Straight Talk about Addiction

Download or read book Straight Talk about Addiction written by Terence T. Gorski and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight Talk means giving a clear, honest, and plain-English descriptions of important issues related to addiction, recovery, relapse prevention, and responsible living. This book tells it like it is without a great deal of concern for political correctness or the tentative guarded language that so often hides the true messages about addiction, recovery, and relapse. The message is given clearly and honestly with "no holds barred". After 40 years of following research and treatment practices for addiction, Terry Gorski became frustrated at the misinformation about alcohol and other drug addictions and the narrow and incomplete approaches to treatment, recovery and relapse prevention. In this book. Terry provides the best informationon the current science-based understanding of what core addiction syndromeis and what the core addiction treatment process needs to look like to increase the chances of recovery and decrease the risk of relapse. This book is easy to read, entertaining, and loaded with useful information you can actually use in your life.