The Recovery Book: Life-saving Guide for Recovering Alcholics, Addicts and Their Family - Softcover

Eisenberg, Howard; Mooney, Al; Eisenberg, Arlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854872923 ISBN 13: 9781854872920

Publisher: Robinson, 1995

Synopsis

This guide to overcoming addiction covers withdrawal and detox, bringing up drug-resistant children, temptation and how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, preventing and surviving relapse. The book includes a special section for teenagers and sections on exercise, stopping smoking, the "Clean and Sober" diet and pregnancy. Also included is a listing of treatment centres and agencies, together with an introduction by one of the UKs leading specialists in substance abuse.

About this title

From the Back Cover

-_Every issue is addressed, always with hope and understanding, and often with direct suggestions promising relief. . . . Nothing could be better.-" (From the foreword by Stanley E. Gitlow, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicin

About the Author

Al J. Mooney, M.D., currently the Director of Addiction Medicine and Recovery at Willingway, lectures internationally on the latest science and treatments for recovery.

Howard Eisenberg is a medical journalist and coauthor of How to Be Your Own Doctor (Sometimes).

Catherine Dold has covered health and environmental issues for The New York Times, Smithsonian, Discover, Self, and many other national publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854872923
• ISBN 13: 9781854872920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600