Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System

Deeply felt, deftly rendered, stunningly informative and often enraging (Publishers Weekly), Hooked appears as we are finally waking up to the inadequacies of our current drug-rehab policies. With court-mandated rehab being debated across the country, Shavelson's in-depth look at the struggles of five addicts as they travel through the treatment maze makes a powerful case for reform.

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Blowing Smoke: Rethinking the War on Drugs without Prohibition and Rehab

Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia. Prior to the disease model approach to drug addiction, which posits that addiction is a psychological and biological problem and that sufferers are victims, societies had a workable solution: let people consume what they want, and let informal cultural controls reinforce responsible behavior. Legal sanctions were reserved for any use that affected the safety of others. Blowing Smoke proposes an approach to the war on drugs that returns us to the pre-disease-model era. Dr. Reznicek asserts that addiction is not a medical problem to be treated in rehab or by prohibiting substance use. Rather, he debunks the disease model, arguing that it has exacerbated the problem by telling drug abusers that they are not responsible for their behavior, that they are sick, that they are not to blame. He skillfully argues for a new approach to drug use and abuse that requires a shift in the way we fight the war on drugsDr. Reznicek provides a new framework for understanding drug abuse: the habit model. Habits are practiced as long as they provide comfort, and are abandoned when they cause pain. The habit model is more consistent with current neuroscientific knowledge and it accounts for the widely observed phenomenon that most substance abusers don’t change until they “hit bottom,” the point where the consequences of drug use finally outweigh its benefits. Using the habit model, Dr. Reznicek suggests the solution to the drug problem is to turn back the clock, and to take lessons from societies that use social controls and consequences to deal with addiction and drug abuse. He recommends the legalization of drugs for adults, the implementation of social practices to dissuade abusers, and the end to the use of rehab

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POCKET SPONSOR IPHONE APP: 31 Days of Morning & Evening Recovery Meditations for Alcohol & Drug Treatment

Receive daily support for alcohol addiction recovery and drug treatment recovery from Shelly Marshall, author of DAY BY DAY and YOUNG, SOBER & FREE – both viewed as classics in the addiction recovery field. Ms. Marshall holds a degree in Drugs and Alcohol from Metropolitan State College in Colorado.

Her Pocket Sponsor iPhone App on Kindle puts inspiration, wisdom and hope in the palm of your hand.

This book offers 31 days of morning and evening recovery meditations and positive statements designed to help in moments when teens and adults need urgent support. Use the Pocket Kindle book in addiction treatment, for recovery support, and keep it handy for the times your sponsor is unavailable. Day or night, Pocket Sponsor Recovery Meditations offers invaluable advice.Receive daily support for alcohol addiction recovery and drug treatment recovery from Shelly Marshall, author of DAY BY DAY and YOUNG, SOBER & FREE – both viewed as classics in the addiction recovery field. Ms. Marshall holds a degree in Drugs and Alcohol from Metropolitan State College in Colorado.

Her Pocket Sponsor iPhone App on Kindle puts inspiration, wisdom and hope in the palm of your hand.

This book offers 31 days of morning and evening recovery meditations and positive statements designed to help in moments when teens and adults need urgent support. Use the Pocket Kindle book in addiction treatment, for recovery support, and keep it handy for the times your sponsor is unavailable. Day or night, Pocket Sponsor Recovery Meditations offers invaluable advice.

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American Euphoria: Saying 'Know' to Drugs (1)

This book is titled American Euphoria - Saying 'Know' to Drugs to call attention to the fact that euphoria is conditioned by history and culture. In the case of America, the historical puritan ethos as well as the ongoing war on drugs conditions the drug experience. Drug education and treatment in America must change to end the fear and loathing many Americans have about drug use in general. A new understanding of addiction must recognize the subjective pleasure and euphoria that drugs produce for users and occasionally for abusers. A person's drug experience is the interpretation of drug sensations through a psychological set of expectations about what the drug will do as well as socio/environmental settings that can ultimately lead to how the drug is used or if it is abused.
This book is titled American Euphoria - Saying 'Know' to Drugs to call attention to the fact that euphoria is conditioned by history and culture. In the case of America, the historical puritan ethos as well as the ongoing war on drugs conditions the drug experience. Drug education and treatment in America must change to end the fear and loathing many Americans have about drug use in general. A new understanding of addiction must recognize the subjective pleasure and euphoria that drugs produce for users and occasionally for abusers. A person's drug experience is the interpretation of drug sensations through a psychological set of expectations about what the drug will do as well as socio/environmental settings that can ultimately lead to how the drug is used or if it is abused.

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Heroin and Other Drug Addictions: A Drug Addict's Guide to Treatment and Rehab by An Ex-Addict

Heroin and Other Drug Addictions: A Drug Addict's Guide to Treatment and Rehab by An Ex-Addict is a book with over 10,400 words. This book is by an ex-addict of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs, who has been clean for over two decades. The writer provides information and insight to the addict on what is really necessary to quit for good and how any addict can do it. He offers actual how-to advice with real practical steps that an addict needs to take to quit and maintain sobriety.Heroin and Other Drug Addictions: A Drug Addict's Guide to Treatment and Rehab by An Ex-Addict is a book with over 10,400 words. This book is by an ex-addict of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs, who has been clean for over two decades. The writer provides information and insight to the addict on what is really necessary to quit for good and how any addict can do it. He offers actual how-to advice with real practical steps that an addict needs to take to quit and maintain sobriety.

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