Introduction - How to use this Book
I. What you need to know about Alcohol Misuse
1. Alcohol Misuse - what is it?
2. Do you have a problem with Alcohol?
3. Causes of Alcohol Dependence - Family, Genes and Environment
4. The Effects of Alcohol on the Body
5. The Effects of Alcohol on the Family
6. When Alcohol Rules - Work and Friends
7. Tolerate or Confront? The Role of the Partner or Spouse
8. Alcohol and Mood Disorders (Depression)
9. Types of Drinkers and Treatment
10. What Happens if I Don't Get Treatment?
II. Gaining insight and the beginning of sobriety
11. Realising the Need for Change
12. Contemplation and Denial
13. Turning Insight into Action
14. Guilt and Shame - How to Use Them
15. Symptoms of Withdrawal
16. Withdrawal and Treatment
III. What you need to do about Alcohol Misuse
17. Different Types of Therapy
18. AA - God, Recovery and New Social Activity
19. The Use of Medication in Treatment
20. Relapse - Causes and What to Do about it
21. Relapse - Prevention
22. Craving - What It Is and How to Fight It
23. Recovery Means a new life
24. Making Amends
25. Never Forgetting I - Long-term Motivation
26. Never Forgetting II - Long-term Recovery
27. Treatment in the Future - What can Research Teach Us?
28. Bringing it All Together
References
Appendix - Useful Irish and International Organisations
Index
Based on the author's experience as an addiction psychiatrist and on the most up-to-date treatment research, the book deals with the vital components of recovery, from realising the need for change to the nuts and bolts of the recovery process.
| Format | |
|---|---|
| Keywords | alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcoholics |
| Publisher | Kite Books |
| Classification | alcohol addiction |
| ISBN | 9781842182130 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Categories: | Books |
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