Addiction-Free
How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery
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Publisher Description
A thorough guide about how to get help for a friend or loved one who is having problems with alcohol or other drugs. Provides places, names, numbers--who to call, what questions to ask, and what to expect. This invaluable guide includes six initial options for getting into recovery:
-- The AA treatment program
--Interventions, detox and rehab
--Work related programs
--Al-Anon
--Law-enforcement programs
--Therapeutic communities
Addiction-Free: How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery is a much-needed guide for everyone whose life is touched by addiction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gene Hawes (Rx for Recovery) and Anderson Hawes, an alcohol-treatment professional, present Addiction-Free: How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery, an exploration of six tried-and-true venues for managing addiction (including Alcoholics Anonymous, detox, workplace programs and therapeutic communities). Aimed at people who worry that a loved one, friend or colleague is addicted to alcohol or drugs, the book explains how to determine if someone is an addict, how to protect oneself from co-dependence while maintaining a relationship, how to get help for themselves and how to help the person with the disease. What if an alcoholic won't accept treatment? Is an outpatient or an inpatient program appropriate in a given case? How can one stop enabling an addict? The authors address these and other key issues in a practical and compassionate manner. ( Dec. 10)
