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Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind: The Nature of Craving and How to Control It
Arnold M. Ludwig
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Description for Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind: The Nature of Craving and How to Control It
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMZR; VFJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Despite the immense obstacles they face, many alcoholics do manage to recover. In this groundbreaking book, Arnold M. Ludwig--a doctor with over twenty-five years of experience working with alcoholics--goes inside the minds of alcoholics in order to explain the behaviors and thought processes they use to get and stay sober. Whether alcoholics achieve recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, a church, counseling, hospitalization, or entirely of their own initiative, the basic methods remain essentially the same. This book offers the first detailed examination of these successful methods. Ludwig has discovered that in most cases a lasting recovery can only begin after certain ... Read more
Despite the immense obstacles they face, many alcoholics do manage to recover. In this groundbreaking book, Arnold M. Ludwig--a doctor with over twenty-five years of experience working with alcoholics--goes inside the minds of alcoholics in order to explain the behaviors and thought processes they use to get and stay sober. Whether alcoholics achieve recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, a church, counseling, hospitalization, or entirely of their own initiative, the basic methods remain essentially the same. This book offers the first detailed examination of these successful methods. Ludwig has discovered that in most cases a lasting recovery can only begin after certain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195059182
SKU
V9780195059182
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99-18
About Arnold M. Ludwig
Arnold Ludwig, M.D. is E. A. Edwards Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He is on the editorial board of The American Journal of Psychotherapy and has written five other books and over one hundred articles.
Reviews for Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind: The Nature of Craving and How to Control It
An outstanding effort filled with important information for those who treat alcoholics, live with alcoholics, or who are alcoholics.... A significant contribution to the field, and all who deal with alcoholics would benefit from reading it.
Science Books & Films
A thoroughly readable and rich introduction to...the process of recovery from alcoholism.
New England Journal of Medicine ... Read more
Science Books & Films
A thoroughly readable and rich introduction to...the process of recovery from alcoholism.
New England Journal of Medicine ... Read more