Author: Dr. Barbara Killinger
Publisher: Firefly Books
Keywords: addicts, respectable, workaholics
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 1997-03-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1552091341
ISBN-13: 9781552091340

In her bestselling book, Dr. Barbara Killinger sheds new light on the emotional make-up of the workaholic and offers practical strategies to restore inner balance and gain quality of life

Author: Dick B.
Publisher: Paradise Research Publications
Keywords: addicts, alcoholics, proven, cured
Number of Pages: 197
Published: 2005-12-29
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 1885803966
ISBN-13: 9781885803962

Yes. Alcoholics and addicts can be, have been, and will be cured and healed of their afflictions if they follow the principles and practices of the early A.A. fellowship. The ingredients of yesteryear are available today. They are simple. They were widely reported. And they gave rise to the important world-wide A.A. fellowship of today. Many still cling to the idea that they are always "in recovery" or that they can never call themselves "recovered" or that the idea of cure in conflict with A.A. principles. To be sure, the basic text of A.A. contains a couple of phrases which have become dictu

Author: Eric Griffin-Shelley
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: addicts, love, sex, adolescent
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1994-07-30
List price: $103.95
ISBN-10: 0275946819
ISBN-13: 9780275946814

Of those which deal with sex and love addiction, this work is alone in that it examines adolescents as a specific population. The number of case histories presented in the text are a prominent feature. The work should be of interest to clinicians and clients both. The book addresses the case of adolescent sex and love addicts as was done with adolescent chemical dependents 20 years ago.

Author: Lonny Shavelso
Publisher: New Press, The
Keywords: drug, rehab, system, misguided, challenge, five, addicts, hooked
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2002-11-14
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1565847792
ISBN-13: 9781565847798

"Deeply felt, deftly rendered, stunningly informative and often enraging" (Publishers Weekly), Hooked appears as we are finally waking up to the inadequacies of our current drug-rehab policies. With court-mandated rehab being debated across the country, Shavelson’s in-depth look at the struggles of five addicts as they travel through the treatment maze makes a powerful case for reform. Highly readable and shaped by Shavelson’s experience as a journalist and physician, Hooked takes us through the anguishing "intake" and controversial House meetings, inside counselors’ and judg