Addictions

What's The Scientific Basis Of The Power Recovery Program?
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
The laws of biochemistry are absolute and unchanging, and we live according to them, whether we know it or not. By following my Power Recovery Program, you'll be getting yourself back in synch with what I refer to as your billion-year-old biochemistry.

12 Step Programs
AA to Z; An Addictionary of the 12-Step Culture
by Christopher Cavanaugh
Throughout the world today, more than two million alcoholics and hundreds of thousands of drug addicts, compulsive overeaters, sex addicts, compulsive gamblers, codependents, and other addicts abstain from their addiction, having found a new life

Step One
Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps
by Melody Beattie
I thought I was in complete control of myself and others. I thought there was no circumstance too overwhelming, no feeling so great that I couldn't handle it by sheer force of willpower. I thought being in control was expected of me. It was my job.

Children Experiencing Addiction in the Family
by SAMHSA
Alcoholism and drug addiction is taking a toll on the American family. As a result, 8.3 million children in the United States, approximately 11 percent, live with at least one parent who is in need of treatment for alcohol- or drug-dependency.

Other Stories of Unmanageability
Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps
by Melody Beattie
But I'm not in that much trouble, you might be thinking. My response is: good. You don't have to be in a lot of trouble to recognize unmanageability and begin recovering from codependency. It takes many of us much pain to become ready for recovery.

The Roots of Control
Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps
by Melody Beattie
The belief that we have power over other people is a powerful belief - a destructive illusion that many of us learned in childhood. Listen to how some recovering people were trained to believe they had control over others.

Addiction, Power, and Powerlessness
Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
The ecology of addiction in a multicultural society requires us, as family therapists and addiction counselors, to re-examine two core ideas that have historically guided our treatment of addiction in the United States: power and powerlessness. Pride, fal

Introduction
Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
This book really began in the early nineties, on an icy, rain-soaked January day. I had been invited to the Roberto Clemente Guidance Center, in New York City, to teach a seminar on the family systems model of treatment first elaborated

Learning to Trust Your Story
Destination Joy : Moving Beyond Fear, Loss, and Trauma in Recovery
by Earnie Larsen
The only truth we will ever find is in our stories. We are our stories. Recovery demands we pay attention to what our stories have to tell us. Want the best possible insights on recovery? Look at your own life story.

Part One
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety

Prologue
The Dark Night of Recovery: Conversations from the Bottom of the Bottle
by Edward Bear
Follow this inspiring work as it shows you what it feels like to hit the wall or hit bottom on a spiritual path, and find insight on how to move forward toward a better life. Probe the darkness, the despair and the joy that are inherent in the quest

Child Maltreatment and Parental Substance Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Determining if and when parental substance abuse should be reported to a CPS agency is a difficult but important issue. To make such a determination, it is necessary to understand the requirements related to mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.

Prologue
The Seven Deadly Needs
by Edward Bear
The Seven Deadly Needs, the sequel to Edward Bear's The Dark Night of Recovery, is written as a series of tape-recorded sessions between mentor, Tyler, and his somewhat resistant pupil, Edward Bear.

Questioning Our Assumptions
No More Letting Go
by Debra Jay
When addiction begins causing serious problems, a family's greatest fears turn into reality. They watch with disbelief as the alcoholic continues drinking while their lives are falling apart.

Part Two
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Back in the car with a headache and bad breath. We're heading north and west to Minnesota. My Father made some calls and got me into a Clinic and I don't have any other options, so I agree to spend some time there and for now I'm fine with it.

Parental Substance Abuse : Family Assessment
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
The assessment process for any troubled family that has come to the attention of professionals should involve an inquiry that addresses both the problem of substance abuse and the problem of child maltreatment.

From Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Under the Influence: The Literature of Addiction
by Rebecca Shannonhouse
It is so long since I first took opium, that if it had been a trifling incident in my life, I might have forgotten its date: but cardinal events are not to be forgotten; and from circumstances connected with it, I remember that it must be referred to the

What Is Substance Abuse Treatment?
by National Institute of Health
Many different kinds of professionals provide treatment for substance use disorders. In most treatment programs, the main caregivers are specially trained individuals certified or licensed as substance abuse treatment counselors.

Children in Substance Abusing Families
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
As the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse becomes more visible in our Nation, parental substance abuse is increasingly recognized as a significant factor in cases of child maltreatment.

Prescription Drug Use and Abuse
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Most people take medicines responsibly, but about 9 million Americans misuse prescription drugs to get high, calm down, or for other non-medical purposes. Physician supervision and appropriate use is critical for all prescription drugs.