About the Author: Chris Prentiss is the co-founder and co-director of the Passages addiction Cure Center in Malibu, California. He is also the author of a dozen books on personal growth and has led personal empowerment workshops in Southern california. He has also written, produced and directed a feature film.

"An excellent resource for anyone dealing with addictions....This book contains the information that can start you on the road to recovery." ---Bernie Siegel, M.D. #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles.

"A critically important and thoroughly 'reader friendly' instructional guide to recovery...." ---The Midwest Book Review

"An excellent guide and resource book for anyone dealing with addiction, either for themselves or their family/friends.... The program offers fresh hope to many for whom conventional treatments have not worked." ---Yoga & Health

Supporting the expert coverage in the book, the reader-friendly series format features quizzes, checklists, diagrams, "Research Frontier" boxes, problem-solving scenarios, "Dos and Don'ts" lists, "Test Yourself" questions, suggested resources, and more. These tools help you reinforce your understanding and integrate this knowledge into your practice. In addition, a thorough bibliography and appendix provide lists of contacts for self-help groups, residential and outpatient treatment programs, support groups, Web sites, and reading material.

This handbook surveys the various models that have been used to define alcoholism, ending with a discussion of what the authors call "an informed eclecticism." Using this approach, clinicians develop a spectrum of treatment approaches that have proved effective in practice, then match specific clients with the treatment methods that offer the greatest opportunities for success in these specific circumstances. This new edition of this handy reference provides both practitioners and researchers with a rich source of information on treatment interventions demonstrated to be the most successful.

"Preventing Alcohol Abuse is must reading for anyone concerned with preventing alcohol problems, and curious about how hundreds of generations of humans managed to survive thousands of years of interaction with alcohol without benefit of government management of consumption and long before the invention of alcoholism." - Harold A. Mulford, Ph.D. Psychiatry Professor, Emeritus Psychiatry Research, MEB

"David Hanson's book, Alcohol Education: What We Must Do, provides for the first time a sensible path for Americans to teach their young about drinking." - Stanton Peele, Ph.D.

"This book neatly chronicles how Americans got into their present absurd position that equates any drinking with alcohol abuse or illegal drug-taking--and shows clearly and practically how to get out of it. This book, together with Hanson's recent Preventing Alcohol Abuse, explains both our peculiar attitudes and our counterproductive laws, while offering constructive alternatives." - Dr. Dwight B. Heath Professor of Anthropology (Research) Brown University

In My Way Out, Jewell describes her history as a highly functional alcoholic and her decades of research in battling her addiction. Written in collaboration with Dr. Linda Garcia, MD, the search ultimately led her to develop a program calling upon experts in multiple fields.

"The alcohol treatment landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of this influential resource for practitioners. Now in an updated second edition, the volume continues to be relevant and useful. The coping skills training approach described here is not only well supported by evidence from clinical trials, but also nicely matches the contingencies of managed care. A relatively brief therapy, it is optimally offered in groups and is entirely compatible with outpatient treatment. The interpersonal life skills are also likely to be useful well beyond coping with addictions, making this an attractive method for working with clients with multiple problems."--William R. Miller, PhD, Department of Psychology, The University of New Mexico

Reader: It is a book that provides information to assist the whole person, spiritually, mentally and physically to become in tune with the healer within so that they can get better. A concept I know most of us who are used to conventional medicine and healthcare believe to be a myth because we are used to being dissapointed and settling for just getting by. I recommend this book and the program highly to anyone who is seriously interested in getting better.

Joan Mathews Larson and her colleagues at the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, discovered a series of nutritional deficiencies in alcoholics, and found that with proper dietary adjustments, they could help almost three-quarters of their patients kick the bottle for good.

This practical, comprehensive, and easy to use book helps alcohol abusers understand their behavior, but provides practical steps that anyone can use to solve an alcohol problem. Written by a cognitive-behavioral psychologist, this book includes chapters on overcoming low self-esteem, depression, stress, attending self-help groups, and living a better life after quitting.