Alive Again: Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction - Couverture rigide

Samuels, Howard C.; O'Boyle, Jane

 
9781118364413: Alive Again: Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
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ISBN 10 : 1118364414 ISBN 13 : 9781118364413
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2013

Synopsis

A powerful book on addiction recovery by a doctor who overcame addiction himself, the renowned founder and president of The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles

Howard Samuels is one of the world's leading drug and alcohol addiction experts who runs the prestigious The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles. Decades ago, from the age of sixteen until he was thirty-two, Dr. Samuels had his own intense struggle with addiction to cocaine and heroin. Using his own compelling story as inspiration as well as case studies of his patients from all walks of life, Dr. Samuels shows how readers can recover from alcoholism and drug addiction by following this 12-step program to happiness and fulfillment in sobriety. This self-help book provides hope, inspiration, and prescriptive advice for those who want to recover as well as guidance for friends and family members seeking help for someone they love.

  • Written from the unique perspective of a recovering addict who has helped thousands of people overcome addiction to alcohol and drugs
  • Shares with readers for the first time in book form The Hills' world-renowned treatment program
  • Tells Samuels' personal recovery story as the son of a prominent politician and businessman among the rich and famous in New York and Washington
  • Contains a groundbreaking prescriptive program showing how to work each of the 12 steps
  • Examines the cause of addictions, relapses, and fallback addictions
  • Contains important information for family and friends of those struggling with addiction, including steps for intervention and healing
  • The author appears regularly on TV

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À propos de l'auteur

HOWARD C. SAMUELS, Psy.D., is an internationally renowned recovery expert. He appears regularly on national TV news shows about the challenges of drug addiction.

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1118364414
ISBN 13 
9781118364413
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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