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The Addiction Battle

Author : Timothy J Wulff

Publisher : Addicus Books

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 11,28 MB

Release : 2020-07-30

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1950091449

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Is every day a challenge as you wage your personal battle against addiction? If you've fallen into the addiction trap, you are not alone. It is estimated that one out of ten Americans is struggling with addiction. Author Timothy Wulff, M.S.W., is an addiction therapist who has spent more than a decade successfully treating individuals addicted to drugs and alcohol. To identify the source of addiction, Wulff focuses on beliefs about one's self that develop early in life and that eventually obscure the strong and positive true self, increasing susceptibility to addiction. In The Addiction Battle, Wulff will help you discover where your greatest strengths are buried and teach you how to use their hidden power to overcome addiction. Wulff will teach you how to redefine the terms anger, selfishness, and troublemaking, and make them key tools in shaping your actions from a new healthy perspective:&•&• Anger—It's a powerful emotion that can be used constructively to protect yourself.&•&• Selfishness—Healthy selfishness is good self-care. Without it, addiction continues.&•&• Troublemaking—the opposite of pleasing others, troublemaking helps you stand up for your own feelings, needs, and desires.Learning to use these tools, which are already part of you, will enable you to reclaim these inner strengths. Through the book's practical and sensitive pages, Wulff gives you a way to begin your life anew and triumph over addiction.



The War Of The Gods In Addiction

Author : DAVID E. SCHOEN

Publisher : Chiron Publications

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 42,43 MB

Release : 2020-12-15

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1630519227

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The War of the Gods of Addiction, based on the correspondence between Bill W., one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, and Swiss psychiatrist, C.G. Jung, proposes an original, groundbreaking, psychodynamic view of addiction. Using insights from Jungian psychology, it demonstrates why the twelve steps of AA really work. It explores, through theoretical and clinical material, modern and ancient myths, and fairy tales, the crucial process of neutralizing the archetypal shadow / archetypal evil, an aspect of all true addictions. It also explains how dreams may be used in the diagnosis and treatment of addiction. This book bridges the longstanding gap between the mental health and twelve-step recovering communities in ways that significantly encourage mutual understanding and benefit. Previously published by Spring Journal.



Chasing the Scream

Author : Johann Hari

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 22,11 MB

Release : 2015-01-20

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1620408929

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The New York Times Bestseller What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix. One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction--and what really solves it. He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories--of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their own war on drugs--with extraordinary results. Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally--and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.



Moroni's War on Addiction

Author : Joseph Grenny

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 37,38 MB

Release : 2018-08-04

Category :

ISBN : 9780692144329

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Addiction is the most pernicious plague of our time. It is the cause of incalculable suffering both to the addict and to those who love them. Much of the suffering comes because of the hopelessness all feel as attempts to help oneself or others lead to repeated failure. And worse yet, much of what loved ones try to do to help often makes matters worse rather than better. Fortunately, a loving God foresaw our day and provided eternal wisdom far in advance. In Moroni's War on Addiction, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Grenny and his son, Seth Grenny, share their father and son story of descent into addiction and deliverance through study of Book of Mormon accounts of bondage and deliverance. Loved ones of addicts will find both comfort and counsel as they learn how the Book of Mormon hero Moroni assisted his countrymen in emerging from self-destructive choices. Those suffering in addiction will learn potent principles with which they can plan their own battle plan to regain freedom.



The Recovery Revolution

Author : Claire D. Clark

Publisher : Columbia University Press

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 49,33 MB

Release : 2017-05-02

Category : History

ISBN : 023154443X

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In the 1960s, as illegal drug use grew from a fringe issue to a pervasive public concern, a new industry arose to treat the addiction epidemic. Over the next five decades, the industry's leaders promised to rehabilitate the casualties of the drug culture even as incarceration rates for drug-related offenses climbed. In this history of addiction treatment, Claire D. Clark traces the political shift from the radical communitarianism of the 1960s to the conservatism of the Reagan era, uncovering the forgotten origins of today's recovery movement. Based on extensive interviews with drug-rehabilitation professionals and archival research, The Recovery Revolution locates the history of treatment activists' influence on the development of American drug policy. Synanon, a controversial drug-treatment program launched in California in 1958, emphasized a community-based approach to rehabilitation. Its associates helped develop the therapeutic community (TC) model, which encouraged peer confrontation as a path to recovery. As TC treatment pioneers made mutual aid profitable, the model attracted powerful supporters and spread rapidly throughout the country. The TC approach was supported as part of the Nixon administration's "law-and-order" policies, favored in the Reagan administration's antidrug campaigns, and remained relevant amid the turbulent drug policies of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While many contemporary critics characterize American drug policy as simply the expression of moralizing conservatism or a mask for racial oppression, Clark recounts the complicated legacy of the "ex-addict" activists who turned drug treatment into both a product and a political symbol that promoted the impossible dream of a drug-free America.



Fighting for Space

Author : Travis Lupick

Publisher : arsenal pulp press

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 21,73 MB

Release : 2018-06-05

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1551527138

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North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many to rethink the war on drugs. Public opinion has slowly begun to turn against prohibition, and policy-makers are finally beginning to look at addiction as a health issue as opposed to one for the criminal justice system. While deaths across the continent continue to climb, Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of a city’s response to the drug crisis. It tells the story of a grassroots group of addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside who waged a political street fight for two decades to transform how the city treats its most marginalized citizens. Over the past twenty-five years, this group of residents from Canada's poorest neighborhood organized themselves in response to the growing number of overdose deaths and demanded that addicts be given the same rights as any other citizen; against all odds, they eventually won. But just as their battle came to an end, fentanyl arrived and opioid deaths across North America reached an all-time high. The "genocide" in Vancouver finally sparked government action. Twenty years later, as the same pattern plays out in other cities, there is much that advocates for reform can learn from Vancouver's experience. Fighting for Space tells that story—including case studies in Ohio, Florida, New York, California, Massachusetts, and Washington state—with the same passionate fervor as the activists whose tireless work gave dignity to addicts and saved countless lives. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.



Winning the Addiction Battle

Author : Jim Watson

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 16,61 MB

Release : 2016-04-19

Category :

ISBN : 9781530036295

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If your addiction to alcohol or drugs has not wrecked your life yet, it will. It will destroy your relationships, reduce you to poverty, introduce you to the criminal justice system, rob you of your self-respect, and, for some of you, put you in an early grave. In your fight to regain your life, stalemates are rare. In this war, there is only one victor-you or addiction. You are not engaged in a play battle. It is a life-and-death struggle. You must win this war. If you are defeated, it will be the end of you-your dreams, hopes, and plans. If you are tired of seeing your life wrecked by alcohol or drug addiction, this book can have a dramatic impact on your future. Be honest. Do you have a strong desire to change and gain your freedom from the curse of addiction? In moments of sincere soul-searching, are you able to see clearly how your present lifestyle has frustrated your attempts to live a significant life? Have your problems and failures worn you down? Have you learned to settle for a life of limitations, lies, and manipulation? The battle plan for freedom from addiction is rooted in personal change brought about by your relationship with God. Only the power of God can permanently eliminate addiction from your life. Without the help of God, you will have no choice but to fight this battle using your strength and willpower. You cannot win your battle with addiction using your strength. Willpower, gritty determination, or effort will not change you. Only the actions of God in your life can produce lasting change. In this book, you will learn: How addiction ruins your life How personal habits, attitudes, and behaviors can prevent recovery A step-by-step plan to beat addiction A plan to help you get your life back Remember this: When you find yourself surrounded by hopelessness, discouraged by your circumstances, and skeptical about ever getting your life back, you should not be afraid. Help is on the way. God knows you better than you know yourself. He sees your trouble, feels your heartache, and hears your cries for help. Do not give up on your life. God has not given up on you."



Drug War Addiction

Author : Bill Masters

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,4 MB

Release : 2001-12

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9781888118094

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A Fatal Addiction

Author : Thomas Block

Publisher : Algora Publishing

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 44,58 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0875869327

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America, one of the most religious countries in the world, is also the most violent. Do God and war define the American spirit as much as apple pie and baseball? This unsettling book illustrates how bellicose, war-like language is used to explain the spiritual quest. It explores the violence of God tradition as it exists in all religions (including Buddhism), and then examines how this dynamic is flipped, with political leaders using spiritual and religious language to sell war to the general public. Although God and religion have often been used to sell war in the United States, this has been especially true since 9/11. After surveying the relationship of war and the spiritual quest in the major world religions, this study concludes with an overview of how that dynamic has affected the contemporary American public discourse on war. Does this intermingling of war and spirituality prepare the population for the coming of war? The institutional blending of the sacred and human aggression appear to be fundamental to human society. The second section of the book concentrates on the political language and speeches of American politicians since 2002, following the run-up to the Iraq war and its continuation over the past decade, showing how this mystical/war conflation permeates American society.



The Heart of Addiction

Author : Mark E. Shaw

Publisher : Focus Publishing (MN)

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 41,43 MB

Release : 2008-09-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9781885904683

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Substance abusers, addicts with a physical dependency, and those who cannot stop some type of pleasurable activity can gain insights and practical help from the hopeful message from the Bible regarding addictive thoughts and behavior.