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Addiction & recovery / by Paul Ritvo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119886990
  • 1119886996
Other title:
  • Addiction and recovery
  • Addiction & recovery for dummies
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Contents:
The hole in the heart: detecting addiction -- Taking those first steps -- Examining treatment approaches -- Life in recovery -- The part of tens.
Summary: "No matter what your road to recovery looks like, Dummies is on your side. Addiction and Recovery For Dummies gives you the tools you need to identify and face addiction in yourself or a loved one, while working towards a healthy and realistic approach to recovery. This book offers a compassionate, unbiased, and non-judgmental guide to evaluating and overcoming addiction. You'll learn to identify the range of addiction levels, the various types (including substance and non-substance), and the possible causes of addiction. An expert author guides you through the range of addiction treatment philosophies and approaches, including twelve-step programs, other in- and outpatient programs, and teen treatments. We'll also look at common recovery roadblocks, so you're prepared to overcome whatever hurdles your recovery process brings. Medications, therapeutic communities, self-help groups, long-term recovery strategies - it's all in here. Learn the signs of addiction and identify the most appropriate treatments. Gain advice on offering help to friends or family members struggling with addiction Discover available recovery supports, including groups and medications. Understand the media and cultural factors that encourage addiction, and how to avoid them. Updated with the latest treatment options, Addiction & Recovery For Dummies is a valuable resource for those on a recovery journey, and a support guide for the 45 million people who are directly impacted by addiction"--Publisher's description.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.8606 R615 Available 33111011211956
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

No matter what your road to recovery looks like, Dummies is on your side

Addiction and Recovery For Dummies gives you the tools you need to identify and face addiction in yourself or a loved one, while working towards a healthy and realistic approach to recovery. This book offers a compassionate, unbiased, and non-judgmental guide to evaluating and overcoming addiction. You'll learn to identify the range of addiction levels, the various types (including substance and non-substance), and the possible causes of addiction. An expert author guides you through the range of addiction treatment philosophies and approaches, including twelve-step programs, other in- and outpatient programs, and teen treatments. We'll also look at common recovery roadblocks, so you're prepared to overcome whatever hurdles your recovery process brings. Medications, therapeutic communities, self-help groups, long-term recovery strategies--it's all in here.

Learn the signs of addiction and identify the most appropriate treatments Gain advice on offering help to friends or family members struggling with addiction Discover available recovery supports, including groups and medications Understand the media and cultural factors that encourage addiction, and how to avoid them

Updated with the latest treatment options, Addiction & Recovery For Dummies is a valuable resource for those on a recovery journey, and a support guide for the 45 million people who are directly impacted by addiction.

Previous edition: published as by Brian F. Shaw, Paul Ritvo and Jane Irvine. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hole in the heart: detecting addiction -- Taking those first steps -- Examining treatment approaches -- Life in recovery -- The part of tens.

"No matter what your road to recovery looks like, Dummies is on your side. Addiction and Recovery For Dummies gives you the tools you need to identify and face addiction in yourself or a loved one, while working towards a healthy and realistic approach to recovery. This book offers a compassionate, unbiased, and non-judgmental guide to evaluating and overcoming addiction. You'll learn to identify the range of addiction levels, the various types (including substance and non-substance), and the possible causes of addiction. An expert author guides you through the range of addiction treatment philosophies and approaches, including twelve-step programs, other in- and outpatient programs, and teen treatments. We'll also look at common recovery roadblocks, so you're prepared to overcome whatever hurdles your recovery process brings. Medications, therapeutic communities, self-help groups, long-term recovery strategies - it's all in here. Learn the signs of addiction and identify the most appropriate treatments. Gain advice on offering help to friends or family members struggling with addiction Discover available recovery supports, including groups and medications. Understand the media and cultural factors that encourage addiction, and how to avoid them. Updated with the latest treatment options, Addiction & Recovery For Dummies is a valuable resource for those on a recovery journey, and a support guide for the 45 million people who are directly impacted by addiction"--Publisher's description.

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