Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop?11 reviews Rodale Books, 2007 understanding the diesase + a good synopsis + New perspective - helpful + Excellent Book!! Highly recommended!!             Passages Through Recovery: An Action Plan for Preventing Relapse6 reviews Terence T. Gorski Hazelden, 1997 By far the best! + Understanding Relapse + Good If you work in the field of addiction run out and get every book Terry has written. He is simply the best. I would recommend his work to lay people who have substance abuse or recovery issues also. this book, as are all of his books, is indispensable if you run chemical dependency, family, PC ...             Addiction: From Biology to Drug Policy2 reviews Avram Goldstein Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 interesting and informative also an easy read As a neophyte teacher in the field, I have been scouring bookstores and libraries for sources of information to update myself and to present to students. I have found this book as exiting to read as any novel and chalk full of understandable information. Latest research, logical and clear ...             Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover (The Guilford Substance Abuse Series)5 reviews Carlo C. DiClemente Phd The Guilford Press, 2006 How people become addicted; how they recover. + Book Review + Addiction and Change + Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover (Guilford Substance Abuse Series)             Rethinking Substance Abuse: What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It4 reviews The Guilford Press, 2006 Should be required reading for criminal justice professionals + we all should know + Good Service + Filled with information             Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients, Second Edition (The Guilford Substance Abuse Series) The Guilford Press, 2004 Newly revised and expanded, the second edition of this widely adopted text serves as a practical guide to working with substance users and their families in a variety of clinical contexts. Expert contributors present widely used assessment and treatment approaches together with detailed recommendations for intervening with specific substances and meeting the needs of different populations. ...             Dual Diagnosis, Second Edition: Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser2 reviews Katie Evans, J. Michael Sullivan The Guilford Press, 2000 Excellent resource + Dual Diagnosis This is written by and for clinicians. There is enough general information for the trainee and practical tools for the more seasoned therapist. I find it hard to find comprehensive works on dual diagnosis and addiction. I highly highly recommend this book.             The Twelve Steps And Dual Disorders: A Framework Of Recovery For Those Of Us With Addiction & An Emotional Or ...1 review Pat Samples, Tim Hamilton Hazelden, 1994 What a gentle way to recover! I love this book! Can't say enough good things about it. I would highly recommend it to anyone recovering from dual disorders or any professional working with clients with dual disorders. The book offers real hope for recovery from both illness, is writen in a very gentle tone and is ...             Improving Treatment Compliance: Counseling & Systems Strategies for Substance Abuse & Dual Disorders1 review Allan Zuckoff, Dennis Daley Hazelden, 1999 essential In an age when we have seen addictions therapists blame the client for non-compliance, this book offers a way to think outside of the box and treat addiction as the disease that it really is. I highly recommend it.             Relapse Prevention Counseling Workbook: Managing High-Risk Situations4 reviews Terence T. Gorski Herald Publications, 1996 Good book + Excellent workbook Gave as a gift to a coworker who was promoted. He love it because easy to follow exercise for the population he is working with.             Staying Sober Workbook: A Serious Solution for the Problems of Relapse3 reviews Terence T. Gorski Herald Publishing House, 1992 For Recovering Addicts + Very helpful + practical skills for staying sober This Workbook for those who have experienced relapses into addiction counts very highly in my work with addicts. Alcohol is my specialty. Those who drink again after a period of abstinence need special help. Just going back to AA Meetings is not really enough. The Workbooks, with a counsellor, ...             The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors21 reviews Lance M. Dodes Harper Paperbacks, 2003 What a terrific book + Simple Understanding + Refreshing, insightful perspective on addiction + An Important Perspective             Dual Disorders : Counseling Clients With Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness4 reviews Dennis C. Daley, Howard B. Moss Hazelden, 2002 The Gold Standard- Resource on this Topic + good book + Standard + Cutting Edge Information             Treating Co-Occurring Disorders: A Handbook for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals (Haworth ...2 reviews Sharon Ekleberry Routledge, 2004 Treating Co-Occurring disorders + Great Text for Counselors-in-Training T liked this book, it was helpful in teating co-occurring disorders. I would recommend this book to others             Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice3 reviews PhD Kim T. Mueser PhD, Douglas L. Noordsy, ... The Guilford Press, 2003 Excellent reading!!!! + Excellent Book! + IDDT I love this book! It was recommended to me by a professor and I now find myself recommending it to everyone I know that works with the dually-diagnosed or just Mental Health, or just the AODA population. The chapters offer background information as well as the different theories that are and were ...             Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism80 reviews AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 2002 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism + Indispensible and enduring. + Saved my life. + God is the Key + of the variety             A New Prescription for Addiction: The Gracer Comprehensive Method for Treating Addiction to Alcohol, Cocaine, ...9 reviews Richard I. Gracer Elite Books, 2007 Now It Makes Sense! + Great Book! + Are you or someone you love in need of help with addiction? Dr. Gracer clearly explains how addiction happens and why it is a medical condition that REQUIRES medical treament. Written in laymen's terms, it is easy reading and the diagrams and analogies are a great help! If you know someone suffering from addiction, the best way to help might BEGIN with ...             Paths to Recovery: Al-Anon's Steps, Traditions and Concepts16 reviews Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1997 Good AlAnon recovery study + very good + Paths to Recovery + Good seller + Helpful Guide For Al-Anon Members             Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fully Revised and ...41 reviews Cynthia Kuhn, Scott, Ph.D. Swartzwelder, ... W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Easy to understand book + Educational View + knowledge is empowering + :)             Addictive Thinking, Second Edition: Understanding Self-Deception23 reviews Abraham J. Twerski Hazelden, 1997 Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception + Who, me, self-deceived? You heard it here! + A Must-Have + This is a great Book! + HOow does one human being possess so much wisdom????