Books about drug addiction:
Prescription Drug Addiction: The Hidden EpidemicRod Colvin
$15.95(USD)
Are you suffering with an addiction to prescription drugs? Or, are you suffering because you have a loved one who is addicted? If so, author Rod Colvin understands your anguish. His brother, Randy, died as a result of his years of addiction to prescription drugs. Once recovered from the loss, Colvin was determined to help others who are still suffering. He wrote Prescription Drug Addiction—The Hidden Epidemic.
The Book Answers These Questions:
• How does addiction “rewire” the brain?
• What happens if the drugs are stopped abruptly?
The Book Answers These Questions:
• How does addiction “rewire” the brain?
• What happens if the drugs are stopped abruptly?
• What are the symptoms of addiction?
• Who’s at risk for addiction?
• When does proper medical use become addiction?
• How do most people become addicted?
• What are the symptoms of withdrawal?
• What is the difference between addiction and physical dependence?
• What are the top 20 most-abused prescription drugs?
• What is the proper use of benzodiazepines (xanax, valium, klonopin, ativan)?
How Can You Leave Prescription Drugs Behind?
Read stories of recovery from eleven individuals, including a homemaker, an attorney, a physician, a business woman, and a salesman.
· Learn how they become addicted.
· Find out how they made it into recovery.
· What were the turning points in their lives that made them seek recovery?
· What is their advice to others who are struggling?
Treatment for Addiction—What’s Involved?
How Can You Leave Prescription Drugs Behind?
Read stories of recovery from eleven individuals, including a homemaker, an attorney, a physician, a business woman, and a salesman.
· Learn how they become addicted.
· Find out how they made it into recovery.
· What were the turning points in their lives that made them seek recovery?
· What is their advice to others who are struggling?
Treatment for Addiction—What’s Involved?
· What are the treatment options?
· What is a medical detox?
· What is in-patient treatment?
· What is out-patient treatment?
· What is a partial-day treatment plan?
· What is rapid detox for opiate addiction?
· Does insurance pay for treatment?
· What is relapse prevention education?
How Can Family Members Ease Their Pain?
Addiction affects everyone in the family. No one escapes the pain and the chaos.
· What can family members do to help the addict and themselves?
· What does it mean to enable an addict?
· Find out if you’re enabling the addict.
· What are the levels of enabling?
· What is a family intervention?
· How can you set up an intervention to get your loved one into treatment?
· Understand that addiction is a progressive disease.
Advice from Addiction Medicine Specialists
Read the advice of addiction medicine specialists. Their topics:
· Addiction is an illness.
· How to build on hope.
· Be cautious with benzodiazepines.
· Stages of chemical dependency.
· Addiction to pills means greater denial.
· Addicts are not having fun.
· Warning signs of addiction.
· How to avoid isolating, a trigger for relapse.
A Helpful Guide for Overcoming Prescription Drug Addiction
· What is a medical detox?
· What is in-patient treatment?
· What is out-patient treatment?
· What is a partial-day treatment plan?
· What is rapid detox for opiate addiction?
· Does insurance pay for treatment?
· What is relapse prevention education?
How Can Family Members Ease Their Pain?
Addiction affects everyone in the family. No one escapes the pain and the chaos.
· What can family members do to help the addict and themselves?
· What does it mean to enable an addict?
· Find out if you’re enabling the addict.
· What are the levels of enabling?
· What is a family intervention?
· How can you set up an intervention to get your loved one into treatment?
· Understand that addiction is a progressive disease.
Advice from Addiction Medicine Specialists
Read the advice of addiction medicine specialists. Their topics:
· Addiction is an illness.
· How to build on hope.
· Be cautious with benzodiazepines.
· Stages of chemical dependency.
· Addiction to pills means greater denial.
· Addicts are not having fun.
· Warning signs of addiction.
· How to avoid isolating, a trigger for relapse.
A Helpful Guide for Overcoming Prescription Drug Addiction
The Addiction WorkbookIf you've just quit or are thinking about quitting alcohol or drugs, this comprehensive workbook can help. The authors begin by explaining the facts about addiction. They show you how you can determine if you have a problem and cut through denial or ambivalence to reach a clear decision to quit. Simple, concise directions for the quitting process cover getting help and support, dealing with detoxification, improving nutrition and building a personalized exercise program, learning to relax without chemicals, and coping with feelings of depression, anxiety, and anger. Final chapters cover conducting a searching moral inventory and making lifestyle changes to foster long-term relapse prevention. "Direct and easy to understand, for those who want to do something about their use or misuse of alcohol and other drugs."-George R. Bloom, Executive Director, Johnson Institute Foundation.
Acts of WorshipRosemary Rodriguez
$24.98(USD)
Acts Of Worship is a story of addiction and friendship, loss and redemption, focusing on the relationship between Alix (Ana Reeder), a young, homeless addict and Digna (Michael Hyatt), a successful photographer, in Manhattan's Eastside. When Digna discovers Alix unconscious on the stairs of her building, she steps in and offers help despite her own fears. Digna befriends Alix and attempts to set her on the path to recovery but not before their emotional and ethical cores are put to the test.
On the surface the two women seem to represent success and failure. However, when their lives become intertwined, the similarities between them are exposed, revealing them both to be suffering the same fear that manifests itself in loneliness, self-destruction and isolation.
System Requirements:
Starring: Ana Reeder, Christopher Kadish, Michael Hyatt, Nestor Rodriguez
Directed By: Rosemary Rodriguez
Running Time: 94 Min.
Format: DVD MOVIE
Chemical Dependence: Understanding Addiction$69.99(USD)
Do you wonder if you have a drug addiction or suffer from substance abuse? When is "one more drink" one too many? Is yours an alcoholic family? What is the difference between substance abuse and chemical dependence (addiction)? This self-help video describes how chemical dependence starts and how the substance abuse cycle continues. By Jef Gazley, M.S. ©1998. This educational mental health video focuses on the enormous problem of chemical dependence. The words chemical dependence, substance abuse, and drug abuse are really just different names dealing with the same syndrome. The devastation for the individual sufferer, the family, and society that results from this problem was the motivation for making this chemical dependence mental health video. This chemical dependence mental health video, just like the other educational mental health videos in this series have been designed to appeal to individual clients or families, in this case suffering from drug addiction or alcoholism, and the mental health clinician in the field who is interested in learning more about, in this tape substance abuse and how to treat it effectively.
Drug Addiction: Is There Any Hope?: A Biblical PerspectiveMurray Miller
$11.49(USD)
Drug Addiction; Is There Any Hope brings the reader face to face with the deadly lifestyle of the illicit drug world from a Biblical perspective. The Biblical perspective of the illicit drug world presents the truth in practical wisdom. With easy to follow Biblical principles, the reader can acquire knowledge for freedom and/or for sharing with others who are struggling with a lifestyle of illicit drug use. While observing the devastating consequences, which are certain to accompany the illicit drug world, one may sincerely ask - Is There Any Hope? This book, in a very practical way, discloses hope through the teachings of the Bible while addressing the cause, effect, and cure of drug addiction. With the help of God, the reader will learn how to effectively withstand the many challenges associated with the illicit drug world and gain the confidence to lead a productive life. Yes, there is hope!
Drug Abuse Prevention & Addiction Education Poster Series - Set of 10 Laminated Posters.These educational posters confront the realities of drug abuse and addiction with solid information and memorable images. Each poster focuses on a particular drug category, answering these questions: What are they? How are they used? What are the dangers and health effects? What are the commonly used street names? Emphasis is given to the addictive properties of each type of drug, as well as the risks of the short-term and long-term use. The "What if I'm addicted?" poster provides helpful information about the nature of addiction, how to tell if you are addicted, and how to get help. The Drug Abuse Prevention Poster Series includes the following 10 posters: What if I'm Addicted? Marijuana & Hashish; Meth, Ecstasy & Other Stimulants; Alcohol & Tobacco; Depressants; Hallucinogens; Prescription & Over-The-Counter Drugs; Narcotics; Steroids; Inhalants.
