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Treating Addiction Requires Both Science and Compassion, Says Dr. Gabor Maté

By Jane van Koeverden — 2018

Dr. Gabor Maté drew from his experiences treating addicted men and women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside when he published the bestselling nonfiction book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts a decade ago. Supplementing his personal insights with medical research, Dr. Maté offered a compassionate perspective on addiction that continues to resonate with readers.

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Parenting through Your Adult Child's Addiction: Making Sense of Treatment, Aftercare, and Recovery Recommendations

A resource for anyone dealing with family members or friends who are going through the process of addiction recovery. No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks.

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Ginny H. Mills
2019
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Voices from the Fallen: True Stories of Addiction, Grief, Recovery, and Courage

Voices from the Fallen takes readers on an intimate journey inside the lives of people who have experienced the hell of addiction, the relentless defeat of relapse, and hope of recovery.

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Michael K. Tourville
2021
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep―and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares.

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Guy Leschziner
2019
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Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr.

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Sanjay Gupta
2021
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Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease Stages, Treatments, and Other Medical Considerations: Alzheimer's Roadmap

This book, updated in 2020, describes what is known right now about Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, including its pathological features, the symptoms and prognosis at each stage, and the treatment options available.

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Laura Town, Karen Kassel
2015
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Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions

With a rare mix of honesty, humor, and compassion, comedian and movie star Russell Brand mines his own wild story and shares the advice and wisdom he has gained through his fourteen years of recovery.

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Russell Brand
2025
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She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction

What sets She Bets Her Life apart is Mary Sojourner's ability to take both an objective and a deeply personal look at the psychological and physiological impact of gambling addiction on women.

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Mary Sojourner
2010
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Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit

Through extraordinary meditations, affirmations, and rituals rooted in ancient Egyptian temple teachings, Queen Afua teaches us how to love and rejoice in our bodies by spiritualizing the words we speak, the foods we eat, the spaces we live and work in, and the transcendent woman spirit we manifest.

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Queen Afua
2001
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Alcohol is SH!T: How to Ditch the Booze, Re-ignite Your Life, and Recover the Person you Were Always Meant to Be

This simple and straightforward book will answer the million-dollar question of "do I have a drinking problem?" in an incredibly simple way. The book provides clear and proven strategies if you decide alcohol needs to go.

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Paul Churchill
2019
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The 30-Day Sobriety Solution: How to Cut Back or Quit Drinking in the Privacy of Your Own Home

The 30-Day Sobriety Solution grew out of Jack Canfield’s decades-long work in self-esteem and success training. Its principles were carefully developed into a program by Dave Andrews and tested by thousands whose inspiring stories of recovery are shared throughout the book.

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Jack Canfield, Dave Andrews
2016
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