Crossing Paths: The Intersection of Trauma and Addiction explores issues that are common among both diagnoses. It examines not only the differences but the similarities that affects individuals who are attempting to heal and move forward from the trauma or addiction. This book by combining the two topics and giving personal case antidotes from a ......
Everything You Need to Know Now to Help Your Loved One and Yourself
If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction--and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family--you are not alone. But until now, there has been no single book that gives the millions of families like yours the comprehensive, unbiased information you need. This expertly written guide addresses the painful questions ......
Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every chapter features inspiring words from people who ......
The Harm Reduction Guide to Controlling Your Drug and Alcohol Use
"Just say no" just doesn't work for everyone. If you've tried to quit and failed, simply want to cut down, or wish to work toward sobriety gradually, join the many thousands of readers who have turned to this empathic, science-based resource--now thoroughly revised. A powerful alternative to abstinence-only treatments, harm reduction helps you set ......
A Practical Guide to Treatment, Self-Help, and Quitting on Your Own
Introduces readers to varying types of self-help addiction treatment options, providing assistance in deciding which option is best for the individual.
A Practical Guide to Treatment, Self-Help, and Quitting on Your Own
Introduces readers to varying types of self-help addiction treatment options, providing assistance in deciding which option is best for the individual.
This workbook is an initial approach for helping teenagers become aware, both cognitively and emotionally, of the negative consequences of their drug and/or alcohol use. It is hoped that by seeing for themselves how not using can make their life better, teenagers will become motivated toward beginning treatment. This is a package of 5.
What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You : The First Comprehensive Guide to the Health Consequences of Smoking
From impotence to diabetes, cataracts to psoriasis, the proven dangers of smoking go well beyond heart and lung disease. This book details the various known health threats of smoking. It features chapters that explain how cigarette smoking can effect the body from head to toe.
Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive substance in the world, and one of the widest-traded commodities in the forms of coffee, tea and cola soft drinks. But is consumption of caffeine safe in terms of physical and mental health? Addressing this question, the author of this volume traces how caffeine consumption evolved as well as how caffeine is absorbed, distributed and metabolized in our bodies. He then discusses the effects of caffeine on: psychomotor and cognitive performance; psychological well-being; blood pressure and cardiovascular health; carcinogenic potentials; pregnancy and perinatal health; athletic performance; and diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The book concludes with an examination of the issue of whether or not caffeine is a drug of abuse, and whether or not there is a safe level of caffeine consumption.
