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This is the original study guide to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Filled with practical information for those first days of sober living, this little book offers newcomers advice about the program, how long it takes, and what to look for in a sponsor; provides in-depth discussions of each of the Twelve Steps and related character defects; poses common questions about AA and helping others, identifying where to find answers in the Big Book; and, features non-sexist language.

This isn’t a book about addiction—it’s a book about recovery. Written for every loved one, community member, and recovery professional who wants to know “how do I help?,” Recovery Allies offers real-world solutions, evidence-based strategies, and, above all, hope for the 23 million Americans living in recovery from substance use disorder.

Addiction is costly on many levels to the individuals affected, their families, and society as a whole, but science may soon be able to offer treatment options to make the road to recovery a little smoother. First, we investigate why and how people succumb to a veritable prison of the mind as sections one and two delve respectively into the psychology and the neurochemistry behind addiction. Subsequent sections break out addictive substances individually: recreational drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. Finally, section seven examines new avenues for overcoming addiction.

The Gambling Addiction Workbook is a life-changing guide that has helped many to understand and overcome their gambling addiction. In this unique self-help guide for recovery, you will find a remarkable how-to plan for lasting recovery.

You've discovered that your husband has cheated on you. Maybe, you've discovered incriminating emails or text messages from his lover, or worse, you have actually seen them together. Your world is crashing down. You feel like a nuclear bomb just decimated your entire world, and you are trying to shield yourself from the fallout. This is very likely the most painful experience you've ever had. You've been sucker-punched in the soul. Infidelity in marriage makes you doubt everything, including your own judgement.

Desperately looking for answers to save her daughter from addiction to drugs and alcohol, Shelly Jo found tools to reduce addictions; and help children to adults beat the struggles of cravings, emotions, and weight gain. Feed your brain-brain food. What you eat matters. Get rid of negative self-talk.

This hypnosis will change your thinking from a negative to a positive state, which will help you feel more relaxed and calm. The same feeling you get from drinking alcohol you can also get from your body. Your body produces chemicals that make you feel good. To do that, you have to activate the brain frequency that is dormant. This hypnosis will activate your alpha and theta brainwaves, which will give you the same good, relaxed feeling that alcohol gives you, but without the side effects.

Have you found yourself doing something and thinking, Why do I keep doing this? We all have an unhealthy habit - or two, or three. Yours may be as simple as wasting time on the Internet, constantly checking your email, or spending too much time in front of the TV. Or it may be more serious, like habitual drinking, emotional overeating, constant self-criticism, or chronic worrying. Whatever your harmful habit is - you have the power to break it.

Imagine finding solace in a deep, restorative sleep, leaving behind the cravings and dependencies that have held you captive for so long. This remarkable audiobook is expertly designed to guide you into a state of profound relaxation, helping you rewire your mind and break the chains of addiction. Through powerful guided meditations, you'll discover the strength within to overcome cravings and embrace a life of self-control.

Overthinking, addiction, phobias, and anxiety are all related to one thing, our emotions. It is our emotions that cause us to overthink and become addicts. Oftentimes, we experience several of the mentioned issues all at once, however the degree to which we do veries from person to person. By creating an audiobook that addresses each unique problem in isolation, it becomes easier for you to deal with them. You will come to understand why the troubling emotions are causing you harm and heal your emotional wounds.The days of pain are over my friend!

One. Little. Pill. is not only an engaging chronicle of one woman’s journey through addiction and 12-Step recovery, it’s a beacon of hope for anyone who feels alone with substance use challenges or wants to help a loved one in that situation.

For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioral illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fiber. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. In their groundbreaking The Addiction Solution, David Kipper and Steven Whitney distill these exciting findings.

Holly Anne Ellison is a recovered gambling addict. After spending decades wasting both time and money as an addicted slots player, she is sharing the knowledge that enabled her to identify why her previous recovery attempts failed and the concept she discovered that finally was the game changer in her own recovery. In her short book Fear of Gambling Addiction Recovery, she will introduce you to concepts and ideas that may provide you with the understanding and motivation to make the conscious decision to get a grip on your gambling habit once and for all.

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.

In this collection of stories from Grapevine magazine, members share their experiences with the core principles contained in AA’s Twelve Traditions. Born of the trial-and-error nature of the earliest years of the Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship, the book Our Twelve Traditions provides the spiritual—and practical—underpinning for AA’s ongoing adventure of living and working together. Seen through the eyes of individual members, the stories in this collection offer groups, as well as members, workable solutions to difficult problems.

Can you imagine drifting into a deep, restorative sleep, leaving behind the cravings and dependencies that have held you captive for so long? This remarkable audiobook is meticulously designed to guide you into a state of profound relaxation, helping you overcome the caffeine-induced rollercoaster that disrupts your life. Through powerful hypnosis and transformative meditations, you'll reprogram your mind for lasting freedom from caffeine's hold.

Faith Smith has always had a problem with alcohol. At first, she didn’t believe it was an issue, but slowly, her life begins to unravel. Her job as a teacher hangs in the balance, her marriage begins to crumble, and she realizes that she’s putting her addiction before even her own children. Faith knows she has to do something to regain control of her life. But her demons won’t abandon her so easily.

Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex and harrowing experience you'll ever have. This book offers a message of hope to families and friends, giving practical solutions so they can help anyone struggling with addiction to begin the road to recovery.

Anyone battling with a pornography addiction or excessive sexual activity may find Guided Meditation and Hypnosis to Stop Porn to be a powerful tool. In order to stop watching porn and get rid of the desires that lead to obsessive sexual activity, this book gives a thorough strategy. The techniques of hypnosis and guided meditation are used to teach listeners how to use their own minds' capacity to break away from addictive habits of behavior. Listeners will learn new ways of thinking about themselves and their connection to sex and porn through affirmations and visualization exercises.

Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field.