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Recovery and Addiction




Recovery and Addiction
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Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body
Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body
by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby
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From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image no matter what the scales say. When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media. But Harding and... (read more)

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This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America
This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America
by Ryan Grim
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It's time to stock up on munchies, twist the caps off your water bottles, and get on the bus You're about to embark on a cross-country tour of the complex, bizarre, and surprising history of drug use in America, a history that takes you from the... (read more)

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White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
by Mary C. Lamia, Ph.d.
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Do you find yourself attracted to people who are helpless, vulnerable, or damaged, or feel like you always end up taking care of your romantic partners? If you fall into this relationship pattern, you're likely a white knight-a person who tends to seek... (read more)

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Night of the Gun: a Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own (08 Edition)
Night of the Gun: a Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own (08 Edition)
by David Carr
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Do we remember only the stories we can live with? The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In The Night of the Gun, David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house... (read more)

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The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order
The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order
by Gail Hochman
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One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickershams father shot himself in the head.The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had.His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his... (read more)

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Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
by Kerry Cohen
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Cohen's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity, and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy, is a story of addiction--and not just to sex.... (read more)

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Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts
Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts
by Beverly Conyers
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Like the people who care about them, addicted individuals in early recovery are filled with hopes and fears. They want to be free of the pain and chaos their addictions have brought them. They hope to build a productive life. But they also fear that they... (read more)

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Recovery--The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice
Recovery--The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice
by Rami M. Shapiro
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RecoveryThe Sacred Art explores and employs the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous used in thousands of recovery groups throughout the world from a deeply spiritual perspective that draws upon the insights and practices of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism... (read more)

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Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
by Jason Peter
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Hero of the Underground is the riveting New York Times bestseller. I wasn't afraid of death. How could I be? I lived under death's shadow every day. When you swallow sixty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a... (read more)

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Nice Girls Finish Fat: Put Yourself First and Change Your Eating Forever
Nice Girls Finish Fat: Put Yourself First and Change Your Eating Forever
by Karen R Koenig
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How often have you thought no but said yes? About as many times as you've thought fruit cup and ordered cheesecake? Sometimes diet and exercise alone just aren't enough Many women put too much on their plates, both literally and figuratively. For those... (read more)

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Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat: And the 101 Truths That Will Save Your Waistline--And Maybe Even Your Life
Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat: And the 101 Truths That Will Save Your Waistline--And Maybe Even Your Life
by Nancy L Snyderman
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Get the real skinny on fat. When it comes to losing weight, the false beliefs most of us cling to could fill a book-this one As a medical doctor, medical journalist, and veteran of the diet wars, Nancy L. Snyderman knows better than almost anyone what... (read more)

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Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life
Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life
by Neil Steinberg
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Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg loved his job, his wife, and his two young sons. But he also loved to drink. Drunkard is an unflinchingly honest account of one manas descent into alcoholism and his ambivalent struggle to embrace sobriety... (read more)

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia
by Debra L. Safer
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This groundbreaking book gives clinicians a new set of tools for helping people overcome binge-eating disorder and bulimia. It presents an adaptation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) developed expressly for this population. What makes this research... (read more)

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A Boomer's Guide to the 12 Steps
A Boomer's Guide to the 12 Steps
by Stephen Roose
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People of the Boomer Generation are facing a new set of physical, economic, spiritual, and emotional challenges that come with aging. Whether they are thirty days or thirty years sober, for those hundreds of thousands of boomers in recovery from... (read more)

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Spent: Break the Buying Obsession and Discover Your True Worth
Spent: Break the Buying Obsession and Discover Your True Worth
by Sally Palain
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Today, Americans are saving less, carrying larger debt loads, losing their homes to foreclosure, and filing bankruptcy in record numbers. People are spending more than they can afford, and many feel guilty, anxious, and overwhelmed as a result.  ... (read more)

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Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
by Iain Gately
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A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization.... (read more)

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The Sky Isn't Visible from Here: A Memoir (P.S.)
The Sky Isn't Visible from Here: A Memoir (P.S.)
by Felicia C. Sullivan
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Days before Felicia Sullivan graduated from college, her mother disappeared; she hasn't been heard from in more than twelve years. It was possibly the last betrayal her mother, a beautiful, volatile, deceitful drug addict, would add to those that built... (read more)

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Easy Does It, Mom: Parenting in Recovery
Easy Does It, Mom: Parenting in Recovery
by Barbara Joy
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Every mom wants to succeed. Every child also wants to succeed. In Easy Does It Mom, Barbara Joy provides moms with positive encouragement, knowledge, and tools they can begin using immediately as they continue their recovery and move toward being the... (read more)

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Face It and Fix It: A Three-Step Plan to Break Free from Denial and Discover the Life You Deserve
Face It and Fix It: A Three-Step Plan to Break Free from Denial and Discover the Life You Deserve
by Ken Seeley
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World-renowned interventionist Ken Seeley, one of the hosts of A&E's hit television series Intervention, has spent the past twenty years helping people and their families deal with and overcome life-threatening addictions. His clients have ranged from... (read more)

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The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: How to Protect Against and Fight Alcoholism Using Nutrition and Vitamin Supplementation
The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: How to Protect Against and Fight Alcoholism Using Nutrition and Vitamin Supplementation
by Abram Hoffer
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This book can help those who suffer from alcohol addiction, their friends and loved ones, and those in the relevant helping professions. Its central message is that alcoholism is primarily a metabolic disease that should be treated nutritionally first... (read more)

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Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
by Kim L. Gratz
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Self-injury can be as addictive as any drug, and the secrecy and shame many sufferers feel about this behavior can keep them feeling trapped. But if you're ready to replace self-harm with a set of healthy coping skills, this compassionate and practical... (read more)

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My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life: An Anti-Memoir
My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life: An Anti-Memoir
by Adam Nimoy
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Live long and prosper? Ha. Last week, Adam Nimoy woke up in his beautiful house with his wife and kids in West Los Angeles. Today, he's waking up in a sleeping bag on an air mattress in a two-bedroom apartment with no furniture thinking, "How the hell... (read more)

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In Hanuman's Hands: A Memoir
In Hanuman's Hands: A Memoir
by Cheeni Rao
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I can do nothing more for you. You are now in Hanuman's hands. These are the words author Cheeni Rao hears his Indian immigrant mother sob as he stands locked outside his family home. A brilliant, promising young man who is the product of a devout Hindu... (read more)

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Moose: A Memoir
Moose: A Memoir
by Stephanie Klein
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Stephanie Klein was an eighth grader with a weight problem. It was a problem at school, where the boys called her Moose, and it was a problem at home, where her father reminded her, No one likes fat girls. After many frustrating sessions with a... (read more)

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Overcoming Body Body Image Problems Including Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques (Overcoming ...)
Overcoming Body Body Image Problems Including Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques (Overcoming ...)
by David Veale
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A helpful and balanced approach using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to manage the symptoms associated with body image problems. The accessible, straightforward, and practical books in the Overcoming series outline affordable and easy-to-follow treatment... (read more)

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One Life: Hope, Healing and Inspiration on the Path to Recovery from Eating Disorders
One Life: Hope, Healing and Inspiration on the Path to Recovery from Eating Disorders
by Naomi Feigenbaum
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