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.
The Stop Drinking Expert
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When I wrote the book Alcohol Lied to Me, I had no idea the impact it would make to problem drinkers around the world. I certainly had no idea it would end up helping hundreds of thousands of people out of the miserable loop of alcoholism. I only wanted to document how I had finally dealt with my problem without any of the usual pain and struggle. Alcohol Lied to Me is how I escaped the trap of functional alcoholism without any of those embarrassing group meetings, no dangerous medication, expensive rehab, or ineffective willpower. It has been a savior to so many successful, loving, caring, and amazing people whose only flaw is being in a loop with their drinking. It offers a compelling alternative solution to the 12 steps. No need to label yourself an alcoholic No religion or giving your problem to a higher power A logical and intelligent approach to problem drinking It’s proven effective The only Trustpilot five-star-rated quit-drinking program This book features all the best advice of Alcohol Lied to Me, and the secrets I share with attendees of Quit Drinking Bootcamp. Plus it features all the great sober living tips I have picked up over a decade of helping problem drinkers around the world. The truth is, this social pleasantry is a drug and a dangerous one at that. Alcohol kills millions of people every year, and yet we are repeatedly made to feel that if you refuse to join in with the consumption of attractively packaged poison, it's you who has a problem. In the western world, we live in a bubble of unreality around this drug. When you write down the nonsense that we believe about this drug, it looks quite insane. We toast our "good health" with a liquid proven to cause seven significant forms of cancer. We drink when we feel down, even though alcohol is a depressant. Alcohol is used to help us with insomnia, even though we know it disturbs sleep. Drinkers are suspicious of the people who choose not to drink the poison, not the other way around. We have got ourselves into a bizarre situation where we are looking at black and insisting it is white. It's is the unpicking of this universal distortion that explains why this approach has been so useful for so many problem drinkers around the world. Listening to this book is a bit like going to see Penn and Teller, the famous illusionists. First they wow you with a spectacular illusion and you can see no other explanation than to call it magic. However, then they come back on the stage and show you how the trick was performed. From this point on, you will never be able to be fooled by that illusion again. It doesn't matter how long you live; you will never be able to label that routine as "magic" again. Even if you reach the ripe old age of 100 years old, that piece of theatre will fail to fool you again. In this book I show you how the alcohol trick is being performed. I show you why you believe that drinking helps you relax and cope with life. I reveal why you think that alcohol enables you to be more sociable and confident in public. I shine the spotlight of truth on all the nonsense and illusion of this drug. I proudly reveal myself to be the man who forever spoils alcohol for you, for good! While it is true that you can go through this book, complete my online course, or come to Bootcamp and still go back to drinking after. However, it will not be the same. You will never be able to drink using the old excuses and justification you previously employed to explain your actions. This is the book that changes your view of alcohol, forever!
©2019 Craig Beck (P)2019 Craig Beck
Adult Children
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It is estimated that as many as 34 million people grew up in alcoholic homes. But what about the rest of us? What about families that had no alcoholism, but did have perfectionism, workaholism, compulsive overeating, intimacy problems, depression, problems in expressing feelings, plus all the other personality traits that can produce a family system much like an alcoholic one? Countless millions of us struggle with these kinds of dysfunctions every day, and until very recently we struggled alone. Pulling together both theory and clinical practice, John and Linda Friel provide a listenable explanation of what happened to us and how we can rectify it. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©1988, 2010 John and Linda Friel (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Eat Sh*t and Die
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In Eat Sh*t and Die, best-selling author and weight-loss guru David Clark takes a deep dive into the epicenter of the food-addition crisis. At times funny, others times starkly serious, David delivers the unvarnished truth about why we overeat in his blunt and fearlessly honest style. He makes the case for how the food and the fitness industries have failed us and how today’s food manufacturers conspire to turn us into addicts by hijacking our minds and decimating our bodies. But David doesn’t just educate on how we become addicted or placate the listener by offering up a new-age diet plan. Instead, in the Radical Rehab section of this audiobook, he guides the listener through a 10-step ritual designed to reprogram the mind, repair the body, and inspire a complete personal transformation. In his third audiobook, Clark delivers with a refreshing message that needs to be heard by all people feeling helpless to change their destructive ways. David has both the resume and confidence required to challenge the listener to take personal responsibility while at the same time displaying incredible compassion for those struggling. Having transformed his own life from bloated 320-pound alcoholic to elite athlete, he understands exactly what it takes to change, and he will not stop until you have everything you need to create a new life for yourself so amazing that you’d have to be an idiot to walk away from it.
©2020 David Clark (P)2020 David Clark
Stop Smoking, Quit Smoking for Good: Sleep Meditation & Alpha Theta Hypnosis with The Sleep Lab
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Quit smoking and get over your cravings for nicotine - while you sleep! Motivational Hypnotherapy's Joel Thielke and Catherine Perry have teamed up to create a powerful program that works with your REM cycle to help you finally quit smoking once and for all - naturally. This Sleep Lab alpha theta hypnosis program helps you relax your mind and body for sleep while working with your brainwaves to help you create beliefs for positive change, healthy habits, and controls your cravings for nicotine. Powerful benefits of this Sleep Lab program: Stop smoking Stop your nicotine cravings Deep relaxation and stress relief Calm your mind Better skin and hair Deep sleep all night long Simply turn on your audiobook, relax, and Catherine Perry's relaxing voice will guide you into deep relaxation and sleep. This program will work with your REM cycle to help you make lasting positive changes you can see. You can listen to one or both tracks, it's up to you. We recommend listening to your Sleep Lab program for 21 nights in a row, then as needed.
©2018 Hypnosis Enterprises, LLC (P)2018 Hypnosis Enterprises, LLC
Chasing a Flawed Sun
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The phrase "heroin saved my life" could be considered both controversial and even offensive to some. However, in Chasing a Flawed Sun, the author shows us how, after breaking him down and almost taking his life several times, the battle with the drug did just that. This is a true story. A transparent story of the life of a young man in America, who, like many of our lost youth, found his way into the drug culture. This story is an autopsy into the mind, heart, and soul of an addict. It begins at childhood and takes us through the thoughts, turmoil, and inner conflicts of a person lost in the undercurrent of addiction, and ends in a climax of self-discovery and realization. It is a gripping tale of a suburban youth and his journey through the streets of Baltimore, institutions, prisons, addiction, and worst of all, his own mind. What makes it so unique is the vulnerability and transparency with which it is told. It is the goal of this story to not only to tell a vivid tale but to also share hope and experience with those who are actively struggling with their own demons, and to shed some light to those who have lost or are currently dealing with a loved one who is struggling with addiction, alcoholism and/or a lost sense of "self". Daniel McGhee lives and owns several businesses just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. He also owns a non-profit and works with addicts, children, and homeless in his area. In his 18 years in recovery, he’s learned to enjoy writing, fitness, and traveling the world. He enjoys going to other countries either for relief work, exploration, or just chasing the sun that never ceases.
©2019 Daniel McGhee (P)2019 Daniel McGhee
If You Love Me
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This program is read by the author. Maureen Cavanagh’s gripping audiobook memoir is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles - and ultimately reckons with - substance use disorder. Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and redemptive, Maureen’s incredible odyssey into the opioid crisis - first as a parent, then as an advocate - is ultimately a deeply moving mother-daughter story. When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie’s needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. But, slowly, the drug use explains everything - Katie’s constant exhaustion, erratic moods, and all those spoons that have gone missing from the house. Once Mike and Maureen get Katie into detox, Maureen goes to sleep that night hoping that in 48 hours she’ll have her daughter back. It’s not that simple. Like the millions of parents and relatives all over the country - some of whom she has helped through her nonprofit organization - Maureen learns that recovery is neither straightforward nor brief. She fights to save Katie’s life, breaking down doors on the seedy side of town with Mike, kidnapping Katie outside a convenience store, and battling the taboo around substance use disorder in her picturesque New England town. Maureen is launched into the shadowy world of overcrowded, for-profit rehabilitation centers that often prey on worried parents. As Katie runs away from one program after another, never outrunning her pain, Maureen realizes that even while she becomes an expert on getting countless men and women into detox and treatment centers, she remains powerless to save her own daughter. If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction brings the opioid crisis out of the shadows and into the house next door. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Maureen Cavanagh (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
Stop Your Sugar Addiction, Control Your Sweet Tooth and Lose Weight with Hypnosis, Meditation, Relaxation, and Affirmations
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Now includes "Deep Sleep" as a Bonus Track! Just say "no" to sugar, learn how to control and get over your sugar cravings, and learn better eating habits with this guided meditation and relaxation program, from certified hypnotherapist, Joel Thielke. It's as easy as turning on the tracks and falling asleep! The Sleep Learning System is specially designed to work with your subconscious mind during your sleep cycle. The guided meditation and soothing background music will deeply relax your body and mind for the perfect night's sleep, while allowing you to access the deepest parts of your mind. With this program, you will learn how to effectively overcome what triggers your desire for sugar, and make healthier food choices instead. Two inductions give you options for each session, or listen to the entire album. It's your choice! You'll feel well rested and energized when you wake up, and with every time you listen, it will get easier and easier to minimize and remove sugar from your life. Joel Thielke's guided mediation system gives you positive suggestions that will help you quiet your mind and melt away stress, leaving your body deeply relaxed for a great night's sleep. While you're sleeping, the program will help you address what triggers your desire for sugar, removing those bad habits and helping you deal with your triggers in a healthy way. You will embrace new eating habits that are healthy and empowering! The special inductions will gently guide you into your REM stage of sleep, working with your subconscious to make lasting change that you can see. This Sleep Learning System album comes with two extended tracks that include the Sleep Induction and Garden Induction, guided meditation programs, and bonus music and positive subliminals, providing hours of relaxation for your listening experience. You can stop your sugar cravings and get rid of sugar with The Sleep Learning System!
©2014 Motivational Hypnosis Help LLC (P)2014 Motivational Hypnosis Help LLC
Taming Your Outer Child
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Chances are, you've already had run-ins with your Outer Child - the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans. Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child's destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies - action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain - calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.
©2015 Susan Anderson (P)2017 Tantor
Quit Drinking: The Best Ways to Be Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Without Alcohol
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Start feeling good again! Whether you want to cut back on your drinking, stop drinking entirely, or learn how to be happy and healthy again, this audiobook will easily teach you everything you need to know. Plan for your success. Discover practical strategies, techniques, and lifestyle choices that will set you up for maximum success when reducing your alcohol intake for the next 30 days or longer. Whether you've decided you need to take a break from drinking or are wishing you could feel good like you used to, then you've come to the right place. In this audiobook, you will discover a rich treasure trove of resources and a host of practical tips and strategies to help you devise your own customized plan. Tailor your plan to address your specific circumstances and meet your personal needs. Watch your personality flower, without alcohol! Learn how to prepare your body and mind for an alcohol purge. In not too long, you will be astonished at the pleasant surprises your body has in store for you when you stop drinking. You may be amazed to discover that you're still an interesting person, without filtering your personality through the haze of alcohol. Discover exactly what happens when you drink; trace the chemical changes involved in metabolizing alcohol and see how it impacts each organ in your body. If you're wondering how your body has been affected by your alcohol consumption over the years, you may be very shocked at all the bad side effects. You'll also be introduced to many supportive resources that will help you curtail your alcohol use. This includes non-professional groups, therapists, and clinical programs, along with online resources to keep you fired up and on track. Be healthy, happy and motivated: Get this audiobook now!
©2017 Susan Hollister (P)2017 Susan Hollister
Why You Drink and How to Stop
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At last, a book that reveals why alcoholics think, feel and behave the way they do. This book looks into the heart and mind of the alcoholic; it explains their thought processes, how they feel and why they behave so self-destructively. Written by an addictions therapist and recovered alcoholic, it answers the question that every alcoholic and their loved ones have always asked, "Why do I/they drink this way?" It then goes on to offer a solution by explaining how alcoholism is a three part disease: a physical addiction, a psychological craving and obsession, and a spiritual illness, all of which have to be dealt with, especially the little understood spiritual component. This book, written in easy to understand language, isn't prescriptive but offers a deep understanding of the vital components that drive an alcoholic - and this in turn illuminates the way out. It is simply a must read for any struggling alcoholic and their loved ones. Live the life you were meant to live. Learn how to manage your feelings to stay away from alcohol. Understand why the alcoholic you love won't stop drinking. A must -listen for anyone who loves someone who drinks too much. Tired and frustrated in trying to help someone who seems to just want to drink their life away? This book will help you understand what they are thinking and feeling and therefore why they drink the way they do. With this information you will clearly be able to see what you can do to love and support your loved one. Recommended by addictions counselors and treatment center managers, this book is a great resource for clients early in recovery.
©2013 Veronica Valli (P)2014 Veronica Valli
A House on Stilts
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A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman’s struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Becker’s son, Hunter, was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet, addiction found him. More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half million of these to heroin. For many of them, their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. For parents, a child’s addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock but by Dante’s Inferno. Within this 10-year crucible, Paula is transformed by an excruciating, inescapable truth: the difference between what she can do and what she cannot do.
©2019 Paula Becker (P)2019 Post Hypnotic Press Inc.
US of AA
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In US of AA, Miller shares the never-before-told story of how in the aftermath of prohibition America's top scientists helped launch a movement that would give rise to a multi-million-dollar treatment industry and a new government agency devoted to alcoholism that has made available millions of dollars for research. Despite the fact that this research showed that alcoholism is a complex disease requiring an array of treatment strategies, among which Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is one of the least effective, money continued to flow to treatment facilities using approaches similar to AA. Five years in the making, his brilliant, in-depth investigative reporting into the history, politics, and science of alcoholism will show how AA became our nation's de facto treatment policy, even as evidence for more effective remedies accumulated. US of AA is a character-driven, beautifully written exposé, full of secrecy, irony, liquor industry money, the shrillest of scare tactics and, at its center, a grand deception. In the tradition of Crazy by Pete Earley, and David Goldhill's Catastrophic Care, US of AA shines a much-needed spotlight on the addiction treatment industry. It will forever change the way we think about the entire enterprise.
©2019 Joe Miller (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
Struggle for Intimacy
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Janet Woititz, mother of the recovery movement, sensitively addresses the barriers of trust and intimacy that children learn in an alcoholic family. She provides suggestions for building loving relationships with friends, partners, and spouses.
©1990 Janet G. Woititz (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Sex Addiction Recovered: The Ultimate Guide to Stop Sex Obsessing
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Sex Addiction Recovered is your one-stop source for obtaining tools based on research that will allow you to better understand sex addiction, how to recover from sex addiction, and how to maintain recovery. There is hope to become and stay free. Topics include: Sex addiction defined The moment of realization The consequences Stages of change The addiction cycle Sex addiction and the brain Family dynamics Breaking free from sex addiction with evidence-based tools Healthy sex maintenance And more.... This book is the ultimate guide to achieve the quality of life you deserve and break the sex addiction cycle for good. This is a book for those who have longed to break the sex addiction cycle as well as for those who are in relationships with individuals struggling with sex addiction. This book is based on evidence and is written by a health psychology professional. By learning to work through the causes and utilize evidence-based tools, you will feel more centered, more joyous, more confident, and cope better with emotions and life's stressors. There are endless possibilities when you finally break free from sex addiction. Celebrate the joy of breaking free from sex addiction and maintaining healthy intimacy with Sex Addiction Recovered.
©2015 Get Fit Mentality LLC (P)2015 Get Fit Mentality LLC
Nicotine Explained
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Want to understand your smoking/vaping habits? Feel like you should quit but enjoy it too much? Nicotine Explained is the book that gets under the skin of our smoking and vaping habits and explains what nicotine does for us, what it doesn't do for us, and how it becomes an indispensable part of our lives. This is the understanding you need to regain control of your life.
©2019 Samuel Christopher Watts (P)2019 Samuel Christopher Watts
Allen Carr's Finally Free!
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Allen Carr’s Easyway is the most successful stop-smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers all over the world quit instantly, easily, painlessly and permanently. Finally Free! Is a specially adapted, cutting-edge presentation of Allen Carr’s Easyway method with accessible new text and design. Here, every aspect of smoking is examined from a female perspective, and answers are provided to every question and concern. Allen Car’s Easyway works both for casual and heavy smokers, and regardless of how long you have been smoking. There are no gimmicks or scare tactics, you won’t put on weight, and you can even smoke while you read.
©2012 Allen Carr (P)2012 Arcturus Publishing Ltd
One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery
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Winner of "2020's Best Book of the Year Award", Indies Today "One Hit Away is a gripping, startling account into addiction, compassion, and ultimate salvation. It is powerful because of its honesty. Raw without being sensationalistic, this harrowing account of Jordan’s journey provides insight and compassion into the struggle of addiction. It is an important, engrossing book that is hard to put down." (Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life) At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a lifeless body, rifled through his dead friends’ pockets for any remaining heroin, and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the opioid crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope, and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed. After a harrowing journey that proves the life of an addict will always get worse, never better, Jordan found himself at the gates of Sand Island, Hawaii’s most notorious two-year inpatient treatment facility. He soon discovers that though his heart was in the right place, the hardest battle of his life was yet to come. One Hit Away is his arduous and unlikely true story of recovery, rehabilitation, and redemption. "One Hit Away takes you on a journey you won't forget. An honest expression of such a common and hardcore reality is so necessary. This memoir is a work of art, truth and healing on a level many of us have yet to encounter." (Kayleon Dortch-Elliot, author of One Day at a Time: Remaining in Step) “Raw. Brutal. Jaw dropping.” (Kyle LeBlanc, addictsripple.com)
©2020 Jordan P. Barnes (P)2020 Jordan P. Barnes
Healing the Addicted Brain
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Healing the Addicted Brain is a breakthrough work that focuses on treating drug and alcohol addiction as a biological disease - based on the Recovery Science program that has helped thousands of patients defeat their addictions. It combines the best behavioral addiction treatments with the latest scientific research into brain functions, providing tools and strategies designed to overcome the biological factors that cause addictive behavior along with proven treatments and medications. Using this scientific approach, you will learn to conquer the physical factors that keep people tied to drug and alcohol addiction. The proven fact is that addiction is not a moral failing or an issue of not having enough willpower. It is a disease of the brain that can and must be treated like other chronic medical illnesses - such as diabetes, hypertension, or asthma - in order to defeat the disease. This revolutionary program can triple the success rate of patients, from 20-30% to 90%. There is hope. By understanding addiction and using 21st-century breakthroughs, for the first time drug and alcohol addiction can be, and will be, defeated.
©2009 Harold Urschel (P)2017 Tantor
Unleashed from Alcohol
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Alcohol is the strangest drug on planet earth! It’s the only substance that when you develop a problem with it, they blame you and not the drug. Smokers are not branded life long "smokeaholics". Do you insist that any of your friends who have successfully quit smoking may only ever refer to themselves as "recovering smokeaholics"? No, of course not, because society understands that nicotine is highly addictive and big tobacco companies are devious and narcissistic in their marketing. When it comes to alcohol, the rules somehow change - your inability to not get addicted to a highly addictive substance apparently means that you are broken. For over a decade Craig Beck has been deconstructing the illusion of problem drinking and in doing so has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world to get the happy sober version of themselves back. The secret to his success is understanding that often alcohol use is not the problem but rather just a symptom of a bigger problem. Many drinkers are using alcohol as a Band-Aid for more profound issues. Some are using it as a sedative to keep past trauma buried. To others, it helps push away the pain of loneliness, anxiety or an unhappy relationship. Some are even using it to cope with physical pain. The reason other solutions to problem drinking fail so often is they attempt to take away the symptom without addressing the underlying problem. If you are miserable in an unhappy relationship and somebody takes away the thing that was helping you cope, it should be easy to see that your new-found sobriety is a house built without foundations and will quickly crumble and fall. In this special edition of Unleashed, Craig takes you through the same process he takes his quit drinking bootcamp attendees through. You will discover: The reasons why you drink and how to find a more effective solution. How to love yourself more and unlock your full potential. What your true purpose and calling in life is How to remove lifelong limiting beliefs and live life like you mean it. Ways to replace alcohol with more positive and enjoyable activities.
©2019 Craig Beck Media Limited (P)2019 Craig Beck Media Limited
Crystal Meth Addiction
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This book is for all those lost souls who are stuck in the darkness of meth addiction. Meth addiction is one of the major problems society is struggling with. This book sheds light on crystal meth addiction and contains numerous unknown facts about the drug. You'll learn useful and lifesaving information about this addiction. If you're an abuser, you'll learn about the extensive damage this drug does to the body. In the difficult times of your life, you might think that this drug is the solution to your problems but, in actuality, it only adds more problems. You'll learn tips on how to better cope with the addiction, along with advice on treatments and the best methods for the road to total recovery. Here's a preview of the important information you'll find in this book: History of crystal meth Why it's so addictive Its impact on the mind and body Facts about meth addiction The stages of meth experiences
©2015 Sondra Gordon (P)2015 Sondra Gordon