Название: Addiction & Recovery For Dummies, 2nd EditionАвтор: Paul Ritvo
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2023
Страниц: 307
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB
No matter what your road to recovery looks like, Dummies is on your side.
Addiction and Recovery For Dummies gives you the tools you need to identify and face addiction in yourself or a loved one, while working towards a healthy and realistic approach to recovery. This book offers a compassionate, unbiased, and non-judgmental guide to evaluating and overcoming addiction. You’ll learn to identify the range of addiction levels, the various types (including substance and non-substance), and the possible causes of addiction. An expert author guides you through the range of addiction treatment philosophies and approaches, including twelve-step programs, other in- and outpatient programs, and teen treatments. We’ll also look at common recovery roadblocks, so you’re prepared to overcome whatever hurdles your recovery process brings. Medications, therapeutic communities, self-help groups, long-term recovery strategies―it’s all in here.
You’ve likely picked up this book because of addiction troubles, either your own or those of someone you care about. It’s immediately important to know that no one is singly responsible for these troubles. We live in an addiction-inducing society. A lot of money is made from addictions. When more people become addicted, more money is made. Despite this, addictions are more treatable now, and the scientific support for such treatments and for what you can do for yourself or for a loved one is more powerful and reliable than ever before.
You may often hear people say that they’re battling an addiction. Addiction is a life and death battle. There’s no compromise with addiction. People with addictions are either becoming less addicted or getting more addicted. But there is another analogy to consider: a journey through life where loving people support those with addiction in finding a natural life-path — a path that is increasingly free of addictions.
First, it’s important to destigmatize addiction. Addiction is unfortunately associated with technological progress. As technology progresses, newly developed substances powerfully target pleasure centers in the brain, mostly to ease the pain in those severely ill. As a result, substances have been created that are more accessible, tempting, and frequently used than before. With more technological development, addictive behaviors may increase during the 21st century, and they’ve already reached alarming levels. Therefore, we scientists, caregivers, and people with addictions must work together to use evidence-based methods to free ourselves from the powerful effects of society, technology, marketing, and the very human drive to consume.
Second, it is important to remember that recovery is an inner journey, and people with addiction often feel alone. In their aloneness, they ache and yearn for healthier states of mind and body. To recover, people with addiction must find inner strength, and often need help in doing so. This book can help those with addiction rediscover and feed inner strengths and recover — so they can reclaim the joys of life as healthy human beings.
- Learn the signs of addiction and identify the most appropriate treatments
- Gain advice on offering help to friends or family members struggling with addiction
- Discover available recovery supports, including groups and medications
- Understand the media and cultural factors that encourage addiction, and how to avoid them
Updated with the latest treatment options, Addiction & Recovery For Dummies is a valuable resource for those on a recovery journey, and a support guide for the 45 million people who are directly impacted by addiction.
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