Addiction
Addiction appears in many forms. It can consist of: Chemical addiction (drugs/alcohol/prescription drugs) ; Sexual addiction (pornography / promiscuous behavior/sexual offending) ; Food addiction (overeating/eating disorders); Behavior addiction (workaholism/shopping addiction/internet addiction/etc.)
Some general principles are shared in this section that can help heal all forms of addiction. Additional resources are available to address the ever-more-prevalant problem of sexual addiction.
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Best Books on Addiction
These are our favorite books on healing from an addiction.
- Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction, by Jack Trimpey
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself , by Melodie Beatty (for spouses, parents, and children of addicts)
- Love Hunger, by Frank B. Minirth, MD (to guide recovery from food addiction)
- It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You: The 28-Day Plan to Heal Hidden Food Addiction , by Janet Greeson, PhD
- It's Time to Start Living: Understanding How Our Belief Systems Fuel Addictive Behavior, by Todd Sylvester
- A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery, by Patrick Carnes, PhD
- He Did Deliver Me From Bondage (Revised Edition), by Colleen C. Harrison (LDS)
- Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book 4th Edition, by Alcoholics Anonymous
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