Unhooked how to quit anything
A specialist in treating addictions and a former patient outline a method of controlling any kind of addiction--including substance abuse and other compulsive behaviors that mask emotional pain--by understanding the underlying pain.
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New York : London :
Skyhorse ; Constable & Robinson [distributor],
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Is your habit addictive? Caffeine, Web surfing
- Write to find out what you think: anorexia, social functions & dysfunctions
- Learn to rely on people, not substances: cigarettes, alcohol, sugar
- How to cultivate core pillars: ecstasy, extreme sports
- Feelings misinform: cocaine, sex & shopping
- Understanding how addicts think: hallucinogenic drugs & stealing
- Commit to stopping one addiction at a time: promiscuity & alcohol
- The secrets of soft habits: binge eating
- The hidden perils of all addictions: cigarettes
- Learn how to suffer well: overeating, cigarettes
- The importance of the right social life: painkillers & food addiction
- Quitting an addiction everyone loves (and encourages): gambling
- Beware the substance shuffle: piercings, tattoos, oxycodone
- Why an addict needs rules to live by: overexercising
- Chipping the edge off narcissism: pornography
- Switch to healthy substitutes: surviving bulimia & alcoholism
- The realities of relapse: crack & crime
- The dangers of addiction therapy: alcohol, violence
- Staying clean and careful forever: recovery
- Keep holiday "cheer" from turning harmful
- The problem with depending on people.
