Why Don't They Just Quit? What Families and Friends Need to Know about Addiction and Recovery. - E-book - ePub

See Newer/Lower-priced Edition (slightly renamed): Why Don't They Just Quit? Hope for Families Struggling with Addiction. Updated edition contains 6 new chapters: Heroin, Shame & Stigma, Harm Reduction, Marijuana and more. Achieve the peace of mind that comes from knowing what works, what doesn't and why. Real-life solutions to help you now!Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex and harrowing experience you'll ever have.
This book offers a message of hope to families and friends, giving practical solutions so they can help anyone struggling with addiction to begin the road to recovery. You'll discover:-Why a person doesn't have to hit rock-bottom before getting help. (page 111)-When helping is actually hurting. (page 57)-Why quitting is not the same as recovering. (page 5)-How to deal with a relapse. (page 187)-How to receive 50 percent or more off the cost of treatment.
(page 97)-Why a parent would leave their child due to their addiction. (page 245)-Why effective intervention doesn't have to be a surprise attack. (page 49)Answers to over 30 common, and not so common questions. Inspiring first-hand recovery stories from real people!Praise for Why Don't They Just Quit?This book was a God send! I have struggled as a parent of an addict for years, and now I am finally able to see that it is not in my ability to heal him! This book was life changing, LIFE CHANGING! I can now begin to recover myself, even if my child doesn't! Thank you Joe, for writing this book! ~Shelley K.
(parent)Joe's book helps us to understand the addiction and recovery process. He combines a lifetime of personal and professional experience dealing with this issue in a practical and highly personal overview. The book is excellent. I wish I had read it a year ago. ~Sheriff Joe Pelle, Boulder County, ColoradoAs a Mother, I found this book to be full of empathy, tough-love and practical information.
I especially appreciate that Joe included the spiritual part of recovery, which other resources often avoid. Most importantly, the underlying message that I learned was that anyone can recover. ~Vicki Beatty, Celebrate Recovery Leader/Covenant Chapel, Leawood, KansasThis book will be valued by many, many people. A very meaningful gift of God's grace to families who need sanity in the middle of their runaway insanity.
~Mike Richards Jr., Director of Recovery Ministries/International Bible Society, Houston, TexasYour story has encouraged me and helped me to deal with my son's problems and has given me great peace as a parent. I can put away the guilt and the shame, pick up my own pieces and move forward, helping him to do the same. ~Kathy Cowley, Parent, Longmont, Colorado.