The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends
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29th September 2022
Price: £20
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781648480188
A practical and evidence-based approach that focuses on family members and friends as positive, crucial instruments of change—you can help your loved one with addiction.When you have a loved one who is addicted to alcohol or drugs, their addiction impacts the whole family—emotionally, financially, and physically. And with the widespread misuse of substances today, too many family members are experiencing its devastating effects. Research also shows that family involvement in helping a loved one with addiction is a powerful predictor of positive outcome. So, how can you help someone you love overcome addiction and create a better life?From the authors of Beyond Addiction, this healing workbook offers practical, effective, and evidence-based skills for family members who want to understand what drives their loved one’s addictive behavior, learn how to discuss it without conflict, and gain the tools and strategies necessary to cope and transform the situation and their lives. This comprehensive guide will empower you to be a crucial instrument of change.Using the authors’ Invitation to Change approach, you’ll learn: ·What drives addiction, and how to address it without condemnation ·How to open lines of communication and discuss substance use without an argument ·How your behavior interacts with and changes the behavior of your loved one ·How your self-awareness and self-compassion are key to helping the person you care about ·How to reward positive change, set respectful limits, and discourage negative behavior ·How to find peace with your own complicated feelings, like sorrow and anger ·Concrete ways to help on a daily basis You don’t have to try a “tough love” approach, or wait for your loved one to hit rock bottom—two outdated strategies that often exacerbate the problem and can lead to unnecessary suffering. You can be a force for positive change on your loved one’s journey to recovery. Let this workbook help your whole family move toward greater health and well-being—together.
Reviews
"An essential, empathetic, evidence-based, and hopeful guide for loved ones of people with addiction who want to help but often either don't know how or have been poorly advised about what actually works."—Maia Szalavitz, author of Undoing Drugs, contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and author or coauthor of seven other books
"It looks like the Center for Motivation and Change has done it again. They have updated and enhanced their information regarding the best ways to work with individuals who have problems with substance use. Covering several evidence-based treatments, they have beautifully created a way for all substance-use providers to learn and use state-of-the-art, down-to-earth information. This is a workbook that should be on your desk."—Robert J. Meyers, PhD, emeritus associate professor of psychology at The University of New Mexico; director of Robert J. Meyers, PhD & Associates; and creator of Community Reinforcement and Family Training
"If someone you love is harmfully using drugs, have you been told there's nothing you can do? It's just not true. The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Families and Friends is a compassionate road map for family and friends to follow, offering an impressive array of evidence-based tools explained in everyday language. Its Invitation to Change approach is just that: an invitation to consider and try out various practical things you can do to make a difference. It blends science and kindness with a wealth of clinical experience in helping people change."—William R. Miller, PhD, emeritus distinguished professor of psychology and psychiatry at The University of New Mexico, and author of Motivational Interviewing and On Second Thought