{"product_id":"the-heart-of-addiction-a-new-approach-to-understanding-and-managing-alcoholism-and-other-addictive-behaviors-9780060958039","title":"The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy we feel the impulse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy we feel it when we do\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat alternatives (really) work in that critical moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddictions are fundamentally a physical problem.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeople with addictions are different from other people.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYou have to hit bottom before you can get well.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYou are wasting your time if you ask \"why\" you have an addiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDodes, Lance M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLance Dodes, MD, is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in the Division on Addictions. He has been director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard's McLean Hospital and director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He has been elected a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620982362386,"sku":"9780060958039","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55414e2d-05da-4d6d-9a7c-4212db886dd6.jpg?v=1732577754","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-heart-of-addiction-a-new-approach-to-understanding-and-managing-alcoholism-and-other-addictive-behaviors-9780060958039","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}