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The Real Answer to Addiction

Author : Chris Dew

Publisher : WestBow Press

Page : 127 pages

File Size : 32,66 MB

Release : 2020-08-25

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1664201378

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If you’ve been affected by addiction, you’re not alone. More than twenty million Americans are currently battling a substance abuse disorder. More than two hundred people die every day from overdoses. This epidemic not only kills the addicts, but it also tortures their loved ones. Until 2010, author Chris Dew was one of these statistics. He had tried everything—medications, counseling, rehab, mental hospitals, meetings, and more. Nothing seemed to work until he tasted pure joy. His life has been radically changed, and he is now living in true freedom. In The Real Answer to Addiction, Dew shares his story and offers the real answer to addiction in a step-by-step guide to living in forever freedom. The real answer to addiction isn’t to “just say no” to what you really want. Through his personal testimony, Dew communicates that to get a better high, the real answer to addiction is found in a relationship with Jesus.



In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Author : Gabor Maté, MD

Publisher : North Atlantic Books

Page : 522 pages

File Size : 40,8 MB

Release : 2011-06-28

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1583944206

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A “thought-provoking and powerful” study that reframes everything you’ve been taught about addiction and recovery—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Myth of Normal (Bruce Perry, author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog). A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its origins, its place in society, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery. Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with people with addiction on Vancouver’s skid row, this #1 international bestseller radically re-envisions a much misunderstood condition by taking a compassionate approach to substance abuse and addiction recovery. In the same vein as Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts traces the root causes of addiction to childhood trauma and examines the pervasiveness of addiction in society. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout—and perhaps underpins—our society. It is not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects but rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs and behaviors of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Dr. Maté argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and how they perpetuate the War on Drugs. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.



Chasing the Scream

Author : Johann Hari

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 25,86 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.



Up from Down

Author : Ted Adamson

Publisher : Ted Adamson

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 34,48 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1449725015

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Up from Down is not a book about gloom and doom, but an inspirational book that offers hope to all who have faltered. Strung out on heroin, Ted Adamson began his journey with a SWAT team descending on a pharmacy to stop his wild rampage in search of drugs. From the cruelty in the county jail to race riots in state prison, the hard, gritty life of a drug addict is portrayed in all its real-world ugliness and despair. Join Ted as he gives us a picture of what the life of a junkie is really like. Look inside the dark side of drug treatment programs. From the bizarre therapies of the Synanon-like Family to the modern twelve-step programs, you will see what passes as treatment in the modern recovery movement. Up from Down takes readers to the depths of human degradation then brings them back through a journey of redemption.



Freedom from Addiction

Author : Neil T. Anderson

Publisher : Gospel Light Publications

Page : 372 pages

File Size : 29,28 MB

Release : 1996-06-17

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 9780830718658

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Many Christians are locked in a cycle of addiction, particularly in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse. Many have turned to 12-Step programs for help. But, where is the incredible power of Christ in this process? In a positive, non-condemning way, Anderson provides an alternative model of recovery for substance and alcohol abusers, a model that will also work for individuals struggling with other kinds of addictions. The first half of Freedom from Addictions tells the unbelievable story of Mike and Julia Quarles, and how Mike overcame a debilitating addiction to alcohol. He achieved success by applying the principles that make up the central theme of Dr. Anderson's message: that we are saints according to God's word (Eph 1) and that true freedom comes from realizing o ur identity in Christ.



The Freedom Model for Addictions

Author : Steven Slate

Publisher : BRI Publishing

Page : 541 pages

File Size : 21,94 MB

Release : 2017-11-20

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 0983471355

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Clean

Author : David Sheff

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 401 pages

File Size : 42,47 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Medical

ISBN : 054784865X

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The author of the #1 "New York Times"-bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with--and triumphs over--drug abuse.



Real Hope, True Freedom

Author : Milton S Magness

Publisher : Central Recovery Press

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 21,46 MB

Release : 2017-02-20

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1942094310

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Real Hope, True Freedom covers a wide variety of topics on sex addiction and the process of recovery. It addresses the different manifestations of sex addiction, how sex addiction impacts the brain, sex addiction risk factors, when sex addiction co-occurs with other mental health disorders, barriers to getting help/treatment, information and resources specific to the needs of the partners of sex addicts, the process of treatment, the process of recovery for both individuals and couples, relationship rebuilding, re-establishing intimacy, healthy sexuality, and relapse prevention tools and strategies. Milton Magness, D. Min., MA, LPC, CSAT, is the founder and director of Hope & Freedom Counseling Services. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, he served five terms as the president of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), the international professional organization for sexual addiction therapists. Prior to becoming a therapist he was a pastor for twenty years. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary, a Master of Arts in Psychology from Houston Baptist University, and Master of Arts in Religious Education from Southwestern Seminary. Dr. Magness is the author of Stop Sex Addiction: Real Hope, True Freedom for Sex Addicts and Partners, and Thirty Days to Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts: the Essential Guide for Daily Recovery and Relapse Prevention. Marsha Means, MA, a trained Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as the founder and director of A Circle of Joy Ministries, an organization designed to help women impacted by sexual addiction and address the needs created by this growing problem. In 2000, she gained international recognition through Prodigals International, an organization she and her husband founded in the Seattle area to train and equip therapists, churches, and lay people in providing help, hope, and healing to those touched by the pain and shame of sex addiction. Ms. Means is the author of Living With Your Husband’s Secret Wars, and the co-author of Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal.



Out of the Shadows

Author : Patrick J Carnes

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 14,34 MB

Release : 2009-06-21

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1592857698

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With the revised information and up-to-date research, Out of the Shadows is the premier work on sex addiction, written by a pioneer in its treatment. Sex is at the core of our identities. And when it becomes a compulsion, it can unravel our lives. Out of the Shadows is the premier work on this disorder, written by a pioneer in its treatment. Revised and updated to include the latest research--and to address the exploding phenomenon of cybersex addiction--this third edition identifies the danger signs, explains the dynamics, and describes the consequences of sexual addiction and dependency. With practical wisdom and spiritual clarity, it points the way out of the shadows of sexual compulsion and back into the light and fullness of life.



The Heart of Addiction

Author : Mark E. Shaw

Publisher : Focus Publishing (MN)

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 15,18 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.