The Addiction & Recovery category has 227 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 1,779 ratings. The most-rated is This Naked Mind.
Escaping the Evil Clown
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Craig Beck is known as the Stop Drinking Expert because he helps people to see the truth about alcohol. The shocking reality that is hidden behind the smoke and mirrors of the marketing and our own self-created social conditioning. His book Alcohol Lied to Me has topped best seller lists for many years and has been translated into several different languages. "Alcohol is the ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing, a deeply insidious and dangerous drug packaged into pretty bottles and marketed as a fun, social pleasantry by the drinks manufacturers. The western world is conditioned from birth to believe that good times and alcohol go hand in hand. In reality consuming this drug is like playing a very dangerous game of Buckaroo, the longer you keep playing the more chance you have the mule will kick and destroy your world." - Craig Beck In this specially extended edition of his Alcohol Illusion series, Craig explains how you are not your addiction. You are not weak willed or broken. Alcoholism affects millions of people regardless of their gender, location, intelligence, or social standing. Craig helps to explain this by describing your addiction to alcohol as though it is an Evil Clown that lives inside your head. Whispering encouragement in your ear as though he is your best friend. However, the smile is only painted on and this clown is actually your worst enemy. Using the techniques in this book you can effectively and easily create separation between the real you and the addicted version of you. This is powerful because the moment you can see how the Evil Clown is pulling your strings is the same moment you slip out of his grasp. All magic loses its power when you discover how the trick is done and the same is true of the alcohol trap. Knowledge is power and this book will help you to easily stop drinking without ineffective willpower, dangerous medication, or expensive rehab. www.StopDrinkingExpert.com
©2017 Craig Beck Media Limited (P)2017 Craig Beck Media Limited
The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
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Mindfulness, the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is, is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Because at the heart of addiction is the fear of painful emotional states, addicts compulsively seek drugs and alcohol to avoid or escape emotional pain. Mindfulness, on the other hand, helps us develop greater acceptance and ease with life’s challenges, as well as greater self-compassion. Here, Dr. Lawrence Peltz, who has worked as an addiction psychiatrist for more than two decades, draws from his clinical experience and on the techniques of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to explain the fundamental dynamics of addiction and the stages of the recovery process, and also gives us specific mindfulness exercises to support recovery.
©2013 Lawrence A. Peltz (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Quit Smoking Hypnosis: 30 Minutes of Positive Affirmations to Help You Quit Smoking Cigarettes While You Sleep
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Learning to quit smoking cigarettes through meditation doesn't have to be difficult. With this 30-minute guided meditation accompanied by an ambient soundtrack, quitting cravings for nicotine is as easy as pressing play. Throughout this audiobook, you will be guided from start to finish. We will begin with your current state of cigarette addiction and bring you to a relaxed state of calm awareness, where you will be able to push all of your cravings into the distance and find peace within the positive affirmations for quitting smoking. With this wonderful guided meditation, you can fall asleep to it every night and wake up in a positive smoke-free mindset each and every day. This meditation audiobook will help you: Remove cravings for cigarettes, tobacco, and nicotine Improve your state of mind and healthy mindset Practice mindfulness Sleep better Change your life There's no need to stay addicted to cigarettes. Grab this audiobook and start beating the cravings today!
©2017 Mindfulness Training (P)2017 Mindfulness Training
Sex Addiction 101
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The number of affordable, easy links to pleasurable sexual online content is on the rise. Activity increases with the accessibility of technology. So, too, has sex addiction. People struggling with sex, porn, and love addiction typically have little understanding of this incredibly complicated disease. Sex Addiction 101 covers everything from what sexual addiction is and how it can best be treated to how it affects various subgroups of the population such as women, gays, and teenagers. The book also provides sex addicts with strategies to protect themselves from the online sexual onslaught. Sex Addiction 101 is intended to enlighten the clinical population as well as actual sex addicts and their loved ones. Along with his mentor, Patrick Carnes, Weiss has become the face of and driving force behind understanding and treating sex addiction; this book should be a core title in every addiction collection.
©2015 Robert Weiss (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin
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Have you recently walked away from a date or a conversation feeling uncomfortable or violated? Are you looking for ways to set limits with your spouse, kids, parents, or boss? This essential guide to setting and respecting boundaries is for anyone wanting to better understand themselves and others. Just as a cut in our skin causes pain and injury, a breach of any of our physical, emotional, or sexual boundaries can be very harmful to our bodies and minds. We may need help to heal from past boundary violations, respect the boundaries of those around us, and learn how to set healthy limits for the future, particularly if we have a history of trauma, unhealthy relationships, addiction, or adverse childhood experiences. Drawing on decades of personal and professional experience as a therapist - as well as stories from others who have learned how to heal from serious boundary violations - Anne Katherine, MA, brings us an invaluable, foundational guide on the who, what, and why of boundaries. With nearly 100,000 copies sold, Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin has already helped thousands of people stand up for themselves and nurture healthier relationship
©1991 Hazelden Foundation (P)2020 Tantor
Exaholics
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Severing a cherished relationship is one of the most painful experiences in life - and cutting those emotional ties to a loved one can feel almost like ending an addiction. Up till now, people recovering from other problems were able to get real help - like AA and rehab - while those struggling in the aftermath of traumatic breaks dealt with platitudes and friends insisting they should "get over it already". But now Exaholics Anonymous treats getting over an ex like kicking a chemical habit. Written by counselor and therapist Dr. Lisa Bobby, Exaholics offers meaningful support and advice to anyone trapped in the obsessive pain of a broken, or dying, attachment. She helps the brokenhearted heal, showing them, on a deep level, how to develop a conceptual framework for their experience, understand the emotional processes at work inside themselves, find the path to recovery, and free themselves of shame, injured ego, and remorse. In-depth case studies of others' journeys will illuminate the way to future happiness.
©2015 Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, LMFT, BCC (P)2019 Tantor
Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
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DISCLAIMER: This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference approved literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12-step and 12-tradition anonymous program. ACA's tenth tradition states that ACA has no opinion on outside issues; hence the ACA name ought never be drawn into public controversy. ACA's sixth tradition states that ACA ought never endorse, finance, or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise (or books/authors) lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Thus any suggestions of other authors or books (e.g., "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought") made on this Web site are solely those of the online retailer. ACA World Service Organization expressly disclaims any association with any authors or books or with any online retailer and their affiliates. Book description: The ACA Fellowship Text is owned, copyrighted, and published by ACA WSO. ACA WSO acts as the central agency of the program, gathering and disseminating meeting information, creating and distributing literature, and providing information to the general public. The ACA Fellowship Text (commonly referred to as the Big Red Book or BRB) is a meeting book, steps book, traditions book, workbook, and group guide. The ACA Fellowship Text was anonymously written by ACA members and provides guidance on working the 12 -step ACA program, leading to recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ACA WSO has adapted AA's steps (with permission from AA) to address the effects of childhood trauma and neglect and offer hope to ACAs worldwide.
©2006 Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc. (P)2014 Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc.
Stop Smoking with Allen Carr
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Ideal for listening to in the car or whilst traveling, this new and updated version of the globally best-selling book, The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, also includes a unique 70 minute seminar delivered by the author himself. Listen to Stop Smoking with Allen Carr and become a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life.
©2013 Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd. (P)2013 Arcturus
Smart Phone Dumb Phone
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Do you pull out your phone at every idle moment? Do hours slip away as you mindlessly scroll? Has your smartphone added a level of detachment between you and the outside world? Sadly technology which should be a wonderful boon to us has started to blight our lives. The average adult spends nearly 10 hours a day looking at digital screens, leading to unprecedented levels of stress, isolation, procrastination and inertia. The fact is that digital dependence is an addiction and should be treated as such. Allen Carr's Easyway is a breath of fresh air when it comes to addiction treatment. Tried and tested as an incredibly successful stop-smoking method, its principles have since been applied to other addictions such as alcohol, gambling and caffeine with outstanding results. Here, for the first time, the Easyway method has been used to overcome digital addiction, and it really works! Smart Phone Dumb Phone rewires our relationship to technology. By unravelling the brainwashing process behind our addictive behaviour, we are freed from dependence and can reassert control over our time and productivity. Including 20 practical steps to help you along your way, this wonderful guide will release you from the clutches of your smartphone and allow you to live in the moment. It truly is the easyway.
©2019 Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Limited (P)2019 Arcturus Digital Limited
The Codependency Recovery Plan
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Detach from codependency in five steps. You can say no. You can stop people pleasing and start setting boundaries. You can ask for what you need. You can love and be loved - without sacrifice - by breaking the codependency cycle. The Codependency Recovery Plan empowers you to have healthy, happy interdependent relationships. This actionable five-step program is designed to help you get in touch with yourself, assert boundaries, and communicate confidently. You’ll be free to nurture true intimacy. The five steps to break the codependency cycle include: Step 1: Get in Touch with Your “Self” - Learn how to stand on your own two feet. Step 2: Prioritize Self-Care - Show yourself respect by caring for your mind and body. Step 3: Build Boundaries - Take a stand for what feels good to you in life and love. Step 4: Communicate Confidently - Open up about what you think, feel, and need to share with others. Step 5: Get Intimate - Experience healthy and joyful connections. You can’t change your history with codependency - but you can take charge of your recovery. Starting now.
©2019 Althea Press (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts
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When your partner betrays, what are the first steps to picking up the pieces of your shattered heart? Many unsuspecting people wake up every day to discover their loved one, the one person whom they are supposed to trust completely, has been living a life of lies and deceit, because they suffer from a disease: sex addiction. This is a disease shrouded in secrecy and shame. This is your go-to guide for what to do when you discover your partner is a sex addict. Each chapter is based on frequently asked questions by partners, such as: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?", "Is This Going to Get Better?", "How Do I Set Boundaries and Keep Myself Safe?", and "What Should I Tell the Kids?"
©2015 Gentle Path Press (P)2016 Gentle Path Press
The EZ Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Same Message - Simple Language
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At last, you can listen to an audio version of The EZ Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The eBook and paperback have sold around the world since 2010. Relax in your car, bed, or easy chair with this updated version of the original Alcoholics Anonymous textbook published by A.A. founders in 1939 and never revised until now. Enjoy over five hours of friendly narration. The narrator brings you the same powerful AA message if you find the original Big Book hard to digest for any reason. Friendly language for any gender, race or religion Embraces modern lifestyles More inclusive references to spirituality Easier to understand
©2016 Member of AA (P)2016 Memeber of AA Beacon Street USA
Comment pardonner ?
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Pardonner pour guérir, guérir pour pardonner. Et d'abord, qu'est-ce que pardonner ? L'auteur, comme les personnes qu'il accompagne, s'est lui-même heurté à la difficulté de pardonner. Il nous offre un guide pratique pour apprendre à pardonner, suivant une démarche en douze étapes. Douze étapes qu'il a découvertes avec le temps, au fil de l'expérience, de la recherche, de la réflexion. Douze étapes qui correspondent aux résistances des uns et des autres. Certaines personnes souhaiteront les suivre pas à pas, tandis que d'autres s'attarderont à celles qui correspondent à leurs propres blocages sur la voie du pardon. Comment pardonner ? Une invitation à partir à la découverte d'un pardon qui guérit et fais grandir !
©2001 Novalis, Université Saint-Paul, Ottawa (P)2007 Alexandre Stanké
Alcoholic Spouse: Coping with an Alcoholic Husband or Wife
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Learn How to Deal with an Alcoholic Spouse Are you exhausted from trying to control your alcoholic spouse? Does it feel like no matter what you try, your husband or wife won't stop drinking? Are you tired of constantly obsessing over your spouse's alcoholism? Do you want to learn how to find serenity in the midst of the chaos you're dealing with? This plan for dealing with an alcoholic spouse will change your life forever! These are proven methods that have helped tens of thousands of people all over the world learn how to cope with family members and friends who are addicted to alcohol. When you are finished reading this book you will know how to: Set boundaries Not be an enabler Love your alcoholic spouse without conditions Detach from your husband or wife Stop arguing with your spouse Let go of any alcoholic in your life Communicate with the problem drinker Ashley Rosebloom, author of Coping with an Alcoholic Spouse - 31-Day Plan for Dealing with Your Alcoholic Husband or Wife, has been helping people learn to cope with addicts since 1998. She's attended thousands of support group meetings designed to keep alcoholics sober and to teach friends and family members how to cope.
©2014 Jordy Christo (P)2015 Jordy Christo
Alcohol Lied to Me... Again!
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The book Alcohol Lied to Me has helped tens of thousands of people get back in control of their drinking thanks to its unique and simple to follow message. But alcohol is the most devious and deceptive drug on planet earth and occasionally people fall back under its spell. This journey backwards virtually always starts with the same sentence being uttered: "Surely just one drink won't hurt". Just one drink... it seems such an innocuous action that it couldn't possibly cause any substantial drama. In reality it is the same hoping to take just one little step off a cliff. It's only one seemingly insignificant step, but the consequences are rapid, irreversible and severe. Both events start off an unstoppable series of events. In Alcohol Lied to Me... Again, Craig gives you the tools to once again break the cycle of alcohol addiction. You will discover why this relapse can be a good thing and how you use it to ensure you stay sober for the rest of your life. If you have started drinking again... this book will guide you quickly back to a happy and fulfilled life, completely free from the misery of alcohol.
©2003-2014 Craig Beck (P)2014 Craig Beck
The Alcohol Escape Plan
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When alcohol becomes a problem, it can create what is known as a double bind. Alcohol is making you miserable and destroying your life, but you can't imagine life without it. You may wonder how you will relax without your daily tipple. How will you have fun and be sociable without alcohol? There are lots of worries and questions for the drinker considering quitting alcohol for good. The Alcohol Escape Plan deals with many of the most common questions and concerns for the newly sober, or those planning to quit drinking but don't know how. Craig Beck, a former problem drinker and best-selling author of Alcohol Lied to Me, deals with all the essential areas of life that are going to change when you kick alcohol into touch. After giving up drinking himself, Craig has helped over 50,000 people to stop drinking. Working with so many addicts over the years has given him a clear insight into the common worries. Using the secrets of this audiobook, you can make quitting drinking a quick, easy, and painless process. Including: How do you have fun without alcohol? Dealing with your old drinking buddies Can you ever go back to social drinking? How to deal with alcohol relapse How do you get the mindset to quit drinking and stay quit? How to reverse liver damage How to avoid drinking when life gets bad And much more.
©2017 Craig Beck Media Limited (P)2017 Craig Beck Media Limited
Saving Jake
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D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son - raised in a loving and prosperous home - begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fear, guilt, and a desperate need to protect her son, D'Anne grapples with her husband's anger and her daughter's depression as the family disease of addiction impacts them all. She discovers the terrifying links between prescription-drug abuse and skyrocketing heroin use. And she comes to understand that to save her child she must step back and allow him to fight for his own soul. Saving Jake gives voice to the devastation shared by the families of addicts, and provides vital hope. Above all, it is a powerful personal story of love and redemption.
©2015 D'Anne Burwell (P)2019 Tantor
The Small Book
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Offering an alternative to twelve-step programs, a supportive guide explains how to identify the impulse to use intoxicants, learn self-control, value sobriety, and replace addiction with self-supportive behaviors.
©1989 Lotus Press, Revised Edition 1992 Jack Trimpey (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Drink?
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World-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology David Nutt breaks down the science and effect of alcohol on our health, mood, sleep and productivity and how it travels through our bodies and brains and explains on a practical level how we can make changes to positively impact our relationship with it and understanding of it, thereby improving our quality of life for the long-term. He examines what the future holds for this normalised drug that governs our society and lives but is becoming increasingly unpopular due to its detrimental impact on our well-being. Drink? will do what Matthew Walker did for sleep, and Giulia Enders did for our Gut, and help us make informed choices, at the very least. David will illuminate our minds on this important and timely subject. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our Desktop Site.
©2020 Professor David Nutt (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Drink?
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A world-renowned authority on the science of alcohol exposes its influence on our health, mood, sleep, emotions, and productivity - and what we can and should do to moderate our intake. From after-work happy hour to a nightly glass of wine, we're used to thinking of alcohol as a normal part of our daily lives. In Drink?, neuropharmacology professor David Nutt takes a fascinating, science-based look at drinking to unpack why we should reconsider our favorite pastime. Using cutting-edge scientific research and years of hands-on experience in the field, Nutt delves into the long- and short-term effects of alcohol. He addresses topics such as hormones, mental health, fertility, and addiction, explaining how alcohol travels through our bodies and brains, what happens at each stage of inebriation, and how it effects us even after it leaves our systems. With accessible, easy-to-understand language, Nutt ensures that listeners recognize why alcohol can have such a negative influence on our bodies and our society. In the vein of This Naked Mind, Drink? isn't preachy; it simply gives listeners clear, evidence-based facts to help them make the most informed choices about their consumption. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 David Nutt (P)2020 Hachette Audio