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Addiction expert challenges AA orthodoxy with ‘Smart Recovery’

Addiction expert challenges AA orthodoxy with ‘Smart Recovery’
Alcoholism is a disease. It leaves victims powerless and needing to stay in permanent recovery if they are serious about stopping the demon drink from inflicting further damage.
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Beat Sugar Addiction Now!: The Cutting-Edge Program That Cures Your Type of Sugar Addiction and Puts You on the Road to Feeling Great – and Losing Weight!

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Sugar sensitivity is as powerful an addiction as tobacco or alcohol—and one of the most difficult to break sugar’s prevalence in the modern diet. With one-third of our calories coming from sugar, white flour, and processed foods sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. However, unlike other addictions going “cold turkey” won’t fix it [...]

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The 10 Toughest Questions Families and Friends Ask About Addiction and Recovery

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A wealth of information. Being able to gain this much information in one short sitting will put your mind at ease and give you the confidence to move forward knowing that recovery is within reach.
Straightforward answers from an addiction professional who personally understands the powerful grip of addiction.
1. How can I tell . . [...]

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

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Product DescriptionBased on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction [...]

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Second Chances: Top Executives Share Their Stories of Addiction & Recovery

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Inspiring true stories of recovery from the high-pressure world of business
They reached the pinnacle of their careers in spite of-or sometimes because of-substance abuse. They struggled with sobriety while striving for success, often risking their professional lives on the road to recovery. Now, with honesty, courage, and insight, they share their remarkable stories.
Michael Deaver, [...]

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Something for Nothing: Shoplifting Addiction and Recovery

Product DescriptionMr. Shulman has developed an enhanced understanding of kleptomania, based on an addiction model. It offers the best hope we have today for effective treatment of this baffling disorder.@ – Dr.David August, D.O., Lewes, Delaware Any therapist, judge, probation officer, or any professional who deals with shoplifters needs to read this [...]

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Hope After Betrayal: Healing When Sexual Addiction Invades Your Marriage

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Product DescriptionWritten from firsthand experience, this amazingly open book offers hope and healing for women who have been hurt by their husband’s sexual addiction.
Hope After Betrayal: Healing When Sexual Addiction Invades Your Marriage

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Can comment board participation become an unhealthy addiction?

Can comment board participation become an unhealthy addiction?
The Herald Journal is inviting reader input on the above topic. If we get enough comments with enough variety, a sampling of those comments will appear this coming Sunday in a “Bloggers Soapbox” column on the newspaper’s Opinion page.
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Crack Addiction Essay – Psychology 119: Drugs and Behavior – Fall 2006 Audio

Psychology 119: Drugs and Behavior – Fall 2006 Audio survey course exploring the basic principles of psychopharmacology. The major focus of the course is on the relationship between behavior and the physiological actions of drugs. Emphasis will be placed on effects of pharmacological agents on complex mental processes such as attention, motivation, learning, and memory.

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Cocaine Addiction Recovery: The Amy Tucker Story

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