7 Tools to Beat Addiction A New Path to Recovery from Addictions of Any Kind: Smoking, Alcohol, Food, Drugs, Gambling, Sex, Love

by Peele, Stanton

• ISBN13: 9781400048731
• ISBN10: 1400048737
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-27
• Publisher: Harmony

Summary

DO YOU WANT A LIFE WITHOUT ADDICTION? Whether you are battling drugs, nicotine, alcohol, food, shopping, sex, or gambling,7 Tools to Beat Addictionis a hands-on, practical guide to overcoming addiction of any kind. If you or a loved one are struggling with addiction but do not find that twelve-step or other treatment programs work for you, this book can help. In , internationally recognized expert Dr. Stanton Peele presents a program for addiction recovery based on research and clinical study and grounded in science. His program utilizes proven methods that people actually use to overcome addiction, with or without treatment.7 Tools to Beat Addictionoffers in-depth, interactive exercises that show you how to outgrow destructive habits by putting together the building blocks for a balanced, fulfilling, responsible life. Dr. Peele's approach is founded on the following tools: Values Motivation Rewards Resources Support Maturity Higher Goals This no-nonsense guide will put you in charge of your own recovery. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Biography

STANTON PEELE, Ph.D., J.D., is the author of the groundbreaking books <b>Love and Addiction</b>, <b>Diseasing of America</b>, and <b>The Truth About Addiction and Recovery</b>. An adjunct professor at the New York University School of Social Work and a senior fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, he has won the Mark Keller Award from the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies and the lifetime scholarship award from the Drug Policy Alliance. Visit his website at www.peele.net.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(22)
Values: Building on Your Values Foundation	23	(22)
Motivation: Activating Your Desire to Quit	45	(27)
Rewards: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Addiction	72	(29)
Resources: Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses, Developing Skills to Fill the Gaps	101	(29)
Support: Getting Help from Those Nearest You	130	(33)
A Mature Identity: Growing into Self-respect and Responsibility	163	(31)
Higher Goals: Pursuing and Accomplishing Things of Value	194	(27)
Afterword: Society's Tools for Fighting Addiction	221	(31)
Notes	252	(16)
Index	268