And you will overcome it without rehabs, recovery counselors, AA, sponsors and meetings for life.  The truth you need to know to help yourself break the destructive cycle of addictive behavior---now and for good---is for real and it's here, right now!  Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug & Recovery Habits: An Empowering Alternative to AA and 12-Step Treatment   Product Details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: See Sharp Press; ISBN: 1884365299 Book is now available.  Click here to order now and we'll ship it to you right away. (Click thumbnail to enlarge) Jim DeSena   About the Author   James DeSena, wrote Overcoming your Alcohol, Drug and Recovery Habits as a self-help guide to share the techniques of those who have independently quit their addictions and to expose the failed policies of America's addiction treatment industry and 12-Step recovery group movement.  An addiction/recovery researcher, consultant and writer, James holds Certificates in Alcohol/Drug Rehabilitation focusing on:  Assessment Skills: Clinical Evaluation  Family Concerns of the Chemically Dependent  Treatment Planning and Aftercare  Engaging The Mandated Client in Treatment Education  The Physiology & Sociology of Alcohol Dependence   Understanding Recovery Issues  Adolescents and Substance Abuse Through research, personal and professional experience, and many conversations with people who have independently ended their addictions, James has compiled the techniques for living alcohol/drug/recovery-free in an easy-to-understand, do-it-yourself format.  He is dedicated to sharing with others the secrets of the self-recovered.  Indeed, he has been involved in the self-help arena for ten years, chaired hundreds of "alternative" self-help meetings, and is speaking out across the country, presenting life-changing, healthier alternatives to addiction treatment and a lifetime of "recovering." An advocate for change and choice, James is working to expose and quell the machinations of the recovery group movement and addiction treatment industry. You may e-mail him with your questions and comments or inquire about his seminars, workshops, and speaking engagements at recoveryfree@aol.com, or write to James DeSena care of:   See Sharp Press P.O. Box 1731 Tucson, AZ 85702       "Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug & Recovery Habits" will help you Discover:           *  How to end your destructive addictive behavior now and for good.      *  How to take charge of your thoughts and emotions.      *  How to develop emotional security and self-reliance.      *  How to, once and for all, put this unfortunate episode of addictive          life behind you.      *  How to spot and avoid the tricks of the recovery trade.      *  Why nothing can "trigger" you to relapse.      *  Why your intrinsic self-worth take precedence over self-esteem           ratings games.      *  How you can replace conditional self-esteem with unconditional          self-acceptance.      *  Why 12-step addiction treatment and 12-step recovery programs          are largely innefective.      *  Why creating your own recovery-free future is largely effective.      *  How you can avoid the dreary destiny of "recovering" people who          never recover and are subjected, over and over, to addiction treat-          ment and recycled through various rehabs and 12-step programs.      *  Why the family and friends of substance abusers are not diseased           with "codendency" and what they can do to help themselves and           their addicted loved one.      *  How to quit recovering and begin living an alcohol, drug and           recovery-free lifetime of Discovery.    Table of Contents Introduction: Joseph Gerstein, M.D., Harvard Medical School Preface Acknowledgements Dedication Chapter  1: Trick or Treatment? The genesis of the Recovery Merry-Go-Round.  AA—The Sacred Cow.  The Recovery Group Movement (RGM).  The Addiction Treatment Industry (ATI). Success Rates.  Freedom from addiction and recovery will be yours.  Stop recovering and start discovering.  Chapter  2: The Recovery Merry-Go-Round Operators and Riders.  Professionals and Innocents.  How the disease theory of alcoholism fosters merry-go-round recovery. “Charlie’s” rocky recovery merry-go-round ride.  The wildly successful self-discovered.             Chapter  3: God Help Us: The Trouble With Spirituality AA’s religious roots and its faith healing program.  A spiritual monopoly.  Who’s Frank Buchman?  "Hi, my name's Bill W."  Groupies.  Alcoholics Anonymous in court.               Chapter  4: Heightened Perception: Your Higher, Higher Power Wake up!  The power in thinking for yourself again. Going beyond the disease myth of alcoholism/addiction and the supernatural remedy of AA’s co-founder, Bill Wilson.  The frustration factor.  The feelings trap.  Debunking the dry drunk syndrome.  Heightened perception in action.             Chapter  5: Their Truth and Nothing but Their Truth  Behind the closed doors of rehabs and 12-step meeting rooms.  Exposing  the isolation and information control policies of the recovery group movement and addiction treatment industry.  The Truth Keepers.  The other side of the truth.                       Chapter  6: Sticks and Stones: Words That Can Hurt   Learn what they really mean: Addiction, Alcoholism, Denial, Dependence, Chemical Dependence, Tolerance, Intervention, Loss of Control, Blackouts, Preoccupation, Anticipation—and what you’re really up against.             Chapter  7: Decision Day: When Quitting Means Winning Time to quit.  Cold turkey or medically supervised detox?  Minor and Major withdrawal.  Dos, don’ts and what to expect.  You can do it.   Chapter  8:  Discovery: Building Your Foundation Making your own peace through Unconditional Self-Acceptance.  No more recovery, relapse and powerlessness.  Self-Worth vs. Self-Esteem. Discover why you really drank and why you want to quit.  Closure: What was, was.  Discovery of pain/pleasure.   Chapter  9:  Minding Your Minds: Your Two Ways of Thinking   Caution: MICA (Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser), money and you.  Addiction treatment's poster boys: Robert Downey, Jr. and Darryl Strawberry. Why Bill W.'s "baffling mind problem" of addiction is not so baffling.  Distinguishing between rational and emotional thoughts.  The Dual Mind Cycle of Addiction.             Chapter 10: The Parasite The joy of hitting recovery bottom.  Translation: Separating from the destructive self-talk behind addictive behavior: “I want it.”  “Gotta have it.” “Just a few won’t hurt.”  Alcohol: Cunning, baffling, powerful?---No way!                           Chapter 11: P.A.W.N. Ending  your addiction  for  good—the  secrets  of  the  self-discovered.  The Commitment. Don't count time, count on self-worth: Demystifying the addiction treatment industry’s, Abstinence Violation Effect (A.V.E.).  A different drummer.  P.A.W.N. Pocket Summary.   Chapter 12: The Myth of Relapse Triggers The H.A.L.T.—Hungry Angry Lonely Tired—conspiracy.  Big Macs, tofu and bean sprouts: The role of diet and nutrition.  Warning signs: More excuses.  No more excuses.             Chapter 13: Beware the Codependency Cartel Wake up!  Behind the smiles of Al-Anon, Alateen, ACOA and CODA.  Banishing victimhood:  Empowering yourself to live codependent and recovery-free.  Codependency’s cruelest trick: Enabling.  Break up, put up, shut up or make up.  Discovering: emotional security and self-reliance.  Be a genius: Prepare.  Goals and options.   Chapter 14: Ready To Rock Your liberation from addiction and recovery.  Discovery bonus gifts: Freedom and time. A final look at the RGM and The Parasite. The power in setting goals.  Creating your booze/drug/recovery-free identity.  The mirror effect. The land of the free.  The brass ring: Welcome to Discovery.                               Appendix  A: Drugs Used to Treat Addictions Appendix  B: Abstinence–Based Alternatives to 12-Step Programs  Appendix  C: What About Moderation? Suggested Reading Index About the Author        Wondering about your alcohol or other drug use?  Click the Unlock button to take the Recoveryfree Self-Test For Alcohol And Other Drug Abuse.   From the Publisher: Book Description   Recognizing that 12-step programs rarely help those in them quit booze or other drugs for good, Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug and Recovery Habits provides techniques to counter the self-defeating beliefs that lead to and foster addictions—including addiction to ineffective 12-step groups.  It enables those who have gone through Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and formal 12-step addiction treatments to overcome the self-destructive beliefs and attitudes that these programs promote. These include the idea that addicts and alcoholics are powerless, the belief that addiction is an incurable disease, the assertion that people who slip inevitably lose control, and the notion that those who reject the 12-step approach are doomed. Most importantly, this book presents well-supported methods for quitting booze and other drugs for good, for helping individuals recognize and vanquish negative thinking and to help these people regain control of their lives in a truly self-help, “do it yourself” format.  All this and more—without wasting decades sitting through useless meetings.   Alan Caruba, veteran book reviewer and charter member of the National Book Critics Circle, reviews Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug and Recovery Habits in Bookviews.  Click on the pen and book image to read Alan's review.                (Please give the file a moment to download) Click on the "Cast Your Vote" link and you'll learn some scary AA facts. You can check your votes against the correct answers, which are found at the bottom of this page.  Don't peek!  Vote first.  Good luck.     Tell A Friend About This Great Site! Type In Your Name: Type In Your E-mail: Your Friend's E-mail: Your Comments: Cast Your Vote Answers This is HOT stuff! Question 1. Number 1 is the answer. Only 3 out of every 100 people who join AA achieve any type of significant sobriety.  Question 2. Number 7 is the answer. 95% of people who try AA find it unhelpful/harmful and leave the program before one year.  Question 3. Number 7 is the answer. 75% of people who try AA find it so unhelpful that they leave the program before 10 meetings. (All this is even more scary because 95% of America's rehab centers, [which are operated by and staffed with AA enthusiasts] insist on "treating" their vulnerable clients with AA's 12-Step program citing "The Program" as the only thing that works!!!)    To order your copy of "Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug, and Recovery Habits," Click here. © Copyright 2002-2008 James DeSena. All rights reserved.