Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
A Self Help, Health, Nonfiction book. I read the translated book. I think i need to re-read...
“Dr. Dodes’s approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of ‘powerlessness’—a message that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts’ life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr. Dodes is one with the guts to shine a beacon in the right direction.”—Stanton Peele, PhD, author of 7 Tools to Beat Addiction and The Life Process Program...
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Not too long ago, I finished reading and reviewing The Sober Truth, Dodes book about the science (or lack thereof) behind Alcoholics Anonymous and associated 12-step treatment. Because I enjoyed that book and thought it particularly insightful, I picked up this one by the same author. Im sad to say it was a bit of a disappointment.... I read the translated book. I think i need to re-read it in English to further understand some ideas. Good book to figure out how to deal with any compulsive behavior you want to stop. As im a dietician i think it will assist me helping patients i see and counsel. Dr Lance Dodes does an excellent job demonstrating why people relapse into addictive behavior. He shows how using substances is an attempt to achieve a more tolerable state of mind. His extensive research on addiction is ground breaking in that it opens the readers mind to addiction having roots in a behavioral coping problem, rather...
