How To Help An Addict
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Understanding And Helping An Addict And Keeping Your Sanity
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Author : Andrew Proulx
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-01-23
Understanding And Helping An Addict And Keeping Your Sanity written by Andrew Proulx and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-23 with Addicts categories.
To solve a problem one must first understand the problem. Unfortunately, that's hard to do with addiction and alcoholism because it makes no sense. Why do people keep on with their substance use when it's ruining their life and making them miserable? In this important book, medical doctor and addiction survivor Dr. Andrew Proulx--a leading expert on addiction psychology--explains the effects of addictive substances on the brain and mind, and why addicts and alcoholics behave the way they do. He then goes on to explain exactly how form a bond with an addicted loved one and to use this bond to help the addict to move to a willingness and mental readiness to accept the help they need. He then explains your role in your loved ones treatment and subsequent recovery and relapse prevention. Dr. Andrew provides guidance for loved ones of addicts to remove themselves from the addict's circle of chaos and to take a different approach to helping the addict that's more effective, and also allows them to take back their own life and sanity. -- Adapted from page [4] cover.
How To Help An Addict
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Author : Peter Lyndon-James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-11-15
How To Help An Addict written by Peter Lyndon-James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with categories.
In our community and nation we have an epidemic on our hands. There's a unique drug on the streets that is destroying families at a rate like no drug has ever done before. Meth (Ice) not only binds a person up in addiction, but it changes who they are - the way they speak, the way they act and the way they treat others alters in such a way that they are no longer recognisable as the person you once knew.Through his program, Peter Lyndon-James helps people break free from life controlling issues such as meth, alcohol and other substances, by bringing them to the point where they actually want to change their lives. Shalom house, the rehabilitation centre that Peter founded in 2012, is driven by principle of tough love, including a cold turkey detox approach. Shalom house is designed to equip both addicts and their families with the tools needed to break free from addiction using a holistic approach that deals with every aspect of an addict's life If you or your loved one suffer from addiction, this book is the perfect manual to help you break free by describing an alternative approach to rehabilitation.
Helping The Addict You Love
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Author : Laurence M. Westreich, MD
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-04-17
Helping The Addict You Love written by Laurence M. Westreich, MD and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-17 with Self-Help categories.
It's okay to love them. It's your right to help them. Addiction destroys people and can even end lives. When you know or suspect that someone you love is suffering from addiction you have two goals: getting your loved one into treatment and turning that treatment into full-fledged sobriety. Many addiction experts tell you that you have to disengage or risk being an enabler, a codependent bystander, in the wreckage of an addict's life; that you have to cut all ties or be taken advantage of financially and emotionally; that you have to protect yourself from your loved one, who isn't the person you used to know. But many friends and family members find it unnatural, even impossible, to turn away from a person they love who is at his lowest point, and refuse to believe that their addict is lost to addiction. Backed by his years of experience, Dr. Westreich guides you through the process of getting the addict you love on the road to treatment and recovery. He provides detailed scripts to lead you through pivotal conversations with the addict in your life, highlighting the words that he's found to be most effective and the words to avoid. With this book in hand, family and friends will know, for example, how to motivate their addict to recognize his problem based on the addict's own definition of what addiction looks like; how to "raise the bottom" that addicts so often must hit to a more acceptable level -- such as embarrassment, job loss, or ill health; and when to use gentle disagreement, quiet listening, or forceful confrontation to move the addict toward treatment, while managing and protecting their own emotions. Dr. Westreich also shows you how to engage a therapist in the process and provides methods for combating an addict's defense mechanisms. By outlining several treatment options, he helps you to weigh what each can and cannot accomplish, which is the most effective treatment for the kind of addiction you are dealing with, what each treatment requires of the recovering addict and the friend or family member, and how successful each is. Dr. Westreich also takes care to discuss the kinds of special situations you may face when the addict in your life, in addition to having a substance abuse problem, is a minor, is pregnant, has mental or medical diseases, or has other issues that are likely to affect recovery. Helping the Addict You Love is the guide that so many loved ones of addicts have desperately needed. Dr. Westreich supports you through the emotional process of helping the addict you love, tells you it's okay to want to help, and teaches you how to do so.
The Complete Family Guide To Addiction
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Author : Thomas F. Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Release Date : 2019-06-14
The Complete Family Guide To Addiction written by Thomas F. Harrison and has been published by Guilford Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-14 with Medical categories.
"The purpose of this book is to explain addiction and to help families and friends to deal with it successfully. People who are struggling with addiction can also use this book to understand their situation and the resources that are available to help them. And people who are wondering if they might have an addiction can use it to get a better sense of the nature and depth of their potential problem. Part I explains the science behind addiction. Part II looks at the emotional side of the problem and how families are affected. Part III discusses many of the real-world legal and practical issues that addicts often face, and ways to keep them out of trouble. Part IV provides a detailed overview of treatment options. And Part V describes the recovery process and the most effective strategies to keep it going for the long term"--
Addiction Free
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Author : Gene Hawes, M.D.
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-01-06
Addiction Free written by Gene Hawes, M.D. and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-06 with Self-Help categories.
A thorough guide about how to get help for a friend or loved one who is having problems with alcohol or other drugs. Provides places, names, numbers--who to call, what questions to ask, and what to expect. This invaluable guide includes six initial options for getting into recovery: -- The AA treatment program --Interventions, detox and rehab --Work related programs --Al-Anon --Law-enforcement programs --Therapeutic communities Addiction-Free: How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery is a much-needed guide for everyone whose life is touched by addiction.
Ending Addiction For Good
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Author : Richard Taite
language : en
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-11
Ending Addiction For Good written by Richard Taite and has been published by Wheatmark, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11 with Medical categories.
There is hardly a family in the post-industrial world that hasn't been affected in some way by addiction. Yet seeking treatment for a struggling loved one is, for most people, a frightening and overwhelming prospect. Ending Addiction for Good offers a powerful message of hope. Drawing on their own histories of addiction recovery, authors Taite and Scharff examine the unique and highly successful treatment protocol practiced at the Cliffside Malibu Addiction Treatment Center. Using clear and direct language, they look beyond the limits of conventional treatment to show how creating an individualized, evidence-based, and integrated approach that targets the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - not just the addiction, can provide a sure path to recovery. In doing so, they empower both the addict and the families of addicts to begin their recovery. Ending Addiction for Good may well be the most important book dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction to come along in years.
Stop Enabling Alcoholic And Drug Addicts
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Author : Audrey Phillips
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-02-28
Stop Enabling Alcoholic And Drug Addicts written by Audrey Phillips and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-28 with Self-Help categories.
This book contains information about codependency and how an enabler's actions/behavior impacts an addict. It also has true stories, alternating between an addict's story and an enabler's story. The stories show how addicts and enablers think as they approach the problem of addictions. Hopefully, through these stories, enablers can see how a person with a codependent personality can inadvertently enable an addict to spiral further down into their addiction due to being "helped" too much.
Families And Addiction
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Author : Margaret E Brown Ma
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-02-07
Families And Addiction written by Margaret E Brown Ma and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-07 with Alcoholics categories.
The authors wrote this book for one purpose: to teach family members and friends of people with substance abuse issues a specific set of skills that will help them survive the stress loving an addict creates in their lives. The authors share with the reader ways to deal with the fear, anger, helplessness, and the conflict they may experience in their attempts to both help the addicted family member and protect themselves from them as well. Most books in this genre focus on how to "fix" the addict. They assume that getting the addict into a treatment program is the final solution to the problem. The authors of this book know from experience that there is no quick fix for addiction. Recovery from addiction is a lifelong project. For this reason, this book focuses on (1) providing accurate and useful information about addiction; and (2) teaching the specific skills that are essential for family members to learn and practice. What do family members need to know, what do they need to do, and how can they go about learning and doing those things? This book systematically explains how to create and maintain healthy boundaries, how to work effectively as a team, how to find and use appropriate support, how to improve communication with the addicted member and other family members, and other valuable skills that lead to a better quality of life. This book is for families to help themselves over a lifetime, regardless of whether their addicted member ever gets help, gets help and relapses, or gets help and stays clean and sober. The skills that enable the family to improve its quality of life in the face of addiction turn out to be the same skills that provide the addict an optimal environment for recovery. The emphasis throughout is on you, the family member or friend of the addict. When addiction enters a family, the whole family embarks on a journey. This book is a unique guide for individuals or groups who want to learn the skills and behaviors essential for negotiating that path with the best chance for a positive outcome.
Beyond Addiction
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Author : Jeffrey Foote
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-02-18
Beyond Addiction written by Jeffrey Foote and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-18 with Medical categories.
The most innovative leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US offer a groundbreaking, science-based guide to helping loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. The most innovative leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US offer a groundbreaking, science-based guide to helping loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change. Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer. Delivered with warmth, optimism, and humor, Beyond Addiction defines a new, empowered role for friends and family and a paradigm shift for the field. Learn how to tap the transformative power of relationships for positive change, guided by exercises and examples. Practice what really works in therapy and in everyday life, and discover many different treatment options along with tips for navigating the system. And have hope: this guide is designed not only to help someone change, but to help someone want to change.
My Loved One Is An Addict Now What
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Author : Jonathan Okinaga, PhD
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-07-14
My Loved One Is An Addict Now What written by Jonathan Okinaga, PhD and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with categories.
One of the most heartbreaking things that can happen to a parent or spouse is the realization that their child/spouse is struggling with substance abuse. Feelings of shame, guilt, anger, frustration, and fear are common emotions when a family finally comes to grip with the fact that their loved one is an addict. These emotions may contribute to the unfortunate action of sweeping the addiction under the rug. Whispers may happen at family gatherings during the holidays about a loved one being sent off to treatment, or being arrested for a DUI, but rarely is it something that is openly discussed. There is shame that overtakes the immediate family and the quicker it can be forgotten the better it is for everyone. What I am here to tell you is that addiction is not as rare as you may think. It ravages families of all socioeconomic standings, races, religions and creeds. Substance abuse has recently overtaken car accidents in deaths per year in America. The War on Drugs started in the 1980s and it is an abject failure. It's time to talk about addictions and what families can do to help their loved ones. Before I go any further, a question needs to be answered. Why should anyone trust what I have to say on the topic? After battling substance abuse from my teens. In 2007, at the age of 30, I finally gained sobriety. I have maintained sobriety since May 6, 2007 and have worked in the recovery field since 2008. I have been employed and interned at one of the most respected dual diagnosis drug and alcohol treatment centers in America. I was on the front lines running sober-living homes as a house manager/life coach during the peak of the opioid epidemic for four years. I established my own sober-life coaching center and have been a recovery pastor since 2010. For years, families of those that I worked with have been asking me to write a book to help others. After completing my undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. in under eight years, I finally had the time to commit. I decided to write a book for the families of addicts for this reason: When I first admitted to my parents that I was a drug addict and needed help, they had no idea what to do. They called their church, the state convention for their denomination, and other friends they could trust. No one had an answer or idea what steps to take next. As I have worked with families through the years, the same can be said today. There are many resources for the addict but not much help for the families. My hope and prayer is that this book will equip, teach, and allow families to not only understand addictions, but also provide a stable home to assist their loved one to live a life free from substance abuse.