Atypical Addict - Softcover

Caimi, Paul

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ISBN 13: 9798982060600

Publisher: ARK Recovery & Literacy Foundation, The, 2026

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Atypical Addict celebrates your neurodivergence while offering you an attainable path to sobriety. The author, Paul Caimi, includes detailed research and draws from his experience treating hundreds of patients with ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism to give you a guide to addiction recovery that fits your brain...that shows you don’t have to fit any mold to find joy and recovery.

Caimi knows firsthand that if you have ADHD, dyslexia, autism, or other learning and processing differences, recovery advice can sometimes leave you feeling confused, overwhelmed, or ashamed. You may want to change—but still struggle to put what you hear into practice.

Atypical Addict offers an approachable guide to addiction recovery for people whose brains work differently—including those who suspect they may be neurodivergent.

Through clear language, relatable examples, and illustrations, Atypical Addict helps readers recognize patterns that keep them stuck and take practical steps toward change. At the heart of the book is the ACT Method: Accept, Connect, Transform—a way to respond to difficult feelings and situations rather than react through drinking, using, or other addictive behavior.

Inside, you’ll explore how to:

• Distinguish between your neurodivergent traits and addictive traits
• Interrupt the cycle of shame, isolation, and addictive behavior.
• Recognize warning signs before they build toward a return to use.
• Work through emotional overload with practical tools, including breathing techniques.
• Ask for help without seeing yourself as weak or less than.
• Turn recovery ideas into actions you can use in everyday life.

Drawing on 38 years of continuous sobriety and more than 26 years as a licensed addiction counselor, Caimi brings personal experience and professional insight to a compassionate message: learning differently does not mean you lack intelligence, and needing help does not diminish your worth.

Whether you are beginning recovery, returning after a setback, or supporting someone you love, Atypical Addict offers practical guidance and room to belong.

You deserve a recovery path you can understand—and tools you can use.

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