The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors Lance M. Dodes

The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors

Author: Lance M. Dodes
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Book Title
The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors
Author
Lance M. Dodes
ISBN
9780060958039
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 we feel it when we do What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as: Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem. People with addictions are different from other people. You have to hit bottom before you can get well. You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction. Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Lance M. DodesPublisher: William Morrow & CompanyPublished: 12/24/2002ISBN: 9780060958039Pages: 272Weight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.02h x 5.31w x 0.69d

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 we feel it when we do
  • What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment

In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:

  • Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
  • People with addictions are different from other people.
  • You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
  • You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction.


Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Lance M. Dodes
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 12/24/2002
ISBN: 9780060958039
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.31w x 0.69d

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 we feel it when we do
  • What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment

In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:

  • Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
  • People with addictions are different from other people.
  • You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
  • You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction.


Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Lance M. Dodes
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 12/24/2002
ISBN: 9780060958039
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.31w x 0.69d