Cool, Hip & Sober: 88 Ways to Beat Booze and DrugsMacmillan, 5 dec. 2003 - 288 sidor In a refreshingly clear-headed and informed approach to addiction, noted writer and radio host Bill Manville sums up what he's learned in more than forty years of research . . . twenty as a demon-driven drunk and twenty in recovery. From his popular show "Addictions and Answers," broadcast from KVML in Sonora, California, Manville has compiled a list of 88 questions and answers from, as he says, "a ton of plain and fancy drunks and dopers and their friends and families." As well, he offers valuable advice and information from his guests: noted psychiatrists, psychologists, rehab counselors, MDs, academics, and more. Here, in first-person detail, are responses to the issues faced by alcoholics, addicts, and their loved ones, such as: · How to intervene with a substance-abusing friend · How alcoholics can protect themselves from relapses · Evaluating therapies, both individual and group · How alcohol affects sex · Definitions of "social drinker," "heavy drinker," and alcoholic · The many faces of denial · Is alcoholism inherited? · How to choose the right rehab · Is there an addictive personality? · What role does spirituality play in recovery? A brave and transformational look at the treatment of chemical dependency, Cool, Hip, and Sober is a captivating, insightful and essential handbook for overcoming denial and achieving a peaceful, long-term recovery. |
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Contents | 19 |
Dollars Cents | 36 |
With Still Drunk Ugh | 39 |
Everything You Wanted to Know About Addiction but Were Afraid Wouldnt Work for You Are You Addicted? Getting Past Denial | 41 |
Am I an AlcoholicAddict? Im Not a Joiner So Dont Talk to Me About AA | 42 |
7 Hitting Bottom Booze andor Dope | 45 |
8 What Was Marilyn Monroes Secret Sorrow? | 47 |
9 The Two Faces of Robert Downey Jr | 52 |
Happy Joyous and Free? Recovery After Addiction and How to Stay That Way | 161 |
45 Blackouts and Oblivion Drinking | 166 |
46 Calling It a Disease Is Just Politically Correct Liberal Crap Right? | 168 |
47 One Minute Were Fine the Next at Each Others Throat | 170 |
48 Disease or Character Defect? | 174 |
49 Her Sponsor Says Okay Mine Says No | 175 |
50 A Wifes Denial | 177 |
51 Ill Die If I Dont Have a Drink Soon As I | 178 |
10 Maintenance Drinking | 54 |
11 Im Not An Alcoholic Merely a Heavy Drinker | 57 |
12 Define A Social Drinker | 58 |
13 In Vino Veritas? | 59 |
14 Am I an AlcoholicAddict? Revisited | 61 |
15 Why Cant I Hold It Anymore? | 63 |
16 Drinking Makes Me Feel Normal 65 | 65 |
17 Mixing Pills and Booze | 67 |
18 Am I an AlcoholicAddict? Part IIIDenial Wears a Thousand Faces | 68 |
Its Not My Fault | 70 |
20 Youd Drink Too If You Had Money Troubles Like Mine | 74 |
21 Oh My God My Kids Smoking Pot | 80 |
22 Bill My Mothers Turning into a Lush | 84 |
23 Am I an AlcoholicAddict? Last Time | 87 |
I Didnt Have a Chance Its in My Genes Is Alcoholism Inherited? | 92 |
25 My Doctor Is No Help | 94 |
Addiction in the Saddle How Do I Stop? 96 | 96 |
26 Rehab vs Cold Turkey? | 97 |
27 You Got Any Proof Rehabs Work? | 101 |
28 I Never Got Laid Sober in My Life | 103 |
29 Bill You Never Said What Rehabs Cost | 107 |
30 How Do I Choose the Right Rehab? | 110 |
31 Sponsor? Who Needs a Shoulder to Cry On? | 115 |
32 This Sense of Impending Doom | 118 |
33 SelfEsteem vs SelfInflated Grandiosity | 121 |
34 Why Is Crack So Hard to Kick? | 123 |
35 Crossing the Line | 126 |
36 Right and Wrong Way to Do an Intervention | 127 |
37 Psychiatry Takes a Drunk and Turns Him into a Basket Case | 135 |
WhiteKnuckle Sobriety 136 366 | 136 |
39 PostTraumatic Stress and Relapse 18 | 138 |
40 Booze and Incest | 143 |
41 The Higher Power Business Puts Me Off | 145 |
42 The Higher Power Relationship Works for Me 151 | 151 |
43 Dry Drunks and Stinking Thinking | 156 |
52 Am I an Alcoholic? An Unscientific Test | 181 |
53 Keep Booze in the House? | 182 |
54 How Does Addiction Arrest Emotional Development? | 186 |
55 The Geographical Cure | 191 |
56 Why Cant I Drink? Im Addicted to Pot Not Beer | 192 |
57 You Wouldnt Be So Hot to Take My Inventory If You Were Happy with Your Own | 193 |
Breaking Anonymity 15 | 195 |
59 My Father Cant Sleep Without a Drink | 200 |
60 Is There an Addictive Personality? | 202 |
61 Am I an Enabler? | 206 |
62 Can the New Drugs Help? | 208 |
63 ThreeTime Loser 211 | 211 |
64 My Brothers Wife Is Drinking | 213 |
65 How Can One Cold Beer on a Hot Day Hurt? | 215 |
66 How Can One Cold Beer on a Hot Day Hurt? Part II | 217 |
67 Too Gay for AA? | 219 |
68 You Against Womens AA Groups Too? | 220 |
69 Are We Ever Cured? | 223 |
70 Does Antabuse Work? | 224 |
71 Overwhelming Feelings | 227 |
Twelfth Step Call | 231 |
73 Drinking and Insomnia | 233 |
A New Identity | 235 |
75 Prozac and Alcoholic Relapse | 237 |
76 My Last Drink | 240 |
77 Rewin Her Trust? | 243 |
78 AA Is Boring | 245 |
80 Drink Like a Gent Again? | 246 |
81 God in a Bottle? | 247 |
82 Help The Bosss Wife Put Sherry in the Black Bean Soup | 248 |
83 Problems of SelfEsteem Who Should a Recovering Drunk Marry? | 250 |
84 Problems of SelfEsteem Part | 253 |
The Subject Is Hope | 277 |
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Cool, Hip & Sober: 88 Ways to Beat Booze and Drugs William Henry Manville,Bill Manville Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2004 |
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