Getting High and Doing Time: What's the Connection? - Softcover

Read, Edward M.; Daley, Dennis C.; American Correctional Association

 
9781569911426: Getting High and Doing Time: What's the Connection?

Synopsis

The number of offenders dealing with drug problems continues to grow. Proper treatment is vital to ensuring offenders are ready for life on the outside. This much-anticipated second edition offers solutions to this problem. Topics discussed include: We Talked "Around" Our Addiction; Understanding Addiction: Getting to the Bottom of it; How Bad Is Your Addiction? Do I Have the Disease?; Getting Out of the Addiction Trap: Recovery Works If You Give It a Chance; The First Step: Using AA and NA to Change Yourself; Relapse Prevention; How to Stay Clean After You Get Clean; Probation and Parole Officers: Working with Them; and Mental Health Problems: Getting the Help You Need.

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