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1) Hijo, eres un adicto: Esta es la historia de una madre que lucha por entender qué le pasa a su hijo
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Nadie habla de las familias de los adictos. En los medios de comunicación, nos cansamos de escuchar testimonios de personas famosas que hablan de su experiencia con las drogas.
Son historias tremendas de mucho sufrimiento y, en el mejor de los casos, de superación.
Pero, ¿dónde están todas esas familias que viven el mismo horror mientras acompañan al adicto?
Esta es la historia de una madre valiente que lucha por entender qué le pasa a su hijo...
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Get the Summary of Laura McKowen's Push Off from Here in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "Push Off from Here," Laura McKowen shares her journey of recovery from alcoholism, emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance, community, and the transformative power of love. She recounts her struggles with self-blame, the realization that addiction is a disease, and the role of childhood trauma in her substance abuse....
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Para los familiares, la adicción puede resultar frustrante, desgarradora, agotadora e interminable. Puede provocarles ataques de ira, dejarlos postrados en la cama, bloqueados por una tristeza y una depresión que no saben cómo superar. Muy pocas familias saben a dónde acudir en busca de apoyo y orientación cuando enferma un hijo, padre o cónyuge.
Blake escribió 'Yo te quiero más' para ofrecer un enfoque distinto a las familias. Así, combina...
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Scared to quit drinking? Learn a new mindset that could change your life forever.You know you need to quit. Maybe you've woken up with one too many hangovers or you're afraid your children will follow in your footsteps. If you want to quit drinking for good but you don't know where to start, then How to Stop Drinking Alcohol is the book for you.Author and podcaster Kevin O'Hara has developed a great new way to think about stopping your drinking habit....
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Los raperos me llamaban «Abuelo».
Uno de ellos, al que llamaré «Nano», un chico bajito y delgado, con un deje macarra al hablar y voz endurecida por el tabaco, siempre andaba con algún porro escondido en la palma de la mano. A veces, coincidíamos en el parque de la Juventud, el lugar donde íbamos a parar punks, jevis, raperos y demás fauna. En aquel parque me cogía algunas cogorzas de vergüenza ajena en interminables botellones de litrona...
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See Newer/Lower-priced Edition (slightly renamed): Why Don't They Just Quit? Hope for Families Struggling with Addiction.Updated edition contains 6 new chapters: Heroin, Shame & Stigma, Harm Reduction, Marijuana and more.Achieve the peace of mind that comes from knowing what works, what doesn't and why. Real-life solutions to help you now!Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex...
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Get your Top 10 Ways To Stop Drinking Directory 2022 for all the highest rated and independently ranked Top 10 lists of the best ways to quit drinking from the Addiction Help Agency Ltd. using Semrush data, with direct links to many FREE resources to help you find the support you need to moderate or quit drinking including: * The Top 10 FREE Quit Drinking Podcasts* The Top 10 FREE Peer Support Groups* The Top 10 FREE Podcasts* The Top 10 FREE Facebook...
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This book is about addictions of all kinds. Addictions to smartphones, sex, games, social media, gambling, money, but most of all to alcohol and drugs.
The words 'addict' and 'addiction' are loaded with baggage. Not just in Australia, but the world over, addicts are considered to be sub-human, if not alien. This book aims to reclaim their dignity. It aims to rescue the word 'addiction' from its kidnappers and restore its humanity. It offers personal...
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Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.
For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:
• Why we feel the impulse
• Why...
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Depression is a secret pain at the core of many men's lives, and one that goes largely undiagnosed and untreated. The consequences of not treating male depression are extremely serious. Studies show that suicide is more common in men than women, and tha the male suicide rate is three times higher at midlife than at any other life stage. In Unmasking Male Depression, Dr. Archibald Hart explores the many forms of depression and gives tools for coping...
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford's New York Times bestselling memoir, Symptoms of Withdrawal, offered readers a startling, first-hand look at his own addictions to drugs and alcohol, prompting People magazine to write, "Few have written so well about the joy of drugs, and few are as unsparing about their drug-driven selfishness." In his bestselling follow-up, Moments of Clarity, Lawford presents "Voices from the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery."...
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Throughout this workbook, we will use compassion as a lens to look at your recovery process.
Why Compassion?
After years of working in the field of addiction and recovery, the most significant contributor to continued drug and alcohol use or relapse that I've seen has been shame, guilt, regret, anger, or harshness towards self. Rarely do these painful emotions alone lead to long-term recovery. What I believe leads to long-term sobriety and...
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"As a thorough guide to helping substance abusers find help, this makes a valuable addition to the self-help shelves."-PublishersWeekly (starred review)
A powerful, groundbreaking book that shows you, in concrete steps, how to help a loved one stop from engaging in self-destructive behavior.
Is your husband drinking himself to death? Is your brother losing it all to gambling? Do you need to get your kid off drugs before it's too late? Or make...
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A compassionate & inspiring book with daily reads for sobriety. Make your day easier and honestly better with a short meditational text to encourage, strengthen and comfort your recovery journey. The book is created for all people who're struggling with addiction and want a simple, uplifting tool for daily support. Every page consist of one insightful message or quote to help you stay sober every day. If you want a powerful book to help you start...
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A Unique & Mind-Blowing Addiction Recovery Book Written By Former Addict C.W. V. StraatenCore beliefs need to be changed to break the chain of addiction. This is a surprising book to give you the fundamental & uncommon tools to fundamentally shift your attention from addiction to a deeply satisfying experience of life. A preview of what's inside the book:Remarkable tools you won't find in any other recovery book, to understand & ascend addictionHow...
16) Deconstruir las drogas: La historia completa sobre la reducción de daños y el futuro de la adicción
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«La obra de Maia Szalavitz pone en valor las vidas de los activistas que no solo crearon y desarrollaron la idea de la reducción de daños, sino que además la convirtieron en una fuerza social y política».
Este libro nos cuenta las historias en torno al activismo en reducción de daños. Desde un grupo de consumidores de drogas de clase obrera de Liverpool, quienes, ayudados por médicos y trabajadores de la sanidad pública, diseñaron los principios...
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Everyone is addicted-to some degree. We don't supply one addiction for another. This book delves inside and brings out our dynamic inner core and true self. In a short time, you will discover a way of living that will not only free yourself from your slavery but also amid your cravings and life's challenges in general.I will show you what is really going on and open you up in a gentle way to light up the darkness that has you depressed and confused...
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Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn't the drug or activity itself but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive life-style. Willpower's Not Enough will show you how...
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How many times have you thought about starting a diet or quitting smoking without doing anything about it? Or lapsed back into bad habits after hitting a rough spot on the road to recovery?
To uncover the secret to successful personal change, three acclaimed psychologists studied more than 1,000 people who were able to positively and permanently alter their lives without psychotherapy. They discovered that change does not depend on luck or willpower....
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Los Zorros son un equipo fragmentado, pero puede que Neil Josten sea el milagro que estaban esperando. La única persona que no está de acuerdo es Andrew, y el único capaz de penetrar las férreas barreras de Andrew es Neil. El problema es que Andrew no da nada a cambio de nada y a Neil le cuesta horrores confiar en nadie que no sea él mismo. Sin embargo, puede que no tengan demasiado tiempo; desde el equipo rival de los Cuervos, Riko Moriyama...
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