| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; PART ONE: RECOGNIZING POWERFUL PATTERN ADDICTIONS AROUND AND WITHIN US; PART TWO: RECOGNIZING OUR POWERFUL INNER CODING TO BE PATTERN-ADDICTED; PART THREE: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING SITUATIONAL TRANSCENDENCE; PART FOUR: CONDUCTING LIFESTYLE SURGERY; PART FIVE: KNOWING ADDICTION; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Considering the many ways people seek emotional pleasure, relaxation or escape in self-harmful ways - from excessive alcohol use and drug abuse to smoking, overeating, compulsive gambling, out-of-control spending and even lesser behaviors like habitual nail-biting - there are few of us who do not have, or know someone close who has, an addiction or habit they wish they could break. The problem common to all, says author Browne-Miller, is that psychological reactions to events have motivated behaviors which, in turn, have created biochemical reactions in the brain that actually wires it for rep |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Compulsive behavior -- Treatment
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Habit breaking.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Compulsive Behavior.
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Compulsive behavior -- Treatment
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Habit breaking
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Substance abuse -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009034151 |
| ISBN |
9780313353895 |
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0313353891 |
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