Books – Health – Addiction
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Addiction-proof Your Child by Stanton Peele
Peele presents realistic and effective advice for parents who know that the zero-tolerance approach to dealing with drug and alcohol use does not work. Rather, parents learn techniques for handling this real-world problem in a real-world way
Paperback, 272 pp, $20.95. Buy
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How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good by Gillian Riley
Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them: about half of all regular cigarette smokers will be killed by their habit, but they just can’t seem to give up. If you’re really serious about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley’s techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. There is a step-by-step giving up programme that is easy to follow and really works. Even in stressful situations, or when boredom sets in, you’ll soon realise that even though the freedom and opportunity to smoke is there you have chosen not to. How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good will even help you to give up smoking without gaining weight
Paperback, 224 pp, $20.95. Buy
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The Mind by Royal College of Psychiatrists
Offers information on the research into brain and mind sciences. This work gives descriptions of behaviour, feelings and thoughts relating to a variety of conditions – including addictions, body image and bipolar disorders, depression and OCD – and helps us to clarify and understand symptoms and treatments
Paperback, 352 pp, $39.95. Buy
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Addiction by John Hoffman and Susan Froemke
Blending compelling personal narratives with statistics and expert opinion, all gleaned from over two years of research and reporting, Addiction offers a comprehensive and provocative look at the impact of chemical dependency on addicts and their loved ones. Breaking the stigma that addicts are simply weak and immoral, it delves into new brain research proving that drugs and alcohol change the chemical composition of addicts’ brains, making it veritably impossible for them to quit. The nation’s top experts persuasively argue that the time has come for the blame to stop and the healing to begin.
This book is essential reading for anyone who has been impacted by what is now realised to be a very real and widespread disease.
Hardback, 256 pp, $36.95. Buy
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Thin by Grace Bowman
Bright, popular, pretty and successful, Grace Bowman had the world at her feet. So what drove her to starve herself nearly to death at the age of 18? And what, more importantly, made her stop? A grippingly honest account of life with anorexia nervosa, A Shape of My Own is Grace’s hearbreaking, shocking and, finally, inspirational memoir. An extraordinary story, it is also a common one – is there a woman in the western world who has a normal relationship with food? It is a compulsive read, essential for anyone hoping to understand more about eating disorders and overcoming addiction
Paperback, 304 pp, $24.95. Buy
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You Can Stop Smoking by Jennifer Percival
With the ban on smoking in public places in Great Britain coming into force in July 2007, there’s never been a better time to quit smoking. You Can Stop Smoking is a comprehensive step-by-step planner based on proven methods that have helped thousands of people to successfully give up. Practical and accessible, it contains all the advice, information and support smokers need to ditch the cigarettes for good. It includes choosing a ‘quit date’, planning your campaign to quit and coping with nicotine withdrawal. Full of quizzes, questionnaires and other interactive elements, the reader can tailor the plan to their own needs and circumstances to give up successfully the first time
Paperback, 192 pp, $34.95. Buy
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The Hungry Years by William Leith
A story of food, fat and addiction that is both funny and heart-wrenching: it will change the way you look at food forever ‘Hunger is the loudest voice in my head. I’m hungry most of the time’On a January morning in 2003, William Leith woke up to the fattest day of his life. That same day he left London for New York to interview controversial diet guru Dr Robert Atkins. But what started out as a routine journalistic assignment set Leith on an intensely personal and illuminating journey into the mysteries of hunger and addiction. Fat has been called a feminist issue. But in this unflinching investigation into the bodily consequences and psychological pain of being overweight, Leith reveals how it affects us all. Our fat society, he tells us,
Paperback, 304 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Drink Me by Skye Rogers
You don’t fall in love with an alcoholic – you fall in love with a man. At least at first. But why do women fall for ‘damaged’ men? And why do women keep looking for love to fix everything? Dan’s drunkenness seemed comparatively joyous. He never got ill – not even a cold. There were no scars. If this was self-destruction‚ perhaps it wasn’t so bad after all. Skye Rogers tells her moving story about the great love – and fight – of her life. Lyrically written and many-layered‚ Drink Me is a book everyone who has ever loved should read.
Paperback, 352 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Daddy, Please Stop Smoking!
No one wants a hug from daddy when he smells like an ashtray. You know tobacco can kill, and you want him to stay well. You want him to be around when you grow up. You don’t want to get ill from his smoke either. Teach dad to chase away the nicotine nasties with this book, and help make the world a healthier, cleaner and happier place
Hardback, 96 pp, $9.95. Buy
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Stop Smoking: It’s All in Your Mind by Gillian Bridge
Smokers know full well that their problem is in their minds. The mind uses triggers to reinforce the habit. For some it may be a cup of coffee, for others the telephone. But every time the trigger is pulled they reach for a cigarette. To overcome this problem they need to pre-empt the mind and have a stronger defence in position before they start to stop. The program in this book has an 87% success rate. Smokers will learn the unique reasons why they smoke and from there how to tailor a personal step-by-step programme that will help them to give up smoking for good. The approach is individual, with a questionnaire assessment and self-perception analysis.
Paperback, 160 pp, $14.99. Buy
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Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul by Jack Canfield
Presents personal stories of people in recovery who have dealt successfully with alcohol and drug addiction, depression, trauma, chronic pain, and behavioral disorders
Paperback, 432 pp, $20.95. Buy
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Packing It in the Easy Way by Allen Carr
‘I’m going to cure the world of smoking’ Until he discovered the Easyway, this statement by Allen Carr – made more than twenty years ago – was not just laughable but totally unthinkable because Carr couldn’t even cure himself of the wretched weed. But, after years of trying and failing to stop his one-hundred-a-day habit through every technique around, Allen Carr not only quit for good but created the Easyway to stop smoking. He followed this by writing the bestselling book on quitting as well as setting up a successful chain of clinics to help others in their goal to be free of tobacco. His story, from slave to a habit that was destroying his life to latter-day lifestyle guru, makes for both inspirational and utterly compelling reading.
Paperback, 256 pp, $24.95. Buy
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7 Tools to Beat Addiction by Stanton Peele
The author of Love and Addiction introduces his seven-step program to help addicts of all kinds–from substance abuse to gambling to nicotine addiction–enhance their self-esteem, develop self-empowerment, put meaning in their lives, and overcome addictive behavior–offering such tools as values, motivation, rewards, resources, support, maturity
Paperback, 288 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Alternatives to Abstinence by Heather Ogilvie
Views that total abstinence is the only way to control the addiction to alcohol are now being challenged and the mean of treatment reexamined. This book addresses the controversy surrounding controlled drinking while weighing the positive benefits of behavioral modification techniques with problem drinkers
, 224 pp, $35.95. Buy
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The Dual Diagnosis Recovery Sourcebook by Dennis Ortman
Those diagnosed with the dual disorders of addiction and a mental disorder face unique situations on the road to recovery. This book explores the physical, psychological, social and spiritual approaches to recovering from this often misunderstood yet common condition.
Paperback, 256 pp, $37.95. Buy
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The Little Book of Quitting by Allen Carr
A gift book containing over 100 inspirational phrases aimed at those wishing to give up the habit of smoking. It is written by the author of EASY WAY TO STOP SMOKING and HOW TO STOP YOUR CHILD SMOKING.
Paperback, $6.95. Buy
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The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently by Allen Carr
Aims to expose the traps of smoking, and to provide smokers with the motivation to break free for ever. The book covers giving up without becoming dependent on a substitute, the myth of weight gain and the particular problems women face when giving up smo
Paperback, 480 pp, $26.95. Buy
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Kids Alcohol and Drugs #, A Parent’s Guide by Ruth Maxwell
Offers practical advice on how parents can help their children avoid drugs and intervene in unhealthy situations
Paperback, 115 pp, $24.95. Buy
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The No Nag, No Guilt Guide to Quitting Smoking by Tom Ferguson
Paperback, 115 pp, $9.95. Buy
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Games Alcoholics Play by Claude Steiner
Dr. Steiner attempts to refute the theory that alcoholism is an incurable disease and offers a psychotherapeutic approach to its treatment
Paperback, 115 pp, $11.95. Buy
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