In this timely and profoundly original book, best-selling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them, and what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold on our emotions and behaviours....

A source of healing and inspiration for millions, this modern classic spent over three years on the New York Times best seller list and made codependency a household word....

The founder of a female-focused recovery program offers a radical new path to sobriety....

Like many women, Clare Pooley found the juggle of a stressful career and family life a struggle, so she left her successful career to look after her family....

No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Drawing on a powerful combination of neuroscience and spirituality, this book will show you that you are not your habits....

Alcohol Explained is the definitive, ground-breaking guide to alcohol and alcoholism. It explains how alcohol affects human beings on a chemical, physiological, and psychological level, from those first drinks right up to chronic alcoholism....

An inclusive, research-based guide to working the 12 steps: a trauma-informed approach for clinicians, sponsors, and those in recovery....

The Inner Child Recovery Process has proven successful with a large majority of clients in my counseling practice. It has changed the lives of many individuals who felt helpless and hopeless due to their addiction. And it can do the same for you....

Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult....

Imagine, if you can, putting your three week old baby into the freezer because her crying is interrupting your peace and quiet. And yes, I did say freezer and not refrigerator. And why was the baby crying? Because you were too messed up on heroin and hadn't fed her all day....

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....

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor"....

Mike Majlak was a 17-year-old from a loving middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting Oxycontin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends.

I started drinking at 14 and drank normally for the next 15 years. I thought I had drinking all figured out. For the next 20 years, my career was skyrocketing and I drank more than ever. I considered alcohol my superpower. It helped me to relax, work hard, and play hard. I was successful, and I had it all figured out. Until, I didn’t. I finally came to understand that, despite being a veteran expert at it, I truly sucked at drinking. My best friend alcohol had become my enemy and was holding me back in life.   

The debate on the status and legality of cannabis continues to gain momentum. Here, personal anecdotes combined with academic and scientific reports combine to sharpen some of the fascinating philosophical issues associated with cannabis use. This audiobook is a frank, professionally informed, and playful discussion of cannabis usage in relation to philosophical inquiry.

Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them.... It is unforgivable not to reclaim them.... Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way Back...One Breath at a Time is a brutally honest personal narrative detailing a painful descent into relapse and a powerful journey back to recovering. 

Is pornography ruining your life? Are you struggling to get your impulse for sex and porn under control? Do you feel powerless, like a slave to your own needs, instead of the master of your mind and life? Addiction to sex and pornography is one of the greatest evils of our time, yet nobody is talking about it.

How to beat an opioid addiction, transition to a healthy lifestyle, and regain control of your life.... If you’ve fallen prey to the clutches of drugs, with the right tools it’s never too late to say “no” to them and get yourself back on the path of health and real well-being.