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Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.

For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:

  • Why we feel the impulse
  • Why we feel it when we do
  • What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment

In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:

  • Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
  • People with addictions are different from other people.
  • You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
  • You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction.

The Heart of Addiction

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A Hardback by Lance Dodes

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Publication Date: 1/2/2003 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780060958039, 978-0060958039
    ISBN10: 0060958030
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.

    For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:

    • Why we feel the impulse
    • Why we feel it when we do
    • What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment

    In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:

    • Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
    • People with addictions are different from other people.
    • You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
    • You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction.

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