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Book Description

For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations. For the first time, the New York Times bestselling Recover to Live brings together all of the most effective self-care treatments for the seven most toxic compulsions affecting every culture on the planet today—alcohol dependence, drug dependence, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex, and porn. In Recover to Live, more than 100 of the world’s top experts interviewed by Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency, what treatments will work best for you, how best to help yourself or a loved one recover from addiction, and how to lead a fulfilling and productive life in recovery.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface: by A. Thomas McLellan
  5. Foreword: by Patrick J. Kennedy and Jim Ramstad
  6. Introduction: Are We a Culture of Addicts?
  7. Part One: Is Your Unhealthy Habit Really Dependence?
    1. I. Toxic Compulsion 1: Alcohol Abuse
    2. II. Toxic Compulsion 2: Drug Abuse
    3. III. Toxic Compulsion 3: Eating Disorders
    4. IV. Toxic Compulsion 4: Gambling Dependence
    5. V. Toxic Compulsion 5: Hoarding
    6. VI. Toxic Compulsion 6: Sex and Pornography
    7. VII. Toxic Compulsion 7: Nicotine Dependence (Smoking)
  8. Part Two: Which Treatment Tools Work Best for You?
    1. VIII. I Love an Addict, How Can I Help Myself?
    2. IX. Dependency Starts … and Ends … in Your Brain
    3. X. Seven Self-Care Tools with Proven Benefits
      1. Tool 1—Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
      2. Tool 2—12-Step Programs (and Other Groups)
      3. Tool 3—Mindfulness
      4. Tool 4—Meditation
      5. Tool 5—Nutrition and Exercise
      6. Tool 6—Body Work
      7. Tool 7—Journaling
    4. XI. A Guide to Working 12-Step Programs
    5. XII. Having a Life Worth Living—the Art of Recovery
  9. Appendix One: Drug-Use Treatment and Health Facts
  10. Appendix Two: A Resource Guide to Recovery
  11. Appendix Three: Experts Cited in This Book
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. Excerpt from the Author’s New Book, What Addicts Know
  14. About the Author
  15. Index
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