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Books on Addictions
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Dec 14, 2008 A +  A -  RESET  

MUST HAVES for People, Friends and Relatives with Addiction Problems Like: Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, Sex, Internet, and Other Types of Addictions

1.

Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop? New Knowledge. New Treatments. New Hope.

2.

Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love

3.

Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction


Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop? New Knowledge. New Treatments. New Hope.

by John Hoffman (Editor), Susan Froemke (Editor)

hardcover $17

Reader Comment:
"This is the only book that I have read that gave me clear cut understanding of addiction."


Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love

by Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, J. Keith Miller, Keith Miller, J. Keith Miller

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"I found this book well written and comprehensive, but what was the most moving to me was the way in which it touched the most painful, sad and hidden part of my relationships."


Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction

by Jack Trimpey, Rational Recovery Systems

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"The book helped me understand that I like the high I get from drinking, but it isn't good for me so I must stop."


4.

The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors

5.

Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction

6.

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery


The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors

by Lance M. Dodes

buy the book $10

Reader Comment:
"What the general public doesn't acknowledge and what the pharmaceutical companies and mental health advocates never mention."


Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction

by Patrick J. Carnes

buy the book $11.50

Reader Comment:

"I run a group for men with sexual addiction and this book has been invaluable to me in not only the planning but the implementation of the group."


The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery

by Chris Prentiss

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"The book itself is great. It is easy to read and full of warmth, very chatty."


7.

Addiction and Recovery for Dummies

8.

Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction

9.

The Craving Brain: A bold new approach to breaking free from *drug addiction *overeating *alcoholism


Addiction and Recovery for Dummies

by Brian F. Shaw, Jane Irvine, Paul Ritvo

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"Covers all the most important treatment approaches without moralizing and helps you choose what is most helpful or appropriate to your situation."


Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction

by Thomas Bien

buy the book $10

Reader Comment:
"This is one of those books that can be picked up and read a few pages at a time, from any point. It is worth your time and money. "


The Craving Brain: A bold new approach to breaking free from *drug addiction *overeating *alcoholism

by Ronald A. Ruden, Marcia Byalick, Marcia Byalick

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"It provides a good, solid scientific understanding of addiction in simple language and offers useful guidelines about moving beyond sobriety and toward cure."


10.

Willpower Is Not Enough: Understanding and Overcoming Addiction and Compulsion

11.

My Husband Has a Secret: Finding Healing for the Betrayal of Sexual Addiction

12.

Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions



Willpower Is Not Enough: Understanding and Overcoming Addiction and Compulsion

by M. Washton, Donna Boundy, Donn Boundy

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"Highly recommended to any thinking person interested in understanding and recovering from their addiction."


My Husband Has a Secret: Finding Healing for the Betrayal of Sexual Addiction

by Molly Ann Miller

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"Highly recommended to any person interested in understanding and recovering from their addiction."


Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions

by  A. Thomas Horvath

buy the book $11

Reader Comment:
"It provides a variety of techniques to decrease addictive behaviors, many of them new and all of them coherent, logical, understandable, and practical--this book is a must read."

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Last Updated( Feb 13, 2009 )
reviewed by: Harry Croft, MD
Psychiatrist, HealthyPlace.com Medical Director
 

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