Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-deception

Description: Addictive Thinking by ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI Reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individual. This timely revision of the original classic includes updated information and research on depression and affective disorders, the relationship between addictive thinking and relapse, and the origins of addictive thought. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding recovery.In addiction, a person with a substance use disorder undergoes a negative change in thinking and behavioral patterns. A persons character is overthrown by addictive thinking: displacement, projection, shame, and hypersensitivity are addictions survival mechanisms. With Addictive Thinking, both addicts and loved ones familiarize themselves with these addictive signatures and more, and begin the fight for recovery. With more than 200,000 copies of Addictive Thinking sold worldwide, the eminent Abraham Twerski, M.D., outlines the destructive and terrifying illogic that marries a person with a substance use disorder to his addiction. "Stinking thinking" and irrational thought are byproducts of addiction and they only worsen with time. Twerski, with a deep psychological understanding, steps in to explain and contextualize all of the actions that arise from addictive thinking. It might be easier to point at abnormal behavior from an addict and simply think, "there she goes again." But there is reason and consistency underneath the pandemonium. If nothing is learned, if nothing is done, an addicts rock bottom will continue to sink. By educating oneself about the addictive illogic and its reasoning, one will understand why the person behaves as she does and how everyone in her life becomes controlled by addiction. Then control can be taken back. Author Biography Dr. Abraham J. Twerski is founder and medical director emeritus of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A rabbi, psychiatrist, and chemical dependency counselor, he is the author of numerous journal articles and books, including Self-Discovery in Recovery, I Didnt Ask to Be in This Family: Sibling Relationships and How They Shape Adult Behavior and Dependencies, and, with "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz, When Do the Good Things Start? Details ISBN1568381387 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1568381387 ISBN-13 9781568381381 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Publication Date 1997-04-30 Imprint Hazelden Information & Educational Services Subtitle Understanding Self-deception - How the Lies we Tell Ourselves and Others Perpetuate Our Addictions Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780894866128 Pages 156 Short Title ADDICTIVE THINKING 2/E Place of Publication Center City DOI 10.1604/9781568381381 UK Release Date 1997-04-30 NZ Release Date 1997-04-30 US Release Date 1997-04-30 Publisher Hazelden Information & Educational Services DEWEY 158 Audience General Author ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI AU Release Date 1997-04-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137973461;

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