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037 $bPenguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136$nSAN 282-5074
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSandor, Richard S.
245 10 $aThinking simply about addiction :$ba handbook for recovery /$cRichard S. Sandor.
260 $aNew York :$bJeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,$c©2009.
300 $axiii, 190 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- 1. Is addiction a disease? -- Introduction -- The value of understanding -- A little story about understanding -- Powerlessness : the essential experience of addiction -- The control conundrum -- Automaticity : rethinking the disease concept of addiction -- Relapse -- Progression -- Summing up -- 2. Why me? -- Resistance and susceptibility -- Risk factors for developing an addiction -- Biological factors -- Sociological factors -- Psychological factors -- The spectrum of addiction -- Summing up -- 3. Does treatment "work"? -- The problem of diagnosis -- What is treatment? -- The problem of measuring treatment outcome -- Recovery from addiction -- Beyond abstinence : the goal of treatment -- The dimensions of treatment : biological -- The dimensions of treatment : emotional -- The dimensions of treatment : cognitive -- The dimensions of treatment : spiritual -- Why can't medical science "cure" addiction? -- Summing up -- 4. Is a spiritual awakening necessary for recovery? -- Some definitions : meaning -- Spiritual -- Recovery -- Addiction : a new metaphor for human suffering -- Why a new metaphor? -- Thinking about a higher power -- Are science and spirituality compatible? -- "As above, so below" -- Something from nothing : mind, brain, and a higher dimension -- Evidence of a higher dimension : the present moment -- References -- Index -- About the author.
520 $aFrom the Publisher: This profound yet practical guide by a veteran recovery professional goes further than any other book in pinpointing why addictions are so tenacious, how we all suffer from them to a greater or lesser extent, and the true, time-tested steps toward freeing yourself. No social problem today causes greater confusion than addiction. Whatever form it takes--alcohol, heroin, cocaine, nicotine, etc.--it tears apart homes and relationships, destroys careers and futures, and leaves loved ones asking: Why couldn't he stop once and for all? Or "get better"? Or control himself? Despite everything that's been said and written, many people remain deeply confounded about these problems. The addiction-treatment field itself is in a state of civil war because there is no consensus on what addiction is, much less what to do about it. Based on years of hard-won experience by a preeminent specialist in addictive behavior, Thinking Simply About Addiction explains the core truth of addiction: It is not a neurosis, a physical malady, a behavioral choice, or, in the narrowest sense, a moral failure. It is an "automatism"--An involuntary, non-stoppable behavior that once triggered leaves the addict powerless. It is a human problem and a part of human nature. As such, it is something that we all experience. In four to-the-point chapters, Thinking Simply About Addiction rises above the noise level and provides real-world help and new ways of thinking for addicts and those who care for them. Its insights are so profoundly clear and sensible that many readers will be able to say: Finally, someone gets it.
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