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Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug & Recovery Habits
Recognizing that an addiction to 12-step programs can be just as dangerous as an addiction to alcohol or drugs, this book provides techniques to counter the self-defeating beliefs that lead to addiction. It enables those who have gone through Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and formal 12-step addiction treatments to overcome the self-destructive beliefs and attitudes that these programs promote. These include the idea that addicts and alcoholics are powerless, the belief that addiction is an incurable disease, the assertion that people who slip inevitably lose control, and the notion that those who reject the 12-step approach are doomed. Devoted to helping individuals indoctrinated in 12-step dogma recognize their destructiveness, this book provides effective psychological techniques to vanquish negative thinking and help individuals regain control of their lives.
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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July 15, 2019
Honest and in-depth advice for reaching your full potential. This advice is presented in easy to follow language that can be broken up and applied in pieces at a time.
May 20, 2019
"Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug & Recovery Habits" by James DeSena
5 stars.
I loved it.
Well written, well divided in chapters, good info and facts. Easy to read. I'm not in the medical field and English isn't my mother tongue. It was really interesting. I've read many books on addictions, self help, recovery, memoirs... ... ... This one didn't disappoint me.
One of my favorite chapters was chapter 7 "Decision day : when quitting means winning"
We all suffer from some kind of addiction. It might be alcohol, drugs... or other issues like self harm that are also addictions... It's hard to face the truth and try to get better and relapse comes with recovery... And there is the shame, so much shame!
Thank you to NetGalley and See Sharp Press for allowing me access to this book. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.
p.s : there is an issue with the file. When it was sent to my Kindle another title showed up instead "cuban anarchism", I've tried several times but it's always that book being sent to my Kindle. I had to use Aldiko to get the right file.
5 stars.
I loved it.
Well written, well divided in chapters, good info and facts. Easy to read. I'm not in the medical field and English isn't my mother tongue. It was really interesting. I've read many books on addictions, self help, recovery, memoirs... ... ... This one didn't disappoint me.
One of my favorite chapters was chapter 7 "Decision day : when quitting means winning"
We all suffer from some kind of addiction. It might be alcohol, drugs... or other issues like self harm that are also addictions... It's hard to face the truth and try to get better and relapse comes with recovery... And there is the shame, so much shame!
Thank you to NetGalley and See Sharp Press for allowing me access to this book. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.
p.s : there is an issue with the file. When it was sent to my Kindle another title showed up instead "cuban anarchism", I've tried several times but it's always that book being sent to my Kindle. I had to use Aldiko to get the right file.
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