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Change is hard. A bit of Bright advice every day can help you make it through to the other side. Day by day, week by week, Susan Peirce Thompson, author of the New York Times best-selling Bright Line Eating, will help you to make it through the year with consistent progress toward the life you envision for yourself and validation of the place that the here and now plays in it.

This empowering hypnotherapy session will help the listener to release any addictive pattern of behavior. It will help with all types of addiction including: food, alcohol, gambling, drugs, TV, Internet, sex, computers, shopping, nicotine, caffeine, dieting, chocolate, nail biting, work, etc.

It was love at first taste for fifteen-year-old Tadhg Hickey when he drank a can of Scrumpy Jack on the night of his exam results. Straight away it provided a cure for that constant feeling of 'something wrong, something not quite right', a way of numbing anxiety and childhood trauma. He realised he was extraordinarily good at drinking and energetically threw himself into a life of pubs, parties and staying pissed, while also managing to become a comedian. But alcohol had the last laugh.

Never has happiness as an emotional and physical state of being been so widely discussed. Matthieu Ricard is one of the most compelling voices on the subject, and one of the few who can bring together the teachings of eastern and western thought. In this accessible new work, Ricard provides a straightforward assessment of how to create true and lasting happiness.

A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon - driven to dry out, not out of a desire to change but mainly through weariness. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. Pour Me is about the blackouts, the collapse, the despair. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon. Read by Dougray Scott.

Alcohol is an ingrained part of our social lives. Every celebration we have tends to involve raising a glass or socially drinking to feel like we fit in. But what happens when alcohol takes over your life to the point where you’re drinking too much, or you’re possibly even dependent/addicted to it?

Embark on a sobering exploration of the human cost behind the haze as "Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking: Exploring the Devastating Health Impacts of Cigarette Smoking" unveils the harsh reality of one of humanity's most pervasive habits. Delve deep into the heart of a stark truth—cigarette smoking exacts a profound toll on our bodies and minds. This audiobook serves as a powerful exposé, delving into the intricate and often unsettling web of health consequences woven by tobacco use.

The modern world has introduced many wonderful inventions that have made life more convenient. With computers and smartphones, a person has the entire history and collection of human knowledge at their fingertips. Yet as spectacular as these technological achievements are, there are of course pitfalls that come with such an amazing ability. As freeing and liberating as having access to a smartphone can be, it is also very confining and damaging. This audiobook will teach you tips on how to overcome phone addiction so you can maximize your time and boost productivity.

De everseller Stoppen met roken van Allen Carr is compleet herschreven en geüpdatet: nu inclusief vapen, JUUL (e-sigaretten zonder batterij), snuiftabak, kauwtabak en snus Roken is een fuik waar je, vooral als jongere, nietsvermoedend in zwemt. Te laat merk je dat je niet meer terug kunt. Allen Carr laat zien hoe die fuik in elkaar zit, zodat je er moeiteloos uit kunt zwemmen. Hij gebruikt geen trucjes of hulpmiddelen, maar ontrafelt haarfijn de mechanismen die een roker doen roken. Wie dat eenmaal doorziet, merkt dat stoppen met roken heel eenvoudig is, vanaf de eerste dag.

Short of time? Or have you stopped smoking and found it hard to stay stopped? If so, then this is the audiobook for you. Quit Smoking Boot Camp is a revolutionary and concise version of the Easyway method, delivered in short, dramatic chunks to help you quit smoking and transform your life in the easiest way possible. Just follow all the instructions. It's recommended that you listen to this book over four days - start on a Tuesday, finish on a Friday - and it's divided into four bite-size sections to help you do so.

After two decades of mental, emotional, and physical afflictions, J. T. Wahlberg had had enough, and he was all set to end his 20-year addiction to alcohol. There was just one problem: He “forgot” to research the potential risks of detoxing on his own without any medical supervision. Armed with cans of Campbell’s Chunky soup, plenty of water, and a few tips he had picked up from the movie Trainspotting, he hunkered down in his apartment for what he imagined would be a couple of days of pain followed by a life of sunny sobriety.

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.

One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps has established itself as a classic, a bellwether of the most significant recovery movement of the 21st century, combining Buddhist mindfulness practices with a 12-step recovery program.

That's What Junkies Do is a brutally honest, often dark journey of one man's struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction. The story starts innocently enough in 1980's Brooklyn, NY, with a young boy, Thomas Figlioli, making a bad choice so he could gain the respect of a group of kids he looked up to and admired. Alcohol gives him the courage to be the person he always wanted to be. His fear and insecurity leaves and his lifelong struggle begins. When thoughts of ending it all become a better choice than living how he is, Thomas finally asks for help.

What happens to the rest of the family when someone has an addiction or mental health crisis? Families who support and care for someone they love during a challenging time are at the heart of this podcast series. These people’s stories often go unheard. People who look after a close relative who is an addict or experiences long-term mental illness tell us their stories. The emotional fallout for these families can be devastating, time-consuming, financially-draining and long-term.

After his father died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center, nine-year-old Matthew John Bocchi began an obsessive quest to find out exactly how he died. He researched video tapes, pictures, blogs, anything that could potentially answer the question looming in his mind: Was his father one of the jumpers? In the first memoir told by a child of 9/11, Matt intimately delves into the psychological and emotional torment that ensued after his father's death.

Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict, "West Coast Director of a large Italian-American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces.

Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning mental health campaigner. She is also an alcoholic. In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic 20-year relationship with alcohol and drugs and explains exactly why hitting rock bottom - for her, a traumatic event and the abrupt realisation that she was putting herself in danger, time and again - saved her life.

The pressures faced by children and adolescents today are unprecedented and the corresponding statistics around poor mental health deeply alarming. Behind every mental health issue, from addiction to ADHD, lies a host of underlying problems that need addressing, but as a worried parent it's hard to know where to focus. What do you do if your child struggles with anxiety? Is self-harming? Has developed an unhealthy relationship with eating, exercise, technology or alcohol?

Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult. But summoning the courage to find help for this condition can be even more of a challenge. If addictions to pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, phone sex, or chat rooms have made you feel trapped, this book can help you find a way to break free.