Thinking Simply about Addiction - by Richard Sandor (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A profound yet practical guide to understanding addiction and recovery from an authority on the subject.
- About the Author: RICHARD S. SANDOR, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than twenty-five years experience in the addiction field.
- 208 Pages
- Psychology, Psychopathology
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About the Book
This profound yet practical guide by a veteran recovery professional pinpoints why addictions are so tenacious; how everyone suffers from them to a greater or lesser extent; and the true, time-tested steps toward freeing oneself from addiction.Book Synopsis
A profound yet practical guide to understanding addiction and recovery from an authority on the subject. No social problem today causes greater confusion than addiction. Whatever form it takes -- alcohol, heroin, cocaine, nicotine, etc. -- it tears apart homes and relationships, destroys careers and futures, and leaves loved ones asking: Why couldn't he stop once and for all? Or "get better"? Or control himself? Despite everything that's been said and written, many people remain deeply confounded about these problems. The addiction-treatment field itself is in a state of civil war because there is no consensus on what addiction is, much less what to do about it. Based on years of hard-won experience by a preeminent specialist in addictive behavior, Thinking Simply About Addiction explains the core truth of addiction: It is not a neurosis, a physical malady, a behavioral choice, or, in the narrowest sense, a moral failure. It is an automatism -- an involuntary, non-stoppable behavior that once triggered leaves the addict powerless. It is a human problem and a part of human nature. As such, it is something that we all experience. In four to-the-point chapters, Thinking Simply About Addiction rises above the noise level and provides real-world help and new ways of thinking for addicts and those who care for them. Its insights are so profoundly clear and sensible that many readers will be able to say: Finally, someone gets it.About the Author
RICHARD S. SANDOR, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than twenty-five years experience in the addiction field. He has served as a medical director at several different nationally recognized drug and alcohol treatment programs, including the Betty Ford Center (Los Angeles outpatient), Promises Treatment Center, and Saint John's Health Center, has been on the clinical faculty of UCLA, and has served as president of the California Society of Addiction Medicine from 1993 to 1995.Dimensions (Overall): 8.13 Inches (H) x 5.53 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .47 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Psychopathology
Publisher: Tarcher
Theme: Addiction
Format: Paperback
Author: Richard Sandor
Language: English
Street Date: March 5, 2009
TCIN: 1002818853
UPC: 9781585426881
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-1874
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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