| Edition |
First Quill edition. |
| Description |
x, 257 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2002. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- 1. Time for a change -- 2. The man who had no time -- 3. A good woman -- 4. The secret general -- 5. I have to do something -- 6. Hooked by the mind : physical and psychological addiction -- 7. The genetics of alcoholism -- 8. Myths of addiction -- 9. When is abuse not addiction? -- 10. The Internet, shopping, exercise : how can you tell if it is an addiction? -- 11. Efforts to understand -- 12. Puzzling cases -- 13. Teens -- 14. Couples -- 15. When are compulsions addictions? -- 16. The victors and the vanquished : compulsive gambling -- 17. Sexual addiction -- 18. Treatment -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Controlled drinking.
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Alcoholism -- Treatment.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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Alcoholism -- therapy.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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| ISBN |
0060958030 paperback $2.95 |
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9780060958039 paperback |
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