books about: addiction

books about: addiction

books:

Addiction

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method

Allen Carr

Sterling, 2005

Very serious book,,,, 92%+ quitting smoking success rate...
Quitting smoking is a difficult problem for many. I grew up in a society where about 90 to 95 percent of males smoked. Starting from age 16, I smoked a pack a day, sometimes even more, going about maximum 4 packs a day. Last year it was when I gave serious ...

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery

Chris Prentiss

Power Press, 2005

Great perspective
This book helped to give me a different perspective of my husband's issues with alcohol. This book gave me hope that a cure to alcoholism is possible if someone is willing. The chapter that helped me personally the most is the one that talks about nothing that ...

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

Melody Beattie

Hazelden, 1992

Codependent No More
I haven't finished reading it yet but just by reading introduction and couple of chapters, I knew that book was what I was searching for... It is just what I need to get through difficult time...

Identical

Ellen Hopkins

Margaret K. McElderry, 2008

Some People Don't Pay attention
I am currently finishing this novel and I have loved it so far, Yes its morbid and totally disturbing. But if you have read any of Hopkins other novels you would know that she doesn't really make "sunny happy bubble" books she makes stories that have profound, ...

The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series)

Melody Beattie

Hazelden, 1990

Taking Care of Ourselves
A decade or so ago a friend who was going through a rough patch in her life had a therapist who highly recommended this book of meditations. I happened to be in Barnes and Noble with her when she bought Melody Beattie's book, and after perusing a few of the passages, I ...

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

Back Bay Books, 2006

Great even if you don't get everything
I didn't, like one reviewer here suggested, look up every word I didn't know in the dictionary (and there were a lot. Antinomy?) I didn't even read all the footnotes, because after a while this was, even though it was a great book, one of those books where you start ...

Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book 4th Edition

AA Services

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2002

This book has saved hundreds of thousands of liveslives!
This book tells exactly how hundreds of thousands of real alcoholics have been saved from alcoholism. How can anyone be critical of that if it works? Only the stupid, or ignorant can criticize a book which has literally saved so many people from certain death (not to ...

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008

A beautiful boy
The author is wonderfully expresses his pain about his loving son. I also have a daughter the same age whose drug of choice is heroin. The book opened my eyes to go to Hazeleden to joint the parents program and to go to Al-Anon. In short I thank the author so much ...

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

Anchor, 2002

Funny, strange, disturbing, good
This is the first Palahniuk book I've read, and I look forward to reading more of his books. Based upon the description of the book, this isn't one that I'd likely pick up to read...the redemption/recovery/whatever you call it of a sex addict just didn't seem that ...

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Nic Sheff

Ginee Seo Books, 2008

great book
This is one of a kind book. It is the kind where you really cannot read too long , but you cannot stay away from reading too long either. It shows you the scary reality of our young generation who can easily get hooked to bad lifestyle and refuses to know how or when ...

The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own

David Carr

Simon & Schuster, 2008

The Night of the Gun
I think this story is a good one about addiction. It doesn't tell all the seedy stuff that could have happened but it shows the life of an addict who is a pretty good guy with a pretty bad addiction. David Carr seems to have really looked at himself so that he could ...

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

Nikki Sixx

Pocket Books, 2007

Interesting read about addiction
I didn't know I was going to enjoy reading about someone's drug addiction so much! I am not an addict and its not something I ever thought I would read about in this type of forum but I like Motley Crue and Nikki. I think what makes this book so interesting is that ...

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

Anchor, 2005

Whose the target audience?
I wanted to send an inspiring story to someone I'm trying to mentor from a distance. He's in an Arizona prison where he's spent a fair amount of the last 20 years for non-violent criminal offenses. To preview it, I got a copy from my local small town library. I knew ...

Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction

Patrick J. Carnes

Hazelden, 2001

Enlightening
Carnes does a great job of not only showing how destructive sexual addiction can be, but also how slippery the slope is so that the addict can easily fall into the illegal and extremely shameful without realization or intent. Along with this dire warning, he also ...

Crank

Ellen Hopkins

Simon Pulse, 2004

Life with the Monster
Life with the Monster While visiting her good for nothing father, 17-year-old Kristina meets the guy she thinks is the love of her life and is introduced to the "MONSTER". It's taking over Kristina and turning her into Bree, who is her negative alter ego. Switching ...