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Facing Addiction: Starting Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs
Facing Addiction Starting Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs Author:Patrick Carnes, Stefanie Carnes, John Bailey Facing Addiction is the first book to apply Dr. Patrick Carnes' research-based thirty-task model to treating addiction to alcohol and drugs. People who are addicted to drugs and alcohol now have access to the groundbreaking model that has facilitated thousand of sex addicts in achieving long-lasting recovery. This revolutionary model helps thera... more »pists and recovering people understand the interaction between trauma and brain science and how these factors play a role in the development of addiction to drugs and alcohol.Facing Addiction distills Dr. Carnes? more than thirty years of research to show addicts how to embrace lasting long-term recovery through a thirty-task model. The first seven tasks are presented to help readers break through denial and participate in a culture of support.Patrick Carnes, PhD, is author of Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1983), Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict (1989), The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (1997), Open Hearts (1999), Facing the Shadow (2001), and In the Shadows of the Net (2001). He is executive director of the Gentle Path program at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Stefanie Carnes, PhD, is the editor and co-author of Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist.John Bailey, MD, is board certified in addiction medicine, pain medicine, and anesthesiology, and is certified by the American Society in Clinical Pathology in advanced psychopharmacology. He is on the faculty at the University of Florida.« less