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Staying Clean and Sober is a relapse prevention guide and workbook for people dealing with alcoholism and drug use. In this book, you will understand the relapse process, determine what to do if you relapse, identify situations that put you at high risk for relapse, take steps to avoid high risk situations, make a relapse prevention plan that will greatly reduce your chances of relapsing, and how to build a support network that will help you stay clean and sober. As soon as a person begins to change, their surroundings will change. People with good attitudes have one thing in common: they ...

My son was in the hospital ICU for a month, on a ventilator, with a 40 percent chance of survival. Only 30 days after his hospital release, he was arrested for drug possession.

From the author of Restoring Hezekiah: Changing a Generation comes the second part of the story down his road to redemption. There are drugs, failures, and the police. This fast-paced drama, deeply rooted in fact, puts listeners right there with him as he takes them for the wild ride through the ups and downs of relationships and becoming an author.

More and more physicians are prescribing testosterone to their patients with the intention of giving them back their zest for life. As a result, a new addiction has emerged: addiction to testosterone. My book sheds light on this emerging epidemic. It comes from my personal experience with using testosterone, and also from people who have fallen prey to the pellet pushers and those who are selling testosterone. Yet there is hope for recovery, and I will show you how to do that through my own recovery journey, and those who have - or are - recovering.

A self-help audiobook like no other. From the author of the best-selling Hard Time, and seen on Locked Up Abroad, Shaun Attwood took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun became greedy and lost sight of what was important. Lessons from a Drug Lord is his account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of drugs and gangs.

The odds of salvaging your marriage in the wake of addiction may seem fairly bleak. Couples who struggle with substance abuse in one or both partners have a divorce rate of about half. Outpatient rehabilitation is a multi-billion business in the United States, and tens of thousands of active support groups exist to help people recover from addictions. With such resources available, why is sustaining a marriage post-sobriety such a riddle? As Christopher Dale discovered, the “cure” can be as stressful as addiction.

Every addictive drug and behavior is as unique as the individual caught in it. This audiobook abandons the recovery industry's one-size-fits-all mentality by separating each drug and behavior and provides strategies that are customized, specific, and detailed.

You found out about the addiction and did what any mom should do…help! To your shock and disappointment, things got quickly out of hand, and he got worse! You got sucked into your son's addiction and realized how difficult it was to help him. The panic, fear, and pain have almost been too much to bear. The constant relapses and never-ending anxiety made you sick. You still do not understand it or know how to confront or treat it, but you are a very critical part of his recovery.

Living on the street, Dr. George ran a prostitution and drug dealing business to feed his addiction to sex and drugs. His life spiraled out of control, leading him to the confines of a prison cell. When released on probation he risked it all on a drug blow out. This was the catalyst that started an intentional climb towards a life of freedom. In this book, Dr. George guides the listener through his personal story and how he used the power of intention to change his life.

Addiction can be a slippery slope. More often than not, drug addiction begins with something that seems harmless, like experimenting with some friends, or taking a prescription provided by your doctor. For some, strong neurological and chemical dependencies soon follow. This results in an addiction that takes control of every aspect of your life. It’s time to put a stop to your drug addiction, with a little help from hypnosis.

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In these end-times, compulsions, obsessions and addictions are at epidemic levels. Satan uses compulsions, obsessions and addictions to force his slaves to build up his kingdom. Satan also uses compulsions, obsessions and addictions to prevent Christians from living the abundant life. As compulsion, obsession or addiction becomes too painful, people reach out for help.

Dying to Live is the captivating true story of Bryn Elliott, whose life was marked by trauma, abuse, addiction, rape, rebellion, and the tragic murder of her older sister, Abbe. Once hopeless, alone, and wishing for death, Bryn candidly shares her journey of overcoming the enemy to experience a life transformed by the Savior. Where drugs had been Bryn’s only source of comfort, leading to further self-destruction, God’s constant pursuit slowly began to take hold. After years confused by lies that she was broken and her life irredeemable, God rescued Bryn from darkness.

Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex and harrowing experience you'll ever have. This book offers a message of hope to families and friends, giving practical solutions so they can help anyone struggling with addiction to begin the road to recovery.

Heroin addiction is quite possibly the worst of all drug addictions. The road to recovery is normally a very long and torturous one, not only for the user, but for everyone around them. However, with the right kind of treatment and care - and knowing what to expect along the way - it is actually quite possible to recover from heroin addiction and overcome the dependency altogether. That a heroin addict will seldom admit to their addiction doesn't make things any easier.

Mrs. Delaney’s first introduction to AA was when her brother, Oscar, sobered up with the help of Bill Wilson. It was seven years later, after battling her own alcoholism that she found herself, one of the first women, in the rooms of AA. Mrs. D was a pioneer in the field of alcoholism treatment and was instrumental in the treatment and recovery of many alcoholics and their family members.

At the age of 15, Cat Marnell unknowingly set out to murder her life. After a privileged yet emotionally-starved childhood in Washington, she became hooked on ADHD medication. This led to a dependence on Xanax at boarding school, and she experimented with cocaine, ecstasy - whatever came her way. By 26 her life had become a twisted merry-go-round of parties and pills at night and trying to hold down a high-profile job at Condé Nast during the day.

DISRUPT THE PROCESS OF DRUG ADDICTION WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. Drug addiction is a process; thus, disrupting this process can lead to positive outcomes. Furthermore, by simply listening to this audiobook, you have already taken the initial step toward altering the course of your life.

Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tell. The stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people you will never meet but whose words will haunt you for months, years maybe. The author collected the stories for over two years through a "call for stories" she put in journals, workshops and lectures. Interwoven throughout, Barbara and her son share their own story of pain and struggle.

Drawing on more than two decades of research at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), founder Joseph A. Califano, Jr., presents a clear, commonsense guide to helping kids stay drug-free. All parents dream of a healthy, productive, and fulfilling future for their children; Califano shows which specific actions work and what parents can do to teach, protect, and empower their children to have the greatest chance of making that future come true.