Addictive Thinking
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Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1567313310
ISBN13:9781567313314
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:MJF Books
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"
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5 ratings
Very Eye opening
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I have found this book helpful. It makes it easier to understand why people with addictive personalities do and acat the way they do. It explaines traits in ways that a non psychologist can understand.
Wonderful, and right on time...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I read this book, making notations every night before bed for about a week. Since, and during this read, I'm in the process of being able to recognize my own addict-voice, (key in recovery!) who's purpose is to binge. I am extremely grateful for having picked this up, I struggle with addiction, and this has given me another tool to stay on track, there's TONS of good information within this slim and easy to read book! Thank you to Abraham J. Twerski!!!
Most helpful book I've read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I read alot of books on addiction after a personal nightmare dealing with an addict- and this one of all of them was the most helpful in explaining an addict's thinking process. Many of us dealing with an addicted loved one feel lost and confused by their behavior. This book was so illuminating I've passed it on and on. Read this if nothing else.
rated the best by my colleagues
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I purchased this book in hopes of understanding why the addict does what he or she does. I work with many HIV/AIDS patients, and many of them are addicts. This book was amazing not only to me but to most of the colleagues who have been around this behavior many years. We were actually fighting over this book after everyone was taking about. It was very easy, quick reading, and very clearly stated. I just can't say enough about it. If you read it I can assure you that you will want to share the information and stories you read. Currently my copy is MIA so I am buying another few copies.
Second half is superb, first half too narrowly defined
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is actually two books put together as a set in a common binding. The first book, Addictive Thinking, was pretty much a rehash to anyone who has read anything about alcoholism and addiction. If you are completely new to trying to understand alcoholic addiction then it may have some value, but there are better books on that subject. It would have more accurately been named Addictive Thinking in the Alcoholic. On the other hand the second book, The Addictive Personality, was an excellent and broad reaching tome on addiction. It covers how addictions form, what they mean to the person, what the person is thinking, their fears, concerns and innermost turmoil. It not only applied to alcoholic addiction but food addictions, power addictions, sexual addictions, etc. If you truly want to understand how addictions form and what is really going on below the surface then this is one of the best books I have read on the subject.
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