Download or read book Educating Yourself About Alcohol and Drugs written by Marc Alan Schuckit and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Schuckit - one of the world's leading authorities in the field of drug and alcohol abuse - empowers us to confront the myths, anxieties, and ignorance standing in the way of squarely assessing whether or not a problem exists. Drawing on a wealth of the most up-to-date research available, Dr. Schuckit provides the solid facts needed to answer the pressing questions an abuser must face: How do the various drugs of abuse work on the body and what dangers do they pose? What are the warning signs of a growing addiction? Where can help be found for devising the right strategy for recovery?
Download or read book Educating Yourself About Alcohol And Drugs written by Marc Alan Schuckit and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1998-03-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Schuckit - one of the world's leading authorities in the field of drug and alcohol abuse - empowers us to confront the myths, anxieties, and ignorance standing in the way of squarely assessing whether or not a problem exists. Drawing on a wealth of the most up-to-date research available, Dr. Schuckit provides the solid facts needed to answer the pressing questions an abuser must face: How do the various drugs of abuse work on the body and what dangers do they pose? What are the warning signs of a growing addiction? Where can help be found for devising the right strategy for recovery?
Download or read book High written by David Sheff and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Say Know! With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the NY Times bestselling father/son team of David and Nic Sheff to provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. From David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy (2008), and Nic Sheff, author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), comes the ultimate resource for learning about the realities of drugs and alcohol for middle grade readers. This book tells it as it is, with testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, along with the cold, hard facts about what drugs and alcohol do to our bodies. From how to navigate peer pressure to outlets for stress to the potential consequences for experimenting, Nic and David Sheff lay out the facts so that middle grade readers can educate themselves.
Download or read book Facing Addiction in America written by Office of the Surgeon General and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All across the United States, individuals, families, communities, and health care systems are struggling to cope with substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders. Substance misuse and substance use disorders have devastating effects, disrupt the future plans of too many young people, and all too often, end lives prematurely and tragically. Substance misuse is a major public health challenge and a priority for our nation to address. The effects of substance use are cumulative and costly for our society, placing burdens on workplaces, the health care system, families, states, and communities. The Report discusses opportunities to bring substance use disorder treatment and mainstream health care systems into alignment so that they can address a person's overall health, rather than a substance misuse or a physical health condition alone or in isolation. It also provides suggestions and recommendations for action that everyone-individuals, families, community leaders, law enforcement, health care professionals, policymakers, and researchers-can take to prevent substance misuse and reduce its consequences.
Download or read book Alcohol and a Drug Free Nation written by Kwajaffa A. Danny and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of terror and moral decadence, and with the prevalence of drug abuse, Kwajaffa A. Danny’s classic book comes up with some epoch-making philosophies, advocacies, and healing techniques that are nothing short of reality when it comes to stopping drug abuse. His ideas are vigorous and capable of reforming addicts. However, the principles outlined in the book will only work perfectly when a victim applies them from the Do-It-Yourself or DIY perspective. Alcohol and a Drug-Free Nation can best be described as an addict’s manual of living or a daily “tonic” for alcohol and other drug users’ souls. This book represents the New Age revolutionary approach to tackling drug use and abuse with its concomitance: Addiction, like an unbreakable spell, afflicts nations with crime and other associative elements of poverty. Just as the poetry of nature casts upon all a transforming light, so the spell of this book casts light upon the social and psychological labyrinth of even non addicts. In a scholarly manner, the book unravels the mystery of drug addiction, the secret to enlightened drinking, and a road map to sobriety for alcoholics and other drug addicts. Without rancor, there is a plethora of social science’s logics and mastery in humanism for the good of all concerned.
Download or read book The Addiction Recovery Workbook written by Marzia Fernandez and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is an addiction ruining your life? Have you tried and failed to defeat your addiction and don't know what to do? Do you need actionable advice to get to the root of your addiction and be happier? Being addicted to anything can mean a lifetime of misery. Whether it is drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, gambling or a dozen other things, being addicted to something that is harmful can cause untold problems. But there are ways to fight your addiction. In this book, The Addiction Recovery Workbook: Take Responsibility and Educate Yourself About your Addiction, Stop and Cure Stress, Laziness, Procrastination, Depression and Improve your Social Skills, you will find the necessary help to get you on the road to recovery, with chapters that cover: -How to replace your addiction and find the peace you crave -Educating yourself about your addiction -What to avoid when you are developing new habits -Breaking procrastination -Exercise, hydration and a non-toxic lifestyle -Getting creative to life healthier -Attaining the right frame of mind And much more... Being an addict can have a serious negative effect on your mental as well as physical health. Identifying your addiction and taking steps to change what you are doing is the first step towards a better life and The Addiction Recovery Workbook is the resource that will help you make that change. Get a copy and see how it could improve your life!
Download or read book Addiction Free Forever written by Dennis Marcellino and published by Lighthouse Publishing (OR). This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teaching a person how to be happy naturally and in harmony with the real design, meaning and purpose of their life is the key to how they get the strength, joy and deep fulfillment that is necessary for them to have no inclination for alcohol or drugs," says Dennis Marcellino, author of Addiction Free Forever. "But," he says, "that's easier said than done, and can only happen within THE natural design of how we were made to operate. That requires first knowing what that design is, which has been made very difficult because there is a great amount of debate and disagreement in the world as to what that design really is. But the world in general obviously has it wrong if there exists such a huge drug and alcohol problem and poor social statistics." Having been at the top of the music business as a former member of Sly & The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Tokens (famous for The Lion Sleeps Tonight), he knows alcohol and drug abuse well. But after experimenting with 21 approaches to lifestyle, problem solving, fun and personal growth, he became free from alcohol and drugs 25 years ago (after 18 years of use). He now says that, "Fighting nature is not a battle that anyone can win and be happy. Therefore why even try? Understanding and flowing with the natural design is how to make inner, outer and social life work their best. Therefore if a person wants to be free from a weakness for alcohol or drugs, they will have to go through a re-orientation of how the mind, heart and body that they are in are designed to function smoothly, and they will have to know how to have the strength and vision to transform to that design." So to pass on what he discovered, he wrote a book and developed a program to go with it that, in a step by step way, helps a person to know, understand and be transformed into the natural design of their being. On the back cover of this book it says: You can't expect someone to "say no to drugs" until they have something better to say "yes" to! It goes on to say: "As an EX-alcoholic and EX-drug user (no longer a "recovering" one) for 25 years, I'm happy to present the method that accomplished that for me and that will work for anyone regardless of their circumstances. Willpower and the 12-step method didn't work for me. This program doesn't ask you to give up drugs or alcohol without first showing you how to have something better to take their place. This book will help you begin a new life where you will feel good naturally without having to medicate yourself just to get through the day, your job or life itself... or, in the pursuit of a thrill, subject yourself to the dangers of alcohol and drugs or the harm that it causes people in your life and your relationships with them. You will learn how to transform to a deeply fulfilling life with great meaning and purpose. Some reviews for addiction recovery books by Dennis Marcellino include the following: "Frank and friendly... sincere and optimistic... not only concerned with ridding people's lives of drugs, but also with leading them to a higher state of being and greater fulfillment as individuals. A sympathetic voice which will affect readers for the better. This book is personal rather than systematically therapeutic or a 'pop' treatment of a current social concern... touches upon the important factors of human life." says Corinne Perry Buck, Feature Review in The Small Press Book Review. "A carefully reasoned argument against drug use that goes further than telling people to 'just say no'-it offers real help for people who want to break free of the bondage of drugs," says Dr. John MacArthur Jr., popular author and radio and TV personality. "Very powerful material. An amazing piece of work by an amazing man," said Scott Fagan, head of the recovery unit at Brotman Hospital (one of L.A.'s largest). "I read your book and was very inspired to clean up my act. I'd like to order another copy for myself and one to pass on," says Theresa, Escondido, CA
Download or read book The Addiction Recovery Workbook written by Victoria Heuertz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is an addiction ruining your life? Have you tried and failed to defeat your addiction and don't know what to do? Do you need actionable advice to get to the root of your addiction and be happier? Being addicted to anything can mean a lifetime of misery. Whether it is drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, gambling or a dozen other things, being addicted to something that is harmful can cause untold problems. But there are ways to fight your addiction. In this book, The Addiction Recovery Workbook: Take Responsibility and Educate Yourself About your Addiction, Stop and Cure Stress, Laziness, Procrastination, Depression and Improve your Social Skills, you will find the necessary help to get you on the road to recovery, with chapters that cover: -How to replace your addiction and find the peace you crave -Educating yourself about your addiction -What to avoid when you are developing new habits -Breaking procrastination -Exercise, hydration and a non-toxic lifestyle -Getting creative to life healthier -Attaining the right frame of mind And much more... Being an addict can have a serious negative effect on your mental as well as physical health. Identifying your addiction and taking steps to change what you are doing is the first step towards a better life and The Addiction Recovery Workbook is the resource that will help you make that change. Get a copy and see how it could improve your life!
Download or read book No More Letting Go written by Debra Jay and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Detachment” has been the standard message of most addiction literature for the last twenty years. The conventional wisdom offered to an addict’s loved ones has been to let the addict “hit bottom” before intervening. Now intervention specialist Debra Jay challenges this belief and offers a bold new approach to treating addiction that provides a practical and spiritual lifeline to families struggling with alcohol or drug abuse. In No More Letting Go, Jay argues that the traditional advice of “letting go” too often destroys both the addict and the family physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Jay contends that addiction is everybody’s business–not just the addict’s–and addiction doesn’t have the right to trump the welfare of a family. In short, highly accessible chapters written with warmth, understanding, and compassion, Jay weaves together philosophical and religious thought; new science on the brain function of an addict; the physical and psychological impact of addiction on family members; and poignant, real-life family stories. No More Letting Go is a powerful, informative guide that provides comfort, hope, and practical advice to anyone affected by a family member’s addiction.
Download or read book Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
Download or read book The Biology of Desire written by Marc Lewis and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.
Download or read book Adolescent Drug Alcohol Abuse written by Nikki Babbit and published by Patient-Centered Guides. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains to parents how to recognize the signs of drug use in their child, overcome denial in the family, evaluate and select treatment options, and work through the recovery process.
Download or read book Alcohol Our Biggest Drug Problem written by Joel Fort and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1973 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention written by Roland R. Watson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major national goal is to improve our health and advance our opportunities to pursue happiness. Simulta neously, there are increasing health care costs and increasing demands to accomplish more with less financial support. Treatment costs can be reduced and health improved by preventing the toxic effects of drugs. This first volume of our new series, Drug and Alcohol to reduce the use and Abuse Reviews, focuses on stategies abuse of common compounds known to cause major damage to health: alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin. With the number of deaths attributable to the consumption of alcohol in the US at about 100,000 per year, the annual cost of addictions will be $150 billion by 1995. A variety of approaches to preventing drug abuse are being applied by governmental agencies and health care providers to reduce costs. These include school-based inter ventions, driver education programs, media interventions, health warning labels, physician guidance, economic dis incentives, restricted availability, punishments and penalties, environmental protections, and social-support approaches. With such a range of options, it becomes critical to evaluate and choose the most effective systems for a given population. We feel that the present collection of critical survey articles constitutes a thorough examination of the issues and strategies associated with prevention, and trust that readers will find the book exceedingly helpful in under standing and planning what needs to be done.
Download or read book Drugs Brains and Behavior written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem written by Dennis C. Daley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substance use problem exists when one experiences any type of difficulty related to using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs including illicit street drugs or prescribed drugs such as painkillers or tranquilizers. The difficulty can be in any area of life; medical or physical, psychological, family, interpersonal, social, academic, occupational, legal, financial, or spiritual. This expanded new edition of the successful Graywind Publications title provides the reader with practical information and skills to help them understand and change a drug or alcohol problem. Designed to be used in conjunction with therapy or counseling, it focuses on special issues involved in stopping substance use and in changing behaviors or aspects of one's lifestyle that keep the substance use problem active. The information presented is derived from a wealth of research studies, and discusses the most effective recovery strategies from the examination of cognitive-behavoral treatment. TreatmentsThatWorkTM represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions! · All programs have been rigorously tested in clinical trials and are backed by years of research · A prestigious scientific advisory board, led by series Editor-In-Chief David H. Barlow, reviews and evaluates each intervention to ensure that it meets the highest standard of evidence so you can be confident that you are using the most effective treatment available to date · Our books are reliable and effective and make it easy for you to provide your clients with the best care available · Our corresponding workbooks contain psychoeducational information, forms and worksheets, and homework assignments to keep clients engaged and motivated · A companion website (www.oup.com/us/ttw) offers downloadable clinical tools and helpful resources · Continuing Education (CE) Credits are now available on select titles in collaboration with PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)
