When Society Becomes an Addict

When Society Becomes an Addict
Title When Society Becomes an Addict PDF eBook
Author Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 172
Release 1988-04-20
Genre Psychology
ISBN 0062548549

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An incisive look at the system of addiction pervasive in Western society today.

Escape from Intimacy

Escape from Intimacy
Title Escape from Intimacy PDF eBook
Author Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 180
Release 2013-03-26
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 0062276034

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Schaef applies the addictions of sex, love, romance, and relationships to her broader addiction theory and clearly defines and contrasts the relationship addictions.

The Globalization of Addiction

The Globalization of Addiction
Title The Globalization of Addiction PDF eBook
Author Bruce Alexander
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 485
Release 2010-03-04
Genre Medical
ISBN 0199588716

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Addiction is increasing all around the world, and the conventional remedies don't work. The Globalization of Addiction argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that past treatments have focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. This book presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction.

The Biology of Desire

The Biology of Desire
Title The Biology of Desire PDF eBook
Author Marc Lewis
Publisher PublicAffairs
Pages 175
Release 2015-07-14
Genre Psychology
ISBN 1610394380

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Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Title In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts PDF eBook
Author Gabor Maté, MD
Publisher North Atlantic Books
Pages 522
Release 2011-06-28
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 1583944206

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A “thought-provoking and powerful” study that reframes everything you’ve been taught about addiction and recovery—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Myth of Normal (Bruce Perry, author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog). A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its origins, its place in society, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery. Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with people with addiction on Vancouver’s skid row, this #1 international bestseller radically re-envisions a much misunderstood condition by taking a compassionate approach to substance abuse and addiction recovery. In the same vein as Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts traces the root causes of addiction to childhood trauma and examines the pervasiveness of addiction in society. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout—and perhaps underpins—our society. It is not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects but rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs and behaviors of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Dr. Maté argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and how they perpetuate the War on Drugs. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.

Co-Dependence

Co-Dependence
Title Co-Dependence PDF eBook
Author Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 124
Release 2012-12-04
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 0062271164

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The explosive bestseller that revolutionized our understanding of the addictive process. With a new introduction addressing the backlash to the co-dependency movement.

The Addictive Organization

The Addictive Organization
Title The Addictive Organization PDF eBook
Author Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 244
Release 2013-04-02
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 0062283421

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Schaef and Fassel show how managers, workers, and organization members exhibit the classic symptoms of addiction: denying and avoiding problems, assuming that there is no other way of acting, and manipulating events to maintain the status quo.