Since the original 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were first published in 1939, they have remained the single most effective program for recovery. This concise handbook makes the Steps easier to understand and more accessible than ever before.
Now regarded as a classic in its field, this pivotal handbook is geared to the families and loved ones of the alcoholic or drug abuser. Compassionate yet hard-hitting, this step-by-step program includes ten steps for intervention and twelve ways to prevent relapse. Includes a new program for quitting smoking.
A realistic approach to Twelve Step recovery for nonbelievers that educates and empowers without an emphasis on religion. The book details the special nature of addiction, dangerous relapse traps, denial patterns, and recovery alternatives without religion.
The authors of The Twelve Steps Revisited and Don't Help counsel the one out of every two Americans who, within the first year of recovery, fall back into the old patterns of dependency--by showing how to avoid and recover from these traps.
Using numerous dialogues, the text demonstrates how the leader of a therapy group can encourage the group towards goal-directed work in order to achieve positive results. The book emphasizes the patients' acceptance of alcoholism or addiction as a chronic disease.
More than 18 million Americans abuse alcohol--the most widely used and destructive drug in the U.S.--and children of alcoholics have four times the risk of developing the disease than children of nonalcoholics. Two professional counselors offer ways to reduce genetic risk successfully and help avoid the development of this addiction.
For the families and professional counselors of alcoholics, Don't Help builds on the premise established in Under the Influence--that alcoholism is a disease.
Using numerous dialogues, the text demonstrates how the leader of a therapy group can encourage the group towards goal-directed work in order to achieve positive results. The book emphasizes the patients' acceptance of alcoholism or addiction as a chronic disease.
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