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Addiction Workbook

by Patrick Fanning, John T. O'neill, John O'Neill
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Overview

If you're thinking about quitting alcohol or drugs, this comprehensive workbook can help you get on track and reach your goals.

The Addiction Workbook starts you on your journey by explaining the facts about addiction. It shows you how you can determine if you have a problem and helps you cut through denial or ambivalence to reach a clear decision to quit. Simple, concise exercises and tips help you gather support, deal with detoxification, improve nutrition, and build a personalized exercise program. You will discover how to relax without chemicals and cope with feelings of depression, anxiety, and anger.

The book's final chapters cover conducting a personal moral inventory and making lifestyle changes to foster long-term relapse prevention.

Direct and easy to understand, for those who want to do something about their use or misuse of alcohol and other drugs.

Synopsis

Focusing on the most current research in the field of drug addiction that treats dependence as a disruption of normal brain chemistry and abuse as a behavioral disorder, the authors present a step-by-step program tracing a path from recognition to avoiding a relapse. 149 pp.

About the Author, Patrick Fanning

Patrick Fanning is a professional writer in the mental health field and the founder of a men's support group in northern California. He has authored and coauthored eight self-help books, including Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, Couple Skills, and Mind and Emotions.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1996
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781572240438

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