Reviews (6)

MM-Responsible Drinking
Anyone who has questioned or been surprised about the amount they drink will not feel alone after reading this book.

Good, not great.
AA is not for everyone, despite what you may hear.If the 12-step cookie cutter approach leaves a bad aftertaste, this book may help.
Finally answers the question: What is responsible drinking?
How many people actually know what a standard drink is? Or, how much alcohol is safe to consume? Or what acceptable drinking behavior is? Very few. In our neo-puritan, abstinence-only society, there are few guidelines for sensible, pleasurable indulgence.
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Subjects:  1. Self-Help    2. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    3. Coping with drug & alcohol abuse   

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This was a life saver
This book helped me see who I am.The way I think, is clearly in this book.I can't remember part of my childhood and I thought I was abnormal. Reading this book, I have come to find outthat I am quite normal for a child of an alcoholic.If you are a adult child of an alcoholic, I urge you to read this book and see if it helps you too.

A very good start
The ideal book if you are beginning your journey of recovery due to alcoholics. It give many answers to initial questions. It does not give any lasting answers to the great mysteries of life but that is not its purpose anyway.So...a good start

shocked
About ten years ago I was in a book-store in Cambridge, Ma. and happened to browse through that book. Just reading a few questions and answers wasone of the greatest shocks in my life. Reading the truth when you alwaysthought that you are so strange, noone else can image, is not easy. I washardly able to go to the cashier and pay for the book. This was the firstday of a new life for me.Read more

Subjects:  1. Adult children of alcoholics    2. Alcoholics    3. Alcoholism    4. Family relationships    5. General    6. Miscellanea    7. Recovery    8. Self-Help    9. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    10. Treatment    11. United States    12. Coping with drug & alcohol abuse    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Quick 101 education
This book has the basis information a person needs to quit their addiction.Is the same basic principles that rehabilitation programs used.Except that in the rehab you have a team a people that help you and the AA/NA meetings are all day.

Turning away from alcohol and/or drugs
The workbook allows one to view his/her compulsion to drink and/or use drugs from multiple perspectives, to better realize the consequences and to make a reasoned choice about whether or not to embrace sobriety. It then gently guides one into early recovery, giving tips and support for making important changes in life so as not to return to alcohol and/or drugs. Fanning writes in short, clear sentences so that the book is very easy to understand, and shows great compassion for those who are burdened by the terrible compulsion that is addiction.
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Subjects:  1. Alcoholics    2. Alcoholism    3. Drug addicts    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Recovery    6. Rehabilitation    7. Self-Help    8. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    9. Substance Abuse & Addictions - General    10. Treatment    11. Coping with drug & alcohol abuse   

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Excellent Introduction to Psychology of Mind and addiction treatment
Joseph Bailey did a wonderful service by writing this book which clearly and efficiently discusses how to apply POM to the understanding and treatment of addiction. Highly recommended to professionals and the self-help audience.--Fred P. Gallo, Ph.D., Author of Energy Tapping and Energy Psychology

Practical Book
This is a practical spiritual book no unlike 12 steps it works. I would also encourage people to read An Encounter With A Prophet for a powerful spiritual book that get's you closer to your higher power.

Finally, a concept that really works.
Bailey has presented easy to grasp ideas that really work for the person in recovery. I have used it on both a personal and professional level and would encourage others to do the same. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholics    2. General    3. Mental Health And Hygiene    4. Peace of mind    5. Recovery    6. Rehabilitation    7. Self-Help    8. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    9. Complementary Medicine    10. Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques    11. Popular psychology    12. Self-Help & Practical Interests    13. Self-Help / Substance Abuse   

Subjects:  1. Practice Management    2. Psychology    3. Psychopathology - Addiction    4. Psychotherapy - General    5. Addiction & therapy    6. Alcoholism    7. Counselling    8. Drug addiction & substance abuse    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Addictions   

Reviews (12)

Powerful
Powerful! Powerful! The bold, honesty of these women is just absolutely powerful.To read about forgiveness, pulling yourself off the ground and rising up, is just powerful. I am truly speachless. I finished this book in one day. I could not put it down.You definately do not need to be in a situation of drugs and alcohol to read this book and be touched. I reccomend this book to every parent, mother, daughter, friend. It is Powerful.
The LostYears
This is singularly the most compelling book I have ever read. It was so gripping that despite my 6.00am appointment and knowing I would return to the task of getting 3 kids organized I kept reading it until finished (somewhere around 4.00am).
A Must Read for Every Parent
A must-read for every parent
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Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography And Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Drug Abuse    7. Family Relationships    8. Parenting - Motherhood    9. Personal Memoirs    10. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    11. Health & Fitness / General   

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A new paradigm for families
Debra Jay has been on Oprah more than a few times. She's the blond lady with the glasses who is always so direct with addicts and their families. Her new book is a revelation. Basically, her idea is that there should be zero tolerance for untreated addiction in the family. After all, why should the alcoholic have the right to "hit bottom" in their own sweet time, when the family is suffering?
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Subjects:  1. Alcohol Abuse    2. Alcoholism    3. Drug Abuse    4. Drug addiction    5. General    6. Psychopathology - Addiction    7. Religion    8. Religious aspects    9. Self-Help    10. Spiritual    11. Spirituality - General    12. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    13. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drug Dependence    14. Substance abuse    15. Treatment    16. Self-Help / Recovery   

Reviews (7)

The Best I Have Ever Read!
This book is a must for every clinician working in the field.I use the material working with both adult and adolescent clients.The concepts are written in a manner which make it appropriate for any group/individual regardless of age, sex, education level, or ethnic background.The Spirituality exercises are the best I have ever seen.

The Best in the Business
I teach this college course to new counselors. By the time they are through with this treatment manual they really know what they are doing. Everything a counselor needs to know is covered. The book is informative, meticulously researched and fun. It makes students feel good about themselves. It is the simply best text in the business. I highly recommend this book.

The Nuts and Bolts of Mainline Treatment
This book teaches addiction counselors exactly what to do in treatment. It leaves no stone unturned and covers everything a counselor needs to know to offer the best treatment in the world. Besides the book makes you feel good about yourself. All of the major treatment centers in the US had a part in making this book great. At every center this book is within arms reach of every good counselor in the building. All counselors should have this book and use it often. I am a clinical director and I give it to all of my new counselors--they love it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholism (Psychiatric Aspects)    2. Counseling of    3. Drug Addiction (Psychiatric Aspects)    4. Dual diagnosis    5. Patients    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - Addiction    8. Psychotherapy - Counseling    9. Substance abuse    10. Counselling    11. Drug addiction & substance abuse    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Addictions   

Reviews (16)

My Way Out
This is a complete educational program with on line support.Several methods are described to become completely abstinent with alcohol or to moderate your drinking.Subtypes of alcoholics are identified.The use of the newest medications is discussed.There is a nutritional program and a hypnotherapy program.I have found the program to be successful in moderating my drinking.The hypnotherapy program is particularly helpful.

Thank You Roberta Jewell
Finally a light at the end of a very dark tunnel called alcoholism.
A Fabulous Book
This book is a must read for anyone who has a problem with alcohol or who knows someone who is struggling with alcohol.It offers insight, hope and support.Roberta shares her personal struggle with alcohol and her desire to change her life.Her story is not only inspiring it is told in an honest way and offers real life advise on how to stand up to addiction.Of all the books I have read on the subject of addiction this one is the best. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholics    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography & Autobiography / Women    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. General    8. Hypnotism    9. Rehabilitation    10. Self-Help / Alcoholism    11. Substance Abuse & Addictions - General    12. Therapeutic use    13. Alcohol Abuse    14. Alcoholism    15. Recovery    16. Self-Help    17. Substance Abuse & Addiction    18. Treatment    19. Women   

Reviews (5)

Could Use a Proofreader
It is necessary to note that this book is required for CADC licensure in some certification programs.As such, it is so poorly written and organized, I am finding it difficult to get through it. I am disappointed to have paid significant money for what is assumably quality research and information about substance use and abuse, presented in a manner that is careless and disorganized.There are innumerable grammatical errors and the author lacks focus and consistancy within paragraphs.It is inexcusable to read a "textbook," where basic sentence structure and writing is neglected.While the information contained is assumably valid and of great value, its presentation is lacking at best.I hope that future additions are more cost effective and adhere to a higher standard of professional educational writing.

Poorly written
This is a surprisingly poorly written textbook.One can tell that more and more information has simply been cut and pasted into this book over the years. The continuity and organization of the book suffers.The authors (or a new author) should consider writing a new text from scratch --- one that encompasses the entire field of substance abuse counseling more comprehensively.

loosening the grip
Overall, this is a good book in learning the concepts of alcoholism ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Recovery    2. Self-Help    3. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    4. Alcoholism    5. Coping with drug & alcohol abuse    6. Self-Help / Alcoholism   

Reviews (5)

Great Recovery Companion
This book inspires and encourages continued recovery.Highly recommended for those directly and indirectly involved with recovery.

Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Dear K, I love the book and I'm so glad you were published in it because otherwise I might not have read it. After 18 years of sobriety, I'm still inspired by an individual's story ofaddiction, the necessary desperation that leads to the first step, and their journey to recovery. Although it's the kind of book I might reread, when I'm finished I'll probably pass it on to someone that I think needs to read it and hope it keeps getting passed along until it's worn out. This book won't go out of style. PAP

Very encouraging book
I think you can't go wrong with this book.The stories are encouraging and uplifting which is what someone in recovery needs, in my opinion.I've even highlighted pages so that I can go back and re-read what really spoke to me.I'd recommend buying this book in heartbeat. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Compulsive behavior    3. Inspirational    4. Inspirational - General    5. Motivational & Inspirational    6. Recovering addicts    7. Recovering alcoholics    8. Recovery    9. Recovery movement    10. Self-Help    11. Spiritual Healing    12. Substance Abuse    13. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    14. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drug Dependence    15. Self-Help / Alcoholism   

Editorial Review

"Quit drinking on your own terms," urges Jerry Dorsman, addictions counselor and an alcoholic in recovery for over 16 years. Those terms, carefully outlined in Read more

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quit for good
I read this book and more like it after trying aa three times in one year. Finally heard ( from an Amazon review ) about Schick Shadel Hospital in Seattle. 10 days will stop all cravings. Just got back from treatment in oct 06. Came back a non drinker. This program saved my life. This book was helpful for post treatment ideas but not a lifesaver like Schick Shadel.

How to Quit Drinking without AA
This author is thorough and positive.He describes many factors which can be helpful in recovery.Many people with alcohol abuse difficulties do not want to attend AA for one reason or another.Mr. Dorsman is able to describe an alternative process,and maintain a positive outlook.It is refreshing.I will admit, however, that a few of his descriptives were a bit far fetched.Generally a good alternative book about alcohol abuse and recovery.

Interactive
This was a good workbook.It was like being with your own personal pyschologist helping you figure out why you drink and what different methods there are out there to stop.I liked it so much I got one for someone else too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholics    2. Recovery    3. Rehabilitation    4. Self-Help    5. Self-help techniques    6. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    7. Self-Help / General   

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you win with this one!
for those of us who have a drinking or sober alcoholic in our past or present (and god, don't most of us!), this book can help.it's beautifully yet simply written and gently lays out a new philosophy for life, one in which we can learn to keep the focus on ourselves and our behavior, be honest but in an appropriate way, and be kind but firm - with boundaries.this book offered me a whole new idea of what love and life are and can be, and encouraged me to walk forward in a healthy direction like few books have. How Alanon Works For Families and Friends of Alcoholics
This book is a wonderful basic text on the principles of the Alanon program, a program of recovery for anyone who has an addict in their lives. It explains how addiction warps those close to the addict, the behaviorsthat ensue and finally healthier behavior. It's provides a way out of theprison that's constructed when a family or friend faces the frustration ofliving with and loving an alcoholic/addict.Buy this book for YOU ifyou're in this situation..and stop the madness. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Al-Anon Family Group Headquart    2. Alcoholics    3. Alcoholics' spouses    4. Children of alcoholics    5. Family relationships    6. Self-Help    7. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism   

Reviews (26)

Modern, Factual, Agenda-Free Handbook on Modern Drug Abuse
Some folks reviewing this book don't seem to understand the purpose for which the book was intended:This is a general consumer book with "straight facts" from Ph.D.s in pharmacology and chemistry on "the most used and abused drugs."This isn't intended to be comprehensive.It it certainly isn't about grandstanding as some tool in the "war on drugs."The motto in this book is "Just say Know."
Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fully Revised and Updated Second Editio
great condition, recived very fast in mail

Great Drug Reference Book
"Buzzed" is written in an easy to read format, without a lot of unnecessary technical jargon.The specific terminology that has been used has, in many cases, been defined for the reader.The information is well organized and gives a good broad overview of each drug.It is an excellent reference book to keep around. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drug Guides    2. Drugs - Dictionaries    3. Drugs of abuse    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Popular works    7. Reference    8. Social Deviance    9. Alcoholism    10. Drug addiction & substance abuse   

Reviews (5)

One Day at a Time in Al-Anon
Wonderful, inspirational book of daily readings for families of Alcoholics and Drug-Addicts.

One Day at a Time in Al-Anon
Great books-great for daily meditations, great for any of the 12 step programs.

Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired
I lost my first One Day At A Time with Al-Anon so when I purchased this one it was like meeting an old and dear friend.
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Subjects:  1. Mental Illness    2. Self-Help    3. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism   

Subjects:  1. Alcoholism    2. Drug abuse    3. Family Psychotherapy    4. General    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Mental Health And Hygiene    7. Neurology - General    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - Marriage & Family    11. Treatment    12. therapy    13. Drug addiction & substance abuse    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    15. Psychotherapy    16. Social, group or collective psychology   

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Can't be done better or easier.
This book makes the difficult task of treatment planning easy. I don't have to struggle anymore.

i didn't read the book
While helpful to some, standardized treatment planning tends to limit the responsiveness of the patient

Saves tons of time
I'd rather help my patients than fight with managed care companies about the OTR's.This little book not only gave me a few new ideas about treatment techniques, but saved me tons of time in preparing treamtneplans. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drug Addiction (Psychiatric Aspects)    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Planning    4. Practice Management    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Addiction    7. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    8. Psychotherapy - General    9. Substance abuse    10. Treatment    11. Alcoholism    12. Drug addiction & substance abuse    13. Medical toxicology    14. Psychiatry   

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Excellent Explanation of Alcoholism Neurochemistry and Genetics, Reward Deficiency Syndrome, AlcoholMetabolism , Craving
Alcohol and the Addictive Brain is possibly the best publishedexplanation ofgenetic and neurochemical causes of alcohol dependence, withdrawal and craving.This book explains how genetically susceptible individuals, differ neurochemicallyfrom nonalcoholics, and how alcohol alters dopamine, GABA, serotonin, norepinephrine and opiate neurotransmitter and neurotransmitter receptor levels.Inherited differences in P300 brainwaves are thoroughly explained.The history of alcohol neurotransmitter research is reported, objectively, with fair consideration given to opposing views.This book is surprisingly readable, considering the complexity of the research it explains.Enkephalinase inhibition treatments, which Blum has refined, are an especially promising possibility for reducing alcohol craving and dependence. The explanation of transformation of alcohol to acetaldehyde, and subsequently to beta carboline, tetrahydroisoquinolines, morphine, codeine and other opiates, remains useful today and helps explain why naltrexone and accupuncture can reduce alcohol craving and consumption.
At last a methodologically rigorous study of alcoholism
I first acquired this book shortly after it was published in 1991, and I have now been continuously sober for over eleven years. The hypothesis that alcoholism is an empirically identifiable neurochemical imbalance in thebrain is still met with strong resistance by drunks, moralists and manytherapists. Unfortunately for these sometimes vocal critics, Blum and Paynepresent compelling laboratory evidence that it is as much a neurologicaldisorder as Parkinson's or epilepsy. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcohol    2. Alcohol Abuse    3. Alcoholism    4. Brain    5. Effect of drugs on    6. Genetic aspects    7. Health/Fitness    8. Human Biochemistry    9. Neuropsychology    10. Physiological effect    11. Psychology    12. Addiction & therapy    13. Clinical psychology    14. Drug addiction & substance abuse    15. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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A Preachy Repackaging of 12 Step Recovery
As a director of an outpatient chemical dependency program, I came across this book in my professional life. While the book is well intentioned and covers a wide range of topics about addiction and recovery, I was ultimately quite disappointed in it's presentation. The content is clearly a repackaging of 12 Step (e.g.: Alcoholics Anonyomous) concepts such as acceptance of powerlessness, etc. While this is not by itself a bad thing, the author incessantly uses commanding language beginning with "We need to ..."that many readers, I anticipate, will experience as preaching and condescending. (Implicitly telling the reader: "You need to!") The author places a heavy emphasis on labeling ("alcoholic", "addict") and de-emphasizes a person's ability to be their own agent of change; both contrary to scientific principles about what is effectively in achieving change. Some chapters contain exercises that invite reader participation but the exercises are not well developed and seem secondary to the overall lecturing tone of the material. Those interested in 12 Step recovery might do better to go to the primary sources (AA, NA). Others might seek out material from sources such as Smart Recovery.

A must read for anyone who wants to stop using!
A great book for anyone who is struggling to stop using alcohol and/or drugs.If you want to stop and keep failing, read this book.It will give you the information you need to be successful.It hasthe answers to yourquestions.As someone who works with people who are early in recovery, Isee them struggle with the basics.This book gives you information youwon't get in a treatment center.I highly recommend it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholics    2. Alcoholism    3. Drug abuse    4. Prevention    5. Rehabilitation    6. Self-Help    7. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism    8. Substance Abuse & Addictions - General    9. United States    10. Drug addiction & substance abuse    11. Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques    12. Popular psychology    13. Self-Help / Substance Abuse   

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A Remarkable Wonderful Tool
I have tried to be a careful student of the Big Book for many years.It is the most important book in my life.This volume is an invaluable tool for studying the Big Book.It's comments are clear, insightful, and helpful.It is clearly the product of years of study.The author keeps the comments brief, accurate and writes withstyle of deep humility that comes from practicing this program over time.
Can not recommend.
I found the editing of this edition to be amateurish and poorly done (for instance, the last 30 or so pages are repeated). THIS BOOK IS WORTH BUYING
The Annotated AA Handbook explains the directions for working the 12 steps using the first edition Big Book text and stories. There is a massive amount of commentary explaining almost every sentence of the Big Book. The annotations illustrate how the principles of AA apply to our lives and how we can live the program. I am amazed at the amount of study and understanding that writing this book must have required. The cross refs really enable us to more fully understand the AA program. There are tables included that show what the Big Book has to say about topics such as: Reasons to Believe; Medical Opinions of Alcoholism, Attitudes that Hinder our Progress; Directions for making a Beginning. Chapter 5 includes GREAT tables for doing our fourth steps. The index is amazing in itself -- the best I have ever seen, and way better than a concordance. Every chapter has an introduction and section showing an outline of concepts presented that I found especially helpful. I recommend this book to everyone who is interested in the 12 steps, AA history, the writers of the first edition stories, and especially those who want to recover from alcoholism. Buy this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Reference    3. Self-Help / Alcoholism    4. Self-Help / Recovery    5. Alcoholics    6. Alcoholics Anonymous    7. Alcoholism    8. Handbooks, manuals, etc    9. Recovery    10. Reference / General    11. Rehabilitation    12. Self-Help    13. Twelve-Step Programs