Addiction & Recovery for Dummies - Paul Ritvo

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Résumé :

No matter what your road to recovery looks like, Dummies is on your side

Addiction and Recovery For Dummies gives you the tools you need to identify and face addiction in yourself or a loved one, while working towards a healthy and realistic approach to recovery. This book offers a compassionate, unbiased, and non-judgmental guide to evaluating and overcoming addiction. You'll learn to identify the range of addiction levels, the various types (including substance and non-substance), and the possible causes of addiction. An expert author guides you through the range of addiction treatment philosophies and approaches, including twelve-step programs, other in- and outpatient programs, and teen treatments. We'll also look at common recovery roadblocks, so you're prepared to overcome whatever hurdles your recovery process brings. Medications, therapeutic communities, self-help groups, long-term recovery strategies-it's all in here.

• Learn the signs of addiction and identify the most appropriate treatments
• Gain advice on offering help to friends or family members struggling with addiction
• Discover available recovery supports, including groups and medications
• Understand the media and cultural factors that encourage addiction, and how to avoid them

Updated with the latest treatment options, Addiction & Recovery For Dummies is a valuable resource for those on a recovery journey, and a support guide for the 45 million people who are directly impacted by addiction....

Biographie:

Paul Ritvo, PhD, is a professor at York University in Ontario, Canada. He's also a Research Scientist at Cancer Care Ontario and a psychologist with over 25 years' experience in the development and evaluation of evidence-based cognitive behavioral programming for healthy lifestyle behavior change....

Sommaire:

Introduction 1

About This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 4

Part 1: the Hole in the Heart: Detecting Addiction 5

Chapter 1: Addiction: What Is It? 7

Defining Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction 8

Understanding what addiction is 8

The difference between abuse and dependence 9

Your personal definition of addiction 11

The Role of Experimentation 13

Assessing Your Addiction Risk 13

Warning signs of addiction 14

A comment for families and friends of the addicted person 14

Exploring Methods and Models of Treatment 15

Treatment centers and professional help 15

Things to consider when deciding on your treatment 16

The twelve-step program and other self-help approaches 16

The Ins and Outs of Recovery 17

Overcoming fears and obstacles to recovery 17

What to do if you slip 17

How to relate to family, friends, and colleagues 18

What family and friends can do 18

Chapter 2: Substance Use, Substance Abuse, and Addiction 19

The Basics of How Substances of Abuse Work 19

The Drug Lineup 20

Marijuana (THC) 21

Sedatives and tranquilizers 22

Stimulants 23

Psychedelics 24

Opiates and narcotics 26

Dissociative anesthetics 27

Anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs 27

Volatile hydrocarbons (inhalants) 28

Steroids 30

Chapter 3: Behavioral Addictions: Addictions Without Substances 31

Some General Advice 32

Compulsive Gambling 32

Three phases of compulsive gambling 33

The impact of compulsive gambling 34

Sex and Pornography 36

Pornography addiction 37

Sex addiction 37

Love addiction 38

Computer Games and the Internet 39

Food Addiction 41

Eating too much 41

Eating too little 41

Work Addiction 42

Do I have a problem? 42

How work addiction starts 43

Kicking the habit when everyone is asking for more 44

Chapter 4: Dancing with the Tiger: The Risks of Experimenting 47

Going with the Flow: Peer Pressure and Other Influences 48

Partying and club drugs 49

Hooking up 49

I didn't know what I was doing 50

Rebellion and experimentation 50

The Risks of Experimentation and Addiction 51

Drinking, drugging, and driving 51

Unsafe sexual behavior 51

The sex trade 52

Crime 52

Anger and aggression 53

Child abuse and neglect 54

Health risks 55

The Costs of Addiction to Families 56

The blame game 56

The consequences to you and your family 57

Part 2: Taking Those First Steps 59

Chapter 5: Recognizing Addiction in Yourself and Others 61

Am I at Risk? 62

Genetics: Addiction Across Generations 63

Determining who's susceptible 64

Applying your family history 64

How a Body Gets Addicted 65

From the mind out 65

From the body in 66

What drugs are the most addictive? 67

Waking Up to Your Own Addiction 68

Starting with self-observation 69

Taking a quick self-assessment 69

Breaking down the types of addictions 71

Perceiving Addiction in a Loved One 76

Case study: Jack and his daughter 76

Recognizing the warning signs 77

Chapter 6: Assessing Your Readiness: Do You Need Help Now? 81

Understanding Your Role as the Client 82

Assessing the Options 82

Avoiding hopelessness 83

Choosing what's right for you 84

Matching Your Characteristics t...