Addiction Science

Recovery from active addiction is a lifelong journey that can take many paths. By aligning yoga philosophy and poses with each of the 12 steps, Kyczy Hawk presents a physical and spiritual guide that complements and augments any 12-step practice. Listeners will investigate how they think, feel, and believe by using a new vocabulary to process traditional recovery principles.

In order to overcome a common but frequently hidden addiction, "Quit Porn: 32 Science-Based Tactics on How to Quit the Habit of Being Addicted to Porn and Masturbation" provides a practical and transforming strategy. This ground-breaking book explores the complex interplay of psychological, biological, and social factors that lead to the addiction to pornography, giving listeners a deep comprehension of the subject and the useful skills they need to become well.

Focusing on the brain and its neurotransmitters, this book delves into the irrefutable science behind addiction. The indispensable knowledge offered within these pages will revolutionize how we view, treat, and conquer addictions and cravings. Providing insight into human behavior, this information will bring hope and understanding to anyone desiring to permanently overcome chemical dependency.

This groundbreaking theory will change your relationship with your phone, forever. Smartphone addiction is usually seen as a bad thing. With #SingularityNow science fiction author Blake Wiers explores a different spin on phones, and their bad rap. Looking through the long lens of evolution and the fossil record, he examines the possibility that life on earth is changing right now, in an event called “the Singularity.” After this moment, he speculates, we have only our phones to show us the way.

This book is the ultimate guide to achieve the quality of life you deserve and break the sex addiction cycle for good. This is a book for those who have longed to break the sex addiction cycle as well as for those who are in relationships with individuals struggling with sex addiction. This book is based on evidence and is written by a health psychology professional. By learning to work through the causes and utilize evidence-based tools, you will feel more centered, more joyous, more confident, and cope better with emotions and life's stressors.

Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of Americans are tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue. Where is the solution? Where is the hope? Where's the outrage? Ryan Hampton understands firsthand how easy it is to develop a dependency on opioids, and how destructive it can quickly become. Now, he is waging a permanent campaign to change our way of thinking about and addressing addiction in this country.

Do you struggle with walking in purity? There is freedom from sexual bondage. This 30-day challenge smashes the chains of captivity for men and sets them on a solid foundation toward living their best, blessed life. Stop hiding in the shade of shame and guilt. Walk in the light of victory. Your battle plan guides you through proven methods for applying real-life, practical applications that promise to create the changes in you that the people who love you need to see.You can do anything for 30 days, and you can do this. Conquer the strongholds and claim the freedom today.

There are as many diets and fads in today's health-conscious world as there are days in the year. They can be used for all sorts of reasons, not just weight loss, and it's true that many people will try one at some time in their life. It's also true that many will fail to lose any weight at all. One of the things which is often overlooked when someone is trying to combat things such as weight loss is the importance of amino acids, without which our bodies cannot survive.

Say Why to Drugs investigates the science behind recreational drugs - debunking common myths and misconceptions, as well as containing the most recent scientific research. Looking at a range of drugs, this book provides a clear understanding of how drugs work and what they're really doing to your mind and body. Along the way you will find out why ketamine is on the WHO's list of essential medicines, why some researchers hope MDMA could treat PTSD, and much more.

We've all been there. One minute you're fast asleep, and in the next, you're tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons into semi-consciousness, mouth full of sand, head throbbing. You're hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone to the front lines of humanity's age-old fight against hangovers to settle once and for all the best way to get rid of the aftereffects of a night of indulgence (short of not drinking in the first place).

Barbara Smith MSW and Christian McNeill have extensive personal and professional experience in addiction recovery as well as a clear understanding of an evolution in the field of addiction treatment. Their unique perspective explains the fundamental human misunderstanding that culminates in addiction, how to correct that misunderstanding and why flourishing may be simpler than you ever imagined. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, this book offers a fresh and hopeful insight into the principles of human psychology and spirituality.

Suffering from chronic pain or illness is debilitating on its own, let alone when the treatments given are ineffective or even harmful. Patients are often given opioids to manage their symptoms, but is this the best option available? According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 2 million people in the US alone have a substance-use disorder linked to prescription opioids. What if there was a better way to treat your symptoms? Enter marijuana - what used to be taboo has now become commonplace.

In Lurking, Joanne McNeil digs deep and identifies the primary (if sometimes contradictory) concerns of people online: searching, safety, privacy, identity, community, anonymity, and visibility. She charts what it is that brought people online and what keeps us here even as the social equations of digital life - what we’re made to trade, knowingly or otherwise, for the benefits of the internet - have shifted radically beneath us. It is a story we are accustomed to hearing as tales of entrepreneurs and visionaries and dynamic and powerful corporations.

In the book How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan traces the eventful history of psychedelics, from Hofmann’s first encounter with LSD to the first surge of research into the field to the widespread abuse and misuse followed by a federal government ban and the recent resurrection of psychedelic research. This book contains a comprehensive, well-detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Michael Pollan. It summarizes the book in detail to help people effectively understand, articulate, and imbibe the original work by Pollan.

While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new audiobook, Dawson argues peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620.

In a world that glorifies alcohol—from signature cocktails to craft beer—helping a loved one with a drinking problem feels like a losing battle. You’ve begged, bargained, and demanded they stop, only to see consumption ramp up and your relationship break down. This approach enforces a vicious cycle of confrontation, shame, and more drinking. Author and filmmaker Maureen Palmer has been there, and she’s found a better way.

The road to recovery can be tough and arduous. But Charles Fuchs reveals his practical solution and guide to stay sober for the rest of your life! If your recovering from alcoholism and do not want to relapse back into your old ways, than this concise, informative and impact book is for you! Life is a journey and the path to freedom can be overwhelming, but in the book Living Sober: Life Beyond Alcoholism Guide you will learn how to remain sober and alcohol-free for the rest of your life!

Drop any painful self-destructive behavior by learning to quietly ask yourself just one powerful, self-awakening question. Find that question at the beginning of this course and answer it with new wisdom when asked again at the end. Plus, meet the addictive nature at the heart of all self-compromising behavior, and discover how to break free.

Schuyler and Madeleine Burroughs have the perfect Face—rich and powerful enough to assure their dominance in society. But in SchAddie’s household, cracks are beginning to appear. Schuyler is bored and taking risks. Maddie is becoming brittle, her happiness ever more fleeting. And their menial is fighting the most bizarre compulsions.

An eye-opening and hard-hitting work, When Religion is an Addiction not only puts the political activities of the right-wing in a new perspective, but explains how liberal responses have often enabled religious addiction to thrive. Dr. Minor applies contemporary understandings of addictions to the extreme Christian right-wing in the United States and concludes that for them religion is functioning as a process addiction. Crucial to the addictiveness of such religion is its obsession with human depravity, the ultimate expression of low self-worth.