Unhooked
Subtitle: how to quit anything
By: Frederick Woolverton and Susan Shapiro
Contributors: Shapiro, Susan
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781616084189
Subjects: Compulsive behavior; Popular works; Treatment
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Is your habit addictive? Caffeine, Web surfing; title: Write to find out what you think: anorexia, social functions & dysfunctions; title: Learn to rely on people, not substances: cigarettes, alcohol, sugar; title: How to cultivate core pillars: ecstasy, extreme sports; title: Feelings misinform: cocaine, sex & shopping; title: Understanding how addicts think: hallucinogenic drugs & stealing; title: Commit to stopping one addiction at a time: promiscuity & alcohol; title: The secrets of soft habits: binge eating; title: The hidden perils of all addictions: cigarettes; title: Learn how to suffer well: overeating, cigarettes; title: The importance of the right social life: painkillers & food addiction; title: Quitting an addiction everyone loves (and encourages): gambling; title: Beware the substance shuffle: piercings, tattoos, oxycodone; title: Why an addict needs rules to live by: overexercising; title: Chipping the edge off narcissism: pornography; title: Switch to healthy substitutes: surviving bulimia & alcoholism; title: The realities of relapse: crack & crime; title: The dangers of addiction therapy: alcohol, violence; title: Staying clean and careful forever: recovery; title: Keep holiday "cheer" from turning harmful; title: The problem with depending on people.