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Status:Available Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic
Published: 2003
Takes us inside teenagers' hearts, minds and central nervous systems to explore the causes and consequences of our nation's drug crisis. We get to know the kids, the parents, the therapists and the drug treatment centers at their best and worst... Details >>
Status:Available 800-COCAINE
Around 5 million people across the country have a serious cocaine problem - and that number is growing at a startling rate. A straightforward, informative manual for anyone who needs to know about this drug problem... Details >>
Status:Available A.A. in Prison: Inmate to Inmate
Published: 1991
Personal stories of recovery as told by 32 inmates who found sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous. These people share their experiences in the hope others will find support and strength in AA... Details >>
Status:Available A Million Little Pieces
Published: 2003
Autobiography of James Frey, who entered rehab at age 23 having almost destroyed his body & mind beyond repair by using drugs & alcohol. Frey had to fight to find his own way to deal w/ the consequences of the life he had lived, & to determine what, if an.. Details >>
Status:Available A Teenager's Guide to Living With an Alcoholic Parent
Published: 1984
This comprehensive guide for young people answers questions about parental addiction and discusses issues such as dating, schoolwork, expression of feelings, and responsibilities while coping with alcoholism at home... Details >>
Status:Available A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps
Published: 1994
A guide for women that speaks to the way they experience addiction as well as self, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, & everyday life... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction: Pastoral Responses
Published: 2002
An insightful introductory guide for pastors, this book highlights practical methods for making contributions to the recovery of persons in local congregations, including identifying those needing help, encouraging them to accept referral, & facilitating.. Details >>
Status:Available Addictions Counseling
Published: 1992
A counselor's handbook which is both readable and comprehensive. Significantly, the recovery methods of AA and rational emotive therapy are shown to be complementary, an approach the author has used successfully in her own practice... Details >>
Status:Available Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception
Published: 1997
The author reveals how self-deception can undermine self esteem & threaten an addict's recovery. This revision of a classic includes updated info & research on depression & affective disorders, relapse, & the origins of addictive thought... Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol and the Church: Developing an Effective Ministry
Published: 1992
Includes ann honest and comprehensive study of what the bible says about the use of alcoholic beverages, a study outline/syllabus on alcohol problems, and over 150 practical ideas for doing alcohol ministry... Details >>
Status:Available Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic
Published: 1981
This helpful guide for physicians, counselors, lawyers, ministers, and other helping professionals who must deal with the difficult problems of alcoholics and their families is easy enough to be read by a layperson... Details >>
Status:Available A Guide to Family Intervention
Published: 1987
Presents the process of confronting the addict with the problem of their addiction. Addresses the family's fears, overcoming denial, preparation, and attitude. Besides advising the family, there is a section for the mediating therapist who will handle t.. Details >>
Status:Available Alternatives: Choice-making in Daily Life
Published: 1993
Addresses all aspects of addiction- intended for high school or college classes. Each chapter includes topics for discussion, for self-examination, reading and movie lists. Very usable and thought provoking... Details >>
Status:Available Breaking the Cycle of Addiction: A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy Kids
Published: 1987
This guide teaches parents, who were themselves raised by addicted parents, how to raise their kids to be healthy, and how to parent the child within themselves. To break the cycle of addiction, parents need to learn what is to be "child-conscious"... Details >>
Status:Available Clinicians' Guide to Substance Abuse
Published: 2001
The resource you need to incorporate substance abuse treatment in to your practice. Provides a basic intro to substance abuse/treatment, outlines signs & symptoms, place ment criteria, resources for specialist referral, and medical complications... Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 06/24/2010) Denial is Not a River in Egypt
Published: 2001
This book shows you how to transform: denial into truth, stress into relaxation, depression into expression, sadness into joy, pain into pleasure, anger into kindness, addiction into health, compulsion into peace, frightful into insightful, and loneliness.. Details >>
Status:Available Drug Addiction: Learn About It Before Your Kids Do!
Published: 1987
Dr Andre shows us addiction, with a specialized focus on cocaine, and how it takes hold of its victims. We learn about addiction and what it does to us physically, about intervention, the hospitalization process, the treatment center and the follow-up in.. Details >>
Status:Available Helping the Alcoholic and His Family
Published: 1963
For pastors, contains practical explanations of problems dealing with alcoholism, offers insight into the conditions, characteristics, and motivations of the alcoholic and gives helpful direction in working with members of the alcoholic's family. Addresse.. Details >>
Status:Available How to Use Intervention in Your Professional Practice
Published: 1987
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Status:Available I Never Saw the Sun Rise
Published: 1977
A 15 year old caught up in addiction shares her very private journal of getting sick and getting well again through treatment for chemical dependency witih poems that sum up her fierce introspection and drawings that take over when words aren't enough... Details >>
Status:Available Kill the Craving
Published: 2001
A personal guide to Exposure Response Therapy, the new technique that has helped countless addicted people get and stay clean. Learn how to implement ERP, handle triggers in foolproof ways, kill even your strongest cravings, and end the powerful cycle of.. Details >>
Status:Available Living at the Edge of the World
Published: 2000
The true account of a teenager's struggle to survive on the streets of Manhattan. Tina lives in the tunnels under Grand Central Station and grapples with drug abuse, sexual assaults, and the tumultuous relationships she forms on the streets... Details >>
Status:Available Love First
Published: 2000
Dispelling the myths that an addict has to hit bottom and that intervention must be confrontational - the authors' proven approach puts love first and shows families, step by step, what to do next... Details >>
Status:Available Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps
Published: 1992
The author paves the way for a broader understanding of recovery that involves both personal & social awareness. She examines co-dependency in the context of internalized oppression & explores boundaries & sexual exploitation in groups. Also confronts the.. Details >>
Status:Available Narcotics Anonymous (3rd Edition)
Published: 1982
Many books have been written about the nature of addiction. This book primarily concerns itself with the nature of recovery. If you are an addict and have found this book, please give yourself a break and read it!.. Details >>
Status:Available Narcotics Anonymous (Third Edition)
Published: 1982
Many books have been written about the nature of addiction. This book primarily concerns itself with the nature of recovery. If you are an addict and have found this book, please give yourself a break and read it!.. Details >>
Status:Available Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction
Published: 1996
A self-recovery program that shows you exactly how to take control of your addictive behavior now - and how to recover totally through planned abstinence. Refutes the alcoholism disease model and brings new hope to those who have been discouraged by tradi.. Details >>
Status:Available Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics
Published: 1985
Explores the secrets, fears, hopes & issues that confront adult children of alcoholics. The authors detail the challenges of control & inadequacy that ACOAs face as they struggle for recovery and understanding... Details >>
Status:Available Adolescents, Alcohol & Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions
Published: 2001
Reviews a range of approaches focusing on motivationally-based brief interventions that draw on the latest addiction research. Emphasizes the benefits of working w/ kids on their "home turf" & reaching out to all kids involved in health-risking behavior... Details >>
Status:Available Rehab: A Comprehensive Guide to Recommended Drug-Alcohol Treatment Centers in the United States
Published: 1988
This guide offers an objective & comprehensive analysis of what goes on in rehabilitation facilities across the U.S. Entries describe the kind of treatment available, the physical facilities, each center's philosophy, admissions policies, cost, insurance.. Details >>
Status:Available Smoking Cigarettes: The Unfiltered Truth - 2nd Edition
Published: 2003
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Status:Available Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction
Published: 1985
The author explains that REAL recovery begins with what he calls Stage II - the rebuilding of the life that was saved in Stage I. This inspiring,guide offers new info on how to see & change learned self-defeating behavior and make relationships work - whi.. Details >>
Status:Available Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction
Published: 1985
The author explains that REAL recovery begins with what he calls Stage II - the rebuilding of the life that was saved in Stage I. This inspiring,guide offers new info on how to see & change learned self-defeating behavior and make relationships work - whi.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 07/15/2009) The Addictive Personality
Published: 1988
Going beyond a former definition that limited addiction pri-marily to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, the author uncovers the common denominator of all addiction as he shows the emotional isolation, shame, and despair in which addicts live... Details >>
Status:Available The Chemical Brain
Published: 1988
In The Chemical Brain, written by addiction science pioneer Sidney Cohoen, interested students of the brain, of behavior, and of drug dependence can all find a brilliant summary of the latest scientific knowledge in neurochemistry and addiction... Details >>
Status:Available The Cracker Factory
Published: 1977
Picture TV's Rhoda with a drinking problem, put her into a female version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and you have "The Cracker Factory" in a barrel..... Details >>
Status:Available The Drunks
Published: 1974
A self-contained sequel to "Leo and Theodore" that follows the lapse into alcoholism and subsequent recovery of Siamese twins Leo and Teddy. The twins experience NYC's fast lane before their agonizing recovery. "Comically surreal and painfully real"... Details >>
Status:Available The Dual Disorders Recovery Book
Published: 1993
A 12 Step program for those with addiction and an emotional or psychiatric illness. Contains both real-life stories from recovering individuals, and contributions from authorities on the subject. Includes info on Dual Recovery Anonymous w/ resources... Details >>
Status:Available The Heart of Addiction
Published: 2002
Dr. Dodes sets out to change the way we treat addictions. He describes how all addiction have at their heart certain emotional/psychological factors that, once understood, can be successfully managed. Challenges the idea that addiction is primarily physic.. Details >>
Status:Available The Awakened Heart: Living Beyond Addiction
Published: 1991
May sees our addictive and compulsive behaviors as "minor anesthesia," protecting us from the risk of loving and sharing our desires. Efficiency, upon which our culture is based, cannot fulfill our need for communion, leaving us vulnerable to addiction. O.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction & Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
Published: 1988
May describes the "processes of attatchment" that lead to addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, work, & intimacy. A compassionate & wise guide to freedom based on contemplative spirituality... Details >>
Status:Available Chemical Dependency and the African American
Published: 2002
Bell explains how issues of race, culture, and class play a vital role in treating addiction as a physical, mental, and emotional disorder. Addresses racial self-hate & internalizing of stereotypes, racial loyalty & authenticity, cultural forms of play, a.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 06/24/2010) Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, and Behavioral Addictions
Published: 1998
The newest edition of a landmark book on counseling the addict. Covers the historical origins of A.A. and the 12 Steps, a complete explanation of the etiology, treatment, and aftercare of persons w/ addictions, and newly written material on counseling tho.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction and Spirituality: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Published: 1999
A series of interfaith essays that consider theological and biblical issues without slighting traditional clinical, therapeutic, or scientific perspectives. Aims to provide insights to both religious and secular counselors, as well as theoreticians of the.. Details >>
Status:Available Tough Love: How Parents Can Deal With Drug Abuse
Published: 1996
A book for all parents, but especially for those whose children use drugs, Tough Love gathers real-life accounts of young drug users and their parents' role in securing help, using the Palmer Drug Abuse Program... Details >>
Status:Available Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths & Realities of Alcoholism
Published: 1981
Examines the physical factors that separate alcoholics from non-alcoholics, & suggests a stigma-free way of treating the alcoholic. Covers identifying an alcoholic, the progressive stages of addiction, how to get someone into treatment, why Rx drugs are s.. Details >>
Status:Available Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths & Realities of Alcoholism
Published: 1981
Examines the physical factors that separate alcoholics from non-alcoholics, & suggests a stigma-free way of treating the alcoholic. Covers identifying an alcoholic, the progressive stages of addiction, how to get someone into treatment, why Rx drugs are s.. Details >>
Status:Available Helping Your Chemically Dependent Teenager Recover: A Guide for Parents & Other Concerned Adults
Published: 1991
A step-by-step guide. Addresses the 4 stages of recovery, problems faced by both teens & parents in each stage & how to get past them. Describes teenage recovery as a slow but steady process of growth & change unique to the developing adolescent... Details >>
Status:Available Marijuana: What's a Parent to Believe?
Published: 2003
Addiction specialist Timmen Cermak helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, & the divergent perspectives on pot. His basic message? For teens, marijuana use equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you. Addresses intervention & t.. Details >>
Status:Available Don't Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug & Alcohol Addicted Children
Published: 1996
This recovery guide dares to focus on the needs of the exhausted parent of an addicted teen. It offers a message of hope, & teaches you how to avoid using your children's behavior as a weapon against them. Teaches parents how to start attending to their o.. Details >>
Status:Available Don't Leave It to Chance: A Guide for Families of Problem Gamblers
Published: 2000
Includes sections on what questions to ask, what to do, what not to do, advice on financial problems, hands-on exercises, and a wonderful explanation of how cognitive- behavioral treatments work. Equally appropriate for treatment professionals... Details >>
Status:Available Losing Your Shirt: Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers & Their Families
Published: 1992
A classic of recovery literature, this second edition offers true heartbreaking stories, updated material, and cutting-edge research on compulsive gambling. It remains the most complete, comprehensive resource available, offering compassion to addicts & t.. Details >>
Status:Available Beyond the Influence: Understanding & Defeating Alcoholism
Published: 2000
Based on the latest scientific research, this book explains the neurological nature of alcoholism & reveals why some drink addictively & some do not. New insights into the steps to take for an intervention, how to find the right treatment program, which p.. Details >>
Status:Available Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families & Communities
Published: 1998
Drawing on her life's work, the author addresses these FAS topics: diagnosis, services for high-risk mothers, teratology & brain damage, employment & advocacy, physical & behavioral manifestations, education, and public policy. For professionals and famil.. Details >>
Status:Available DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:Fourth Edition:Text Revision)
Published: 2000
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Status:Available Drug Identification Bible: 2004/2005
Published: 2004
The definitive compilation of drug info. Includes tablet & capsule imprint ID charts, full color photos of abused prescription drugs & all illegal drugs and paraphernalia. Explicit: not for children... Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services
Published: 1998
Proposes a framework for culturally competent substance abuse intervention at the micro & macro level. For educators & practitioners involved in treatment, organizational planning, research or policy development. Includes an emphasis on Latina concerns... Details >>
Status:Available Pathways from the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery: For Addiction Professionals
Published: 1990
This anthropological study of addiction & recovery as a cultural phenomenon serves as a manual for both substance abuse program design & clinical techniques in assessment & treatment. Addresses what strategies can help bond the addict to an alternative cu.. Details >>
Status:Available Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot It, Stop It, and Get Help for Your Family
Published: 2000
Offers parents, professionals & family members info on how to spot the signs of abuse in teens, overcome family guilt, confusion, denial & excuses, find allies in the community, select quality treatment facilities, and to take care of themselves during th.. Details >>
Status:Available The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities
Published: 1997
Twenty-two experts on FAS/FAE describe the secondary disabilities people face, such as mental health & drug and alcohol problems, inappropriate sexual behavior, trouble w/ the law, homelessness, disrupted school experience, and difficulty caring for their.. Details >>
Status:Available Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse: Understanding the Fundamental Elements
Published: 1994
Dr. Ross outlines screening assessment & diagnostic procedures that accurately reflect the most important pathologic psychoemotional & behavioral features of substance abusing adolescents. He also shows the need for parents to be at the core of treatment... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction: Pastoral Responses
Published: 2002
An insightful introductory guide for pastors, this book highlights practical methods for making contributions to the recovery of persons in local congregations, including identifying those needing help, encouraging them to accept referral, & facilitating.. Details >>
Status:Available Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America
Published: 1998
The story of mutual aid societies, addiction treatment centers from the inebriate asylums to Hazelden, of evolving treatments from water cures & mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies & methadone. A sweeping history of an enduring problem & the bir.. Details >>
Status:Available Drug Testing and the Workplace
Published: 2003
Written by a physician, this book gives practical information on how to develop & run drug testing programs, whether you are new to drug testing & need a good foundation or have experience and are interested in supplemental information... Details >>
Status:Available Teens Under the Influence
Published: 2003
Covers common myths about addiction, crucial differences between adult & teen dependency, reasons kids get hooked, stages of adolescent addiction, the different kinds of drugs kids use & combine, treatment options & how to choose, and strategies for handl.. Details >>
Status:Available Necessary Steps: A Family's Journey
Published: 2004
The true story of how one family dealt as openly as possible with the painful reality of a child's addiction to drugs... Details >>
Status:Available The Recovery Book
Published: 1992
An indispensible road map to every step of the process of becoming clean & sober. Covers withdrawal & detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation & how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, preventing and surviving relapse, quitting smoking.. Details >>
Status:Available Workplace Intervention: The Bottom Line on Helping Addicted Employees Become Productive Again
Published: 2000
Offers solid advice for executives, managers, & colleagues on addressing an employee's addiction. Covers how to recognize a problem, conduct an intervention, find and encourage treatment, handle tricky legal questions, and navigate family involvement... Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 06/24/2010) Addiction, Progression & Recovery: Understanding the Stages of Change
Published: 2004
Describes the 5 naturally-occurring stages of change on an Addiction Recovery Learning Curve that many people with the most serious addictions will have to go through on the long road to lasting recovery. Addresses assessing, educating, motivating & empow.. Details >>
Status:Available Guide for School-Based Drug Policy and Advisory Councils
Published: 2001
Details step-by-step directions for establishing & implementing an effective district drug advisory council, as mandated by the Safe & Drug-Free Schools Act. Appendices include case studies for policy development & additional resources... Details >>
Status:Available Recovering Our Children: A Handbook for Parents of Young People in Early Recovery
Published: 2003
From experience w/ thousands of kids & their families, the authors help parents recognize the signs of addiction, show how they can find help, and how they can reclaims control of their lives. Emphasis on alternative peer groups... Details >>
Status:Available Aging & Addiction: Helping Older Adults Overcome Alcohol or Medication Dependence
Published: 2002
Primarily intended to help families & friends of older adults cease enabling, understand addiction, and encourage their loved one to seek treatment. Emphasis on prescription medications, alcohol & older women, involving the family physician and how grief.. Details >>
Status:Available Speaking Out...For Addiction Recovery
Published: 2003
"An Advocacy Handbook for Recovered People, Their Families & Friends" Aims to give voice to those touched by addiction in order to continue to erase the stigma associated w/ addiction and to guide policy toward a stronger committment to treatment resource.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 09/15/2010) Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading & Threatening
Published: 2004
Based on the CRAFT model, this book provides the guidance & tools you need to understand how you & your addicted loved ones interact, & how to change those patterns, improving your life while making sobriety a more rewarding option for them... Details >>
Status:Available When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin...
Published: 2004
Five leading experts offer practical info about addiction to painkilling drugs, including: how addiction develops, what to do if a loved one is addicted, what happens in addiction treatment, and why addiction is a family disease... Details >>
Status:Available Measuring Treatment Progress: An Outcome Study Guidebook
Published: 2003
Provides a step-by-step guide for treatment providers interested in designing & conducting outcome studies for their programs. Also features a review of the latest research in the field, forms & assessment tools, and tips for presenting outcome study resu.. Details >>
Status:Available El Pensamiento Adictivo: Comprender el Autoengano
Published: 2000
**Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception** A look at self-deceptive thinking that feeds low self-esteem and relapse, plus new information on depression & affective disorders. .. Details >>
Status:Available Reclaim Your Family From Addiction: How Couples and Families Recover Love and Meaning
Published: 2000
Explains how families & couples can lose their cohesive identity & meaning in the wake of addiction. Histories, personal stories & the latest research help readers chart their own way out of the hell of addiction & back to lasting, loving family relations.. Details >>
Status:Available Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
Published: 2003
Personal stories that show that family members don't cause their loved one's addiction, not can they control or cure it. They can find support, set boundaries, detatch w/ love, & eventually discover how to enjoy life even if the addiction persists. A book.. Details >>
Status:Available Helping a Loved One Live Smoke-Free: What Works, What Won't and Why
Published: 2002
Covers why quitting tobacco is harder than heroin, what to do before & after your loved one quits, how to enlist the help of friends, and what to do if your loved one is your child, your parent, is pregnant or chews tobacco. Compassionate & enlightening... Details >>
Status:Available Delirium Tremens
Published: 2000
A celebrated Mexican novelist interviewed people suffering from alcohol-related visions during withdrawal. Tells a powerful tale of personal, social & emotional trauma & of the courage that leads some tortured souls back to the surface of sober reality... Details >>
Status:Available The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction
Published: 1997
From the basics of brain chemistry to the workings of particular drugs such as alcohol, tobacco or marijuana, The Selfish Brain explains how individuals become trapped in destructive habits-and how various treatments and approaches lead to recovery and.. Details >>
Status:Available Accepting Ourselves & Others: A Journey into Recovery from Addictive & Compulsive Behaviors for Gays
Published: 1996
Addresses how internalized homophobia affects addiction & treatment, what models of recovery exist beyond AA, how one chooses a therapist, and what special issues gay, lesbian & bisexual people face... Details >>
Status:Available The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Methamphetamine Dependence
Published: 2002
A Reference manual for self-directed patient research.For meth users and healthcare workers, this book guides the reader to public, academic, government & peer-reviewed research. Useful websites and a chapter on peer groups are included... Details >>
Status:Available Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse: Beyond Drug Testing to Wellness
Published: 2003
Sheds light on the limitations of drug testing & demonstrates how individual & organizational wellness efforts can more effectively cut employee alcohol & drug use. Describes interventions, holistic wellness, prevention programs, and harm reduction... Details >>
Status:Available Reinventing Justice: The American Drug Court Movement
Published: 2001
Since the first drug court in 1989, 600 have opened in this country. Examines how therapeutic strategies employed by drug courts deviate from traditional judicial proceedings, and how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and concept.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction-Free Naturally: Liberating Yourself from Sugar, Caffeine, Food Addictions, Tobacco, Alcoho
Published: 2001
Offers gentle but effective ways to ease cravings, nourish & cleanse the body, and combat depression, anxiety & stress. Can be used in conjunction w/ psychotherapy or AA meetings... Details >>
Status:Available Stop the Chaos: How to Get Control of YOur Life by Beating Alcohol & Drugs
Published: 1999
Begins w/ an awareness-raising exploration of addiction & its symptoms; a step-by-step account that shows readers how to assess their situation. Explanations & advice are interspersed w/ exercises, quizzes & illustrations that give readers needed structur.. Details >>
Status:Available The Addiction Treatment Planner
Published: 2001
Includes treatment plan components for 37 behaviorally-based presenting problems, step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans, over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives & interventions, and a sample treatment plan that conforms to 3rd-party paye.. Details >>
Status:Available Winning the Drug War at Home
Published: 2006
One mother's struggle & heartache upon discovering her son is using marijuana, with a Christian perspective. Includes excerpts from letters her son wrote while in Utah at a court-ordered therapeutic wilderness program... Details >>
Status:Available Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery
Published: 1990
Perfectionism is a compulsive pattern of behavior & thought aimed at medicating shame & other painful emotions. Discusses how perfectionism may have benefits but is ultimately an obstacle to quality living as it prevents intimacy and lowers self-esteem... Details >>
Status:Available Choices & Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
Published: 1987
Written for parents, teachers, doctors, clergy, etc, this book tells you precisely how you can help a teen abusing substances. Describes a step-by-step process called an intervention which can be used to stop a teen's harmful involvement with chemicals... Details >>
Status:Available Self-Discovery in Recovery
Published: 1984
Rabbi, addiction counselor & psychiatrist, Twerski exposes the roots of addiction & emotional pitfalls encountered during recovery. Using his clients' case histories, he shows how recovery offers a unique opportunity for social, psychological & spiritual.. Details >>
Status:Available Drug Testing At Work: A Guide for Employers
Published: 1998
A guide for managers, school administration, government & military, coaches, attorneys, unions, medical staff, law enforcement & legislators. Covers costs, technology, guidelines, methods used to beat the test, rationale for testing, legal issues, dealing.. Details >>
Status:Available Running With Scissors
Published: 2002
The true story of a boy whose mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist. A harrowing, sometimes funny account of a childhood where Valium was consumed like candy & if things got dull, the electroshock therapy machine could provide e.. Details >>
Status:Available Enabling in the School Setting
Published: 1988
Explains enabling systems around students w/ alcohol or other drug problems and how it manifests itself. Includes school, parent and student enabling checklists... Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 02/18/2010) Denial Management Counseling for Effective Pain Management: Practical Exercises
Published: 2006
Learning how to manage your denial is not easy, but necessary in order to develop a really effective pain management plan. This workbook helps you look at problems that led you into this process, examine self-defeating behaviors, and evaluate your prescri.. Details >>
Status:Available From Addict to Disciple: The First Twelve Steps
Published: 2005
Local reverend David Hain presents a roadmap to the addict, showing how the light of God's Word offers hope and promise to anyone seeking a path to whole-hearted discipleship... Details >>
Status:Available Young, Sober & Free
Published: 2003
The author presents real-life stories of young adults who have survived their early years despite becoming addicted to alcohol or other drugs. These firsthand accounts are accompanied by discussions of the 12 Step principles... Details >>
Status:Available Training Families To Do a Successful Intervention
Published: 1996
Properly planned & carried out with respect, intervention is highly effective. This book provides the keys that can save lives, restore careers and bring families together. Based on the Johnson Institute intervention framework. Helpful for family & friend.. Details >>
Status:Available Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction
Published: 2006
A comprehensive guide to everything meth users & their families need to address as they confront this addiction: Meth's effects; how to stop using & stay clean; dealing w/ depression, ADD or other mental health issues; meth and sex; meth and HIV/AIDS; and.. Details >>
Status:Available Reclaim Your Family From Addiction
Published: 2000
Addresses the stages of addiction w/in the family, anger, how kids & couples are affected, and how hopelessness can give rise to the process of recovery. Gives special attention to how families progress through early, middle and late recovery... Details >>
Status:Available From Binge to Blackout: A Mother & Son Struggle with Teen Drinking
Published: 2006
Written by a mother & son, this book chronicles Toren's college drinking as it crosses the line into alcoholism. Includes checklists for choosing colleges, helping teens in trouble, planning spring break trips, and surviving rehab and early recovery, as w.. Details >>
Status:Available In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior
Published: 2007
With the latest statistics, recent technologies & devices, and new thinking on healthy internet usage & avoiding relapse, this book offers professional advice for achieving lasting change and healing... Details >>
Status:Available Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment
Published: 1995
A white paper highlighting promising programs and other information relating to substance abuse treatment... Details >>
Status:Available A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender..
Published: 2001
Full Title: "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals" Covers homophobia, cultural, legal & health issues, interpersonal violence, counselor competence, gender identity, administrative.. Details >>
Status:Available A Collection of NIDA Notes: Articles That Address Drugs And AIDS
Published: 2002
Reprints of NIDA Notes articles relating to substance abuse and HIV/AIDS, including Hepatitis C, gender, cost to society, tuberculosis, methamphetamine, paraphernalia, and other topics... Details >>
Status:Available Making Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decision Maker's Guide
Published: 1990
This up-to-date guide draws on years of research & first- hand experience to offer practical & proven strategies for implementing policies in a variety of work settings. Health issues provide ample justification for restricting smoking, but there are othe.. Details >>
Status:Available The Science of Prevention
Published: 1997
Explores ways to bring greater methodological rigor to prevention research. The methods discussed, while focusing on drug & alcohol abuse, are pertinent for many kinds of research, including smoking, risky sex, health problems, poor school performance, an.. Details >>
Status:Available 101 Ready-To-Use Drug Prevention Activities
Published: 1999
Curriculum-based & reproducible for grades 2-6, most of these activities can be done using materials usually found in classrooms. They range from those designed to help kids develop a firm decision-making process, to creative ways to make your Red Ribbon.. Details >>