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This audiobook takes the listener through identification, intervention, treatment options, recovery period, and ongoing recovery through the eyes of Dick Swanson, who was an alcoholic turned treatment counselor for more than 35 years. After treating thousands of chemically dependent people and numerous family members, this book was developed to share his observations and conclusions.

In this remarkable book, you are about to meet a man who stands at the crossroads of health, psychology, and sports, bringing a unique perspective to a pressing issue. Samuel Schilder is not just a qualified Sports Nutritionist and Psychologist; he is also someone who has lived the journey this book aims to navigate.

The prescribing of pharmaceutical medications by licensed physicians is essential to the health of hundreds of millions of medical patients within the nation of the US and worldwide, but like most things that have a completely legitimate basis and an extremely important purpose, prescription issuing can become an imbalanced practice for some medical doctors.

If you Want a Proven Way to Quit Smoking Without Major Struggle, While Increasing Your Vitality…Read On… Have you tried to quit smoking before and relapsed? Do you want to quit but are afraid you’ll gain weight? If so, How to Stop Smoking Habit Naturally: Quit Cigarettes Forever Without Cravings is for you. It was written by our health coaches, who share their proven tips for quitting for good. Imagine: A smoke-free life where you feel the best you have ever felt Feeling accomplished that you quit your smoking habit Extra cash you will have - not buying packs This book is different ...

He was lost because of the addiction, broken from his past, and ashamed of the lifestyle he lived. An Injection of Faith: One Addict’s Journey to Deliverance, is a story of hope, love, and forgiveness from one man’s life with addictions. Author Anthony Ordille reveals his life of drugs and bar living, and how he found freedom from this crippling disease. He will walk you through the paths he took, how they ended, bring you through his years spent in recovery, and end with some of the happiest times he has experienced. Discover: What his childhood was like, how he dealt with his pain, ...

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Fentanyl Freak Syndrome and learn about a new drug scourge.

Marcia, a young woman nearing twenty, is on her way to jail. She has been busted, again, this time for using heroin. As she passes buildings and bus stops that remind her of her childhood, she tries to recall what incidents led her to her dilemma. With barely a goodbye, her mother leaves her at the steps of the jail. Terrified, she is processed and placed in a new world—cell 6, bed 8. Unexpected Angels is a true account of a young woman, once an academic superstar, who is thrown into jail to await trial on a narcotics charge. At nineteen, she's already a three time loser. She must dig ...

V.K. Ramsey's very personal book approaches addiction recovery in a new and very different way from what addicts or their family members, as well as codependents, have been offered so far. He clearly highlights that fighting with and eventually facing addiction is something that deserves respect, support, and love!

Laura Cole watched her beloved son detox from heroin time and again. She struggled to help him through addiction recovery treatment and pharmacotherapy. Eventually, she suspected that the treatments were causing her son more harm than good. Navigating a nightmare of Big Pharma, for-profit treatment centers, and corrupt caregivers, Laura saw her son get lost in a thick web of exploitation.

Like the never-ending war on terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that won’t go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why. The war on drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to best-selling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different parts of the world, the backing of dictatorships and surging drug addiction globally.

The spiritual program of recovery is still the most effective path to lasting freedom from addiction to alcohol and drugs! Recovering Reality takes you deep into your spiritual dimension to guide you through the spiritual program of recovery. Once you understand the power of your beliefs the spiritual program of recovery makes perfect sense.

Drug abuse is may be intentional or unintentional use of drugs with harmful consequences. Drugs can affect behavior by altering mood, consciousness, and social functioning. Drug abuse includes misuse of prescription medicines and addiction to other substances. Drug abuse can be prevented by educating the public and establishing effective, drug-free environments. Education can help young drug users develop awareness of the consequences of drug use, while helping their parents cope with the risks they pose to their children.

This book is about addictions of all kinds. Addictions to smartphones, sex, games, social media, gambling, money, but most of all to alcohol and drugs. The words "addict" and "addiction" are loaded with baggage. Addicts are considered to be sub-human, if not alien. This book aims to reclaim their dignity. It aims to rescue the word "addiction" from its kidnappers and restore its humanity. It offers personal accounts from inspirational people who have found themselves in the grips of such addictions, and their amazing stories of survival.

A cry for help that offers hope to all addicts This book tells the story of the Spirit Andre K, who in 1995, was given permission to tell his story, after undergoing years of recovery treatment in the Spirit realm, which included participating in a weekly seance meeting held by a group of incarnate mediums. In this group, through the medium Maria Gorete Newton, he described his tragic death by drug overdose, which took place in 1975, while he was still a teenager living in Zurich, Switzerland. It is a richly descriptive narrative for parents, children and society, offering a glimpse of the ...

This is a very real and bloody look at the journey I made from 19 to 29. I will walk you through the icy halls of drug addiction and dealing, college in Santa Barbara (specifically Isla Vista), depression, suicide, and overdoses. The second part of the book I could only write just recently, as I was, by the Grace of God, able to live the life I knew I always should. Please come with me through the very real and honest look at what it was like to be a young man in the 2010s and how through a million close calls, I finally found life.

Ten years ago, Lance Lang was a hopeless addict, a shell of a man only in search of his next fix, willing to use anyone or anything ... just so he could use. But God intervened and Lance began a miraculous journey to rehab, recovery, and restoration. In “10 Years Sober,” Lance tells his story of radical life change, the founding of Hope is Alive, and its phenomenal growth. He also imparts spiritual lessons he’s learned along the way. By turns incredible and inspirational, “10 Years Sober” details Lance’s transformation and demonstrates the steps each of us can take to reclaim ...

The book presents a successful roadmap to overcome any addiction through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It depicts some of the madness of my 25 year addiction to crack cocaine but more importantly takes the listener through the victory, healing and deliverance I received from God.

Andrew Brobyn's relationship was in shambles before he took the terrible acid that sent him on an almost decade-long journey seeking redemption. His immediate plans following university were to liquidate his illicit assets, sell his client list, pack up shop, and retire to his parents' home in Toronto, while he figured out what to do with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a quarter million in cash. As his drug use and bipolar disorder spiral, his situation gets stranger and stranger, taking him from his university campus to strip clubs, psych wards, and the slammer.

Sherri Wyatt was raised by loving parents in a Christian home. However, perversion of grace by religion and religious rituals spoke the fire-and-brimstone message of condemnation, guilt, and shame. Confusion prevailed from an early age about the love of God. As life-threatening childhood health issues mounted, she felt God was mad at her. She tried to do good and be good, yet more trauma was inflicted.

Introduced to heroine and alcohol for the first time at the tender age of eight-years-old programmed me and opened up a flood gate of feel good receptors in my brain, causing a high that I spent years trying to recreate over and over again.