.
members recover and by which their Society functions.
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Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of
Alcoholism
Based on groundbreaking scientific research, Under the Influence
examines the physical factors that alcoholics and non-alcoholics apart, and
suggests a bold stigma-free way of understanding and treating the
alcoholic.
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800-COCAINE: And the Crack Epidemic
A straightforward, informative and prescriptive manual for anyone
who needs to know about cocaine abuse. Its methods have already helped
hundreds of thousands understand the problems created by cocaine and crack
use.
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Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution
This book is designed to be comprehensible to those without
extensive specialize training. In the case of cocaine, recent reports in
clinical or experimental language are scarce, so it is especially important to
take note of the perceptions of the drug users themselves as expressed in their
own words.
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Coming Off Tranquilizers: A Withdrawal Plan That Really
Works
It is a frightening discovery for many people that the problems
they experience when they stop taking tranquilizers may be as traumatic as
those which prompted their prescription in the first place. Here at last
is a step-by-step guide to a gradual withdrawal from tranquilizers, which is
designed to help minimize the problems.
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Overcoming Addictions
A growing dependency on mood-altering substances, food, alcohol,
coffee, cigarettes, and drugs, continues to be one of our society's most
alarming ills. Deepak Chopra, M.D., addresses this vitally important
topic & guides the reader to replace addictive behavior with enduring
sources of joy & spiritual fulfillment.
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The Facts About Drugs and Alcohol
Here is information about Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana, Heroin,
Alcohol, LSD, Ecstasy, Prescription Drugs, Methadone, PCP, “Designer
Drugs" and other commonly abused substances. Includes a special
section on adolescent drug & alcohol abuse, how to recognize an overdose
& what to do, & how to find the right treatment program.
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The New Drugs: Look-Alikes Drugs of Deception and Designer
Drugs
The New Drugs: Look-Alikes, Drugs of Deception, and
Designer Drugs opens the door to the burgeoning, often illicit drug shelf in
America. Chemical dependency and medical professionals will find this
comprehensive book a valuable guide to understanding new drugs and their
effects.
