Whether you are battling drugs, nicotine, alcohol, food, shopping, sex, or gambling, this hands-on, practical guide will help you overcome addiction of any kind.

If you or a loved one are struggling with addiction but do not find that twelve-step or other treatment programs work for you, 7 Tools to Beat Addiction can help. Internationally recognized expert Dr. Stanton Peele presents a program for addiction recovery based on research and clinical study and grounded in science. His program utilizes proven methods that people actually use to overcome addiction, with or without treatment.

7 Tools to Beat Addiction offers in-depth, interactive exercises that show you how to outgrow destructive habits by putting together the building blocks for a balanced, fulfilling, responsible life. Dr. Peele's approach is founded on the following tools:

- Values
- Motivation
- Rewards
- Resources
- Support
- Maturity
- Higher Goals

This no-nonsense guide will put you in charge of your own recovery.

Author: Stanton Peele
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
Published: 07/27/2004
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.13w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9781400048731


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2004 pg. 161

About the Author
STANTON PEELE, Ph.D., J.D., is the author of the groundbreaking books Love and Addiction, Diseasing of America, and The Truth About Addiction and Recovery. An adjunct professor at the New York University School of Social Work and a senior fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, he has won the Mark Keller Award from the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies and the lifetime scholarship award from the Drug Policy Alliance. Visit his website at www.peele.net.