Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
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Rating | : | 4.48 (952 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0061987395 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-06-02 |
Language | : | English |
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He has been director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard's McLean Hospital and director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. Lance Dodes, MD, is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in the Division on Addictions. He has been elected a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
Dodes is one with the guts to shine a beacon in the right direction.”—Stanton Peele, PhD, author of 7 Tools to Beat Addiction and The Life Process Program of Treatment The follow-up to his groundbreaking volume The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Dodes says any dangerous, life-destroying obsession can be overcome. Lance Dodes’s Breaking Addiction is a step-by-step guide to beating addiction of any kind—from drugs and gambling to alcoholism, overeating, and sex addiction. By recognizing and understanding the emotional forces underlying addictive behaviors, Dr. Including special bonus sections for both families and health-care professionals, Breaking Addiction is the new handbook for those suffering from addiction—a valuable resource that addresses addiction’s root causes and serves as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and similar recovery programs.. “Dr. Dodes’s approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of ‘powerlessness’—a message that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts’ life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr
Determined to quit? This is your book! +++ This refers to the audio version of this book +++From an addict's perspective:This is not a book for frivolous quitting attemps. If you're serious about getting rid of your addiction (instead of exchanging it with another one) or want to understand/help/cope with. Mitch Warner said A new approach to addictions from a true expert. Having read and been enormously helped by Dr. Dodes's first book, "The Heart of Addiction," I pre-ordered his new one and was excited to receive it on my Kindle this morning (love new technology!). I've spent the better part of today reading it start to finish, and I. Insight Counseling said One of the most helpful books I have read. Dr. Dodes intimately understands the powerful and unconscious forces behind repetive relapse and addictive behavior and writes in a clear narrative that is without jargon or pretense. I have read literally 100s of titles on addiction and recovery and this book is on
“Without denying the difficulty of the terrain, Dodes’s program is a call to a clear-eyed, coherent approach. This groundbreaking work should become the ‘go to’ handbook for anyone suffering with addiction. I highly recommend it.” (Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Answers to Distraction and Superparenting for ADD) . Its easy-to-read style takes sophisticated ideas and turns them into memorable examples