Description
Book SynopsisDespite our associating addictions with crazy, out of control behavior, most addictions go unrecognized. Those who suffer from addictions often misinterpret their symptoms as a sign of some other problem. Health care professionals who are entrusted by society to identify such problems routinely fail to do so. When addictions are recognized, they are confined to substance use, which overlooks the wide array of activities that engage people in an addictive manner. Further, when addictions are detected, they are in their most advanced and difficult to treat phases. In large part this is due to the all or none way we think about addiction; either you are addicted or not. In reality, an addiction does not emerge fully formed; what starts out as just having fun, gradually, over time, becomes a problem.
To limit the devastation created by late stage addictions and reap the benefits of early detection, this book provides questionnaires that screen for a wide array of chemical and be
Trade ReviewDespite all the suffering it causes, addiction often remains unrecognized and misunderstood. In her new book,
Addicted?” Dr. Freimuth provides a clinically wise approach to figuring out whether you or a loved one suffers with this problem. This book is important and will be of great help to many. I very much recommend it. -- Lance Dodes, M.D., author,
The Heart of Addiction
Addicted? should be required reading for all therapists and everyone who suspects that they or their loved ones might be an addict. If you want to know how to spot an addict, read this book If you want to know the causes and consequences of addiction as well as ways to treat it, read this book. Addicts lead secret, double lives; now, at long last, this book strips off the mask of the addict, strips away the layers of clinical and societal confusion, and speaks the truth about our deeply addicted culture. -- Sue William Silverman, author of Love Sick: One Woman's Journey Through Sexual Addiction
Addicted? is a guide for taking action against the deception of addiction, while there's still time. A must-read for anyone facing the deception, denial and desperation of addiction. -- William Cope Moyers, author of Broken
Marilyn Freimuth's Addicted? offers an eye-opening survey of addiction, one that thoroughly explores adolescent and adult substance abuse, moving on to such behaviors as buying, computer use, gambling, sex and cybersex, and exercise. The book presents tools for recognizing destructive behaviors, as well as suggestions for help. Using clear examples and powerful resources, Addicted? de-stigmatizes addiction and offers hope for those who struggle, whether adolescent, young adult, aging adult, or concerned friends and family. Addicted? is a book to read at first suspicion, when you may be already wondering how it could have happened. -- Chris Volkmann, author of From Binge to Blackout
Addicted: Recognizing Destructive Behavior Before It's Too Late by Marilyn Freimuth, should be first on anyone's list who wonders if a loved one, or even themselves, is showing the first signs of addiction. This book will help distinguish between a bad habit, a compulsion, a good habit and so on. * Citizen Patriot, September 20, 2009 *
Table of Contents
Part 1 Part I - Getting to Know Addictions
Chapter 2 The Problem: Recognizing Addictions When It's Too Late
Chapter 3 The New Look of Addictions
Chapter 4 The Making of an Addiction
Chapter 5 The Continuum: Early to Late Stage Addiction
Chapter 6 Addiction's Many Masks
Chapter 7 Addiction's Self Disguises
Chapter 8 Subtle Signs of Addiction
Part 9 Part II - Unmasking Addictions
Chapter 10 Unmasking Substance Addictions
Chapter 11 Adolescent Substance Abuse: Experimentation or Addiction?
Chapter 12 The Unseen Faces of Addiction: Older Adults and Women
Chapter 13 Gambling Addiction
Chapter 14 Computer Addiction
Chapter 15 Sex and Cybersex Addictions
Chapter 16 Buying Addiction
Chapter 17 Exercise Addiction
Part 18 Part III - Getting Help for an Addiction
Chapter 19 Unmasking Addictions and Preparing for Change
Chapter 20 Impediments to Effective Helping
