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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 Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 1 February 2003
      ISBN-13 9780060958039
      978-0060958039
      ISBN-10 0060958030
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      Addiction and therapy

      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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