Breaking Addiction

A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction

By: Lance M Dodes

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Paperback | 1 March 2011

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In his ground-breaking book The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes rejected pat explanations of alcoholism as a disease and explored the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors—be they drinking, gambling, obsessive sex, or otherwise.

In his followup, Breaking Addiction, Dodes presents a comprehensive guide outlining seven critical steps to overcome addiction. In his practice and research, Dodes has found that virtually every addictive act is preceded by a feeling of helplessness or powerlessness. In his straightforward style, Dodes incorporates case stories to illustrate the common emotional factors underlying all addictions, and the process of self-examination that allows addicts to recognize these factors at work—and then shows addicts how to take back control.

An enormous group of people, put off by AA and other recovery programs heavy on dogma and light on insight, are hungry for an approach that digs addiction up by its roots. Since the publication of The Heart of Addiction, Dodes’ ideas have been incorporated into the practice of therapists and treatment centers around the country, and are taught at major addiction treatment centers, training centers for clinicians, and universities. With a special section for those whose loved ones suffer with addiction, and a section for treatment professionals, Breaking Addiction is poised to be the handbook for a new comprehensive, in-depth understanding of addiction.

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"Without denying the difficulty of the terrain, Dodes's program is a call to a clear-eyed, coherent approach. This groundbreaking work should become the 'go to' handbook for anyone suffering with addiction. Its easy-to-read style takes sophisticated ideas and turns them into memorable examples. I highly recommend it." -- Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Answers to Distraction and Superparenting for ADD

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Non-Fiction Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Therapy & Therapeutics Addiction & Therapy Psychology Clinical Psychology Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with Drug & Alcohol Abuse Giving Up Smoking

Introduction	p. 1
A New Way to Understand Addiction	p. 5
The Steps	p. 23
How to Know If You Have an Addiction	p. 25
How to Think about Yourself If You Have an Addiction	p. 35
Recognizing the Key Moment in Addiction	p. 43
How You Keep Yourself from Seeing the Addiction ahead of You	p. 57
Understanding What is Happening at the Key Moment in Addiction	p. 77
Short-Term Strategies for Dealing with Addiction	p. 91
How to Deal with Addiction in the Long Term	p. 117
Test Yourself	p. 129
Living with Someone Who Has an Addiction	p. 157
For the Professional	p. 197
Acknowledgments	p. 213
Index	p. 215
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A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction

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