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While the mind is a powerful thing, it can easily fall victim to addiction. When you use a drug often enough, the body builds strong neurological and chemical dependencies. These dependencies can lead to your life being controlled by your addiction. Once your body feels it needs the drug to survive, it can be almost impossible to resist. It’s time to free yourself from drug addiction, with a little help from hypnosis.

Written by members of the Chronic Pain Anonymous 12-step fellowship, Stories of Hope presents the tools and principles of the 12 steps as catalysts for emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation. Each of the courageous men and women who contributed to this collection shares their journey from despair to hope.

Five years in the making, this brilliant, in-depth investigative reporting on the history, politics, and science of alcoholism will show how AA became our nation's de facto treatment policy, even as evidence for more effective remedies accumulated. US of AA is a character-driven, beautifully written exposé, full of secrecy, irony, liquor industry money, the shrillest of scare tactics and, at its center, a grand deception. US of AA shines a much-needed spotlight on the addiction treatment industry. It will forever change the way we think about the entire enterprise.

Are you tired of feeling stuck in a cycle of cannabis use? Do you struggle with motivation, focus, or withdrawal symptoms every time you try to quit? Whether you've been smoking for years or just realized that weed is holding you back, this book is your roadmap to a clear mind and a more fulfilling life.

Doctors Chuck Smith and Jason Hunt bring a unique and important perspective to the subject of addiction. Experts in the field, Smith and Hunt have personal, firsthand experience with the humiliation and shame that accompanies substance use disorder. But addiction, as they point out, is a disease, no less so than diabetes or heart disease, and it needs to be treated as such. If you, or a loved one, is struggling with addiction, you'll find help in Smith and Hunt's book. When one understands the science behind addiction, one can begin to move forward. Beyond the stigma lies hope.

In this informative and entertaining book, learn from Cousin Sal how not to gamble your life away -- along with many other life lessons -- so you don't have to learn the hard way. Over the last forty years, Cousin Sal has made bets with doctors, lawyers, teachers, agents, bookies, writers...

Most people know that smoking is bad for their health and believe vaping is a better alternative. Now, vaping has become a national epidemic and shows no sign of slowing. Quitting Smoking & Vaping for Dummies delivers facts about the differences between smoking and vaping, the effects on their short-term and long-term health, and how addiction works.

Speaking to an enthusiastic AA crowd, Father Joseph Martin talks about AA and then proceeds to talk in order about the 12 Steps. A very good example of Father Joseph Martin's excellent AA message.

Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a lovely home and a successful media career; a director of several companies, and at one time the trustee of a large children's charity, Craig was a successful and functioning professional man in spite of a 'two bottles of wine a night' drinking habit. For 20 years, he struggled with problem drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he did not think he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed.

If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction—and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family—you are not alone. But until now, there has been no single book that gives the millions of families like yours the comprehensive, unbiased information you need. This expertly written guide addresses the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children face every day. Providing science-based answers and resources, the authors cover crucial emotional, financial, and legal issues that simply aren't discussed in other books.

In this excellent aid to the daily application of the AA program, the author of the famous The Little Red Book invokes the image of a three-legged stool to provide insight into the first four of the 12 Steps. These 31 reminders offer useful, practical guidance to anyone walking the road to recovery.

The essays in this collection represent Aleister Crowley's ideas and meditations on drugs. Part one explores Crowley's experiences with hashish and its uses in mystical rituals. Part two examines cocaine and looks at whether it should be regulated by law. Finally, part three delves into the sensuality of absinthe and its role in society.

Beginning innocently enough in his 20s, Neal Pollack discovers that pot makes everything - food, music, sex - better. Getting married, having a kid, and enjoying professional success didn't tamp down Pollack's addiction. As cannabis grew stronger and more widely available, Pollack's dependence was shadowed by the expansion and acceptance of the marijuana Big Business. Sober after joining a 12-step program, Neal outed himself publicly as a marijuana addict in a 2018 New York Times op-ed piece.

Are you feeling exasperated and helpless about your family member's addiction? Are you at your wit's end, having tried everything you can think of to make them stop? Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, friend, or colleague, the key to changing this reality for yourself lies in shifting your focus from your loved one's addiction to your own self-care. This book presents a dramatically fresh approach to help you get off the roller-coaster chaos of addiction, maintain your own sanity and serenity, and live your best life.

The Essential Addiction Recovery Companion is perfect for addiction professionals, recovering individuals, family members, and anyone interested in truly living life free from any addiction. Richard Singer's insightful audiobook will help those learning how to proceed through addiction recovery.

Craig Beck is known as the Stop Drinking Expert because he helps people to see the truth about alcohol. The shocking reality that is hidden behind the smoke and mirrors of the marketing and our own self-created social conditioning. In this specially extended edition of his Alcohol Illusion series, Craig explains how you are not your addiction. You are not weak willed or broken. Alcoholism affects millions of people regardless of their gender, location, intelligence, or social standing.

A Brand New You is a collection of insights designed to give you the tools that you need to quit porn for good and provide you with the formula to transform yourself. Condensed into its simplest form for easy consumption and digestion, A Brand New You shares wisdom to help arm you with everything you need to regain your wonder, joy, and love for life, as well as rediscover who you are on your deepest level.

In today’s hyperconnected world, screen addiction isn’t just a bad habit, it’s a silent epidemic. Smartphones have become constant companions, quietly rewiring our brains, reshaping behavior, and stealing presence, peace, and purpose. If you compulsively check your phone, lose hours to social media, or feel anxious without a screen, you’re not alone and this book is for you.

Are you questioning your relationship with alcohol? Do you suffer from “hangxiety”…from the worry and regret you have about your drinking? Have you stopped drinking for weeks or months but always find yourself going back to alcohol? Are you starting to worry more about what drinking may be doing to your mental and physical health? If any or all of the above sound like you, then The Gray Area Drinker is a must-listen! This book is for those who don’t have a complete dependency on alcohol but certainly rely on it more than others.

Similar to The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Life with Hope thoroughly explains the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions as they relate to marijuana addicts and those with cannabis use disorder. This is an essential resource for anyone seeking recovery through Marijuana Anonymous (MA).