Thinking Simply About Addiction: A Handbook for Recovery

A profound yet practical guide to understanding addiction and recovery from an authority on the subject.

No social problem today causes greater confusion than addiction. Whatever form it takes — alcohol, heroin, cocaine, nicotine, etc. — it tears apart homes and relationships, destroys careers and futures, and leaves loved ones asking: Why couldn't he stop once and for all? Or "get better"? Or control himself?

Despite everything that's been said and written, many people remain deeply confou...