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How many decisions do you make in a day; ten, fifty, or maybe a hundred? The majority of decisions are basically inconsequential such as, 'Do I put my left shoe on first or my right one?' Other decisions carry a little weight like, 'Do I buy the Chevy or the Ford?' Very few are life altering in the vein of, 'Do I do drugs today or not?' It's not really a disease is a bold look at addiction. It is a serious, witty, and soul searching instruction manual of one way to beat addiction. CR Holland knows the life of an addict; he was one for almost twenty five years. He believes that addiction is not a disease, but a complicated manifestation of life experiences that culminate in disaster. This book examines primary research on addiction, breaks down the multiple root triggers of addiction, and explains how the addict has an input into their life decisions. Is this book a radical ground breaking end-all to addiction in our lifetime; probably not. Not every person that read's this book will one hundred percent end their addiction; that is an unrealistic expectation at best. But, every addict that reads this book will glean a fresh perspective on addiction and how they can crawl away from it if they so choose. And that is the thesis of the book; you as an addict have a choice to continue to feed your addiction or starve it into submission. Once you make your decision to end your addiction you will go through many twists and turns and It's not really a disease pinpoints these obstacles and enables you to have a strategy when they appear. Some obstacles will be universally common among addicts and other obstacles will be quite unique to your individual situation. Addicts and the reasons that we are addicts are so wildly different and unpredictable that not every scenario is possible to imagine but this book identifies and targets situations that you are most likely to experience. You don't have to be an addict to find this book to be of use. It will give yo
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CR Holland has beaten addiction to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. He has remained free for the past seventeen years and counting. CR earned a bachelor's degree in 2010 from Indiana Wesleyan University and currently resides in Indianapolis with his wife Penny and their boys Noah, 15, and Jonah, 14.
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- PublisherOutskirts Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1478748931
- ISBN 13 9781478748939
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages116
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