Addictions: Treatment & Prevention

A book about recovery. Written for every loved one, community member, and recovery professional who wants to know "how do I help?. A comprehensive approach to our addiction crisis from a community perspective.

Helps identify the root of your addictive behaviors while providing healthy coping strategies to deal with the stress, anxiety, and depression that can come from experiencing a loss. With these powerful mindfulness exercises and lifestyle tips, you will be able to replace addictive behaviors with healthy behaviors to begin healing.

Drawing on interviews from young people age 12-16, it discusses how adults can have open and inquiring conversations with teens about both the positive and negative aspects of their use of online spaces and demonstrates how teens can be engaged online to support their mental health.

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Addiction is a disease that, like many others, exists on a spectrum. We are more vulnerable to becoming addicted to substances at certain points in our lives and based on the evidence provided in The Addiction Spectrum, most effective at kicking addiction when we take a holistic approach. With the help of the 13-point plan and individual protocols detailed in this book, you have the power to change your destiny.

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Demonstrates the unique value of brief motivational interventions for addressing adolescent alcohol and other substance use in a range of clinical contexts, reviews exemplary treatment approaches and discusses effective intervention strategies with diverse populations.