"I have been using this book for a year in a chemical dependency intensive outpatient program, with great success and enthusiasm from the clients. Now our agency is using this format in all of our groups, including daytime, evening, and women's programs. It's a wonderful book, particularly because all the handouts I need are included and it's all completed in-group with no homework. I am very grateful to Dr. Velazquez and her coauthors for this user-friendly and effective program."--Elizabeth Ramos, CSAC, Cumberland County Mental Health Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina

"[Title] is an excellent resource for counselors. The book describes an integrated multi-session group program designed to enhance motivation and help people enact change. A particular strength of the program is that each session can stand alone, allowing treatment to be customized for different groups or even implemented with individuals. Abundant reproducible materials are also a useful feature."--Mark B. Sobell, PhD, ABPP, Nova Southeastern University

Registered dietitian Molly Siple takes the goal of sobriety one step further. Focusing on foods "that not only taste good but that will help your body heal," she encourages former alcoholics to create a diet that can help make up for the some of the bodily harm, such as digestive problems and fatty liver, wrought by drinking too much.

[From article Self-help books focus on recovery from alcoholism.]

Review: "Above all, this is a brutally honest, candid book about the treatment of problem gamblers that may have application to the other impulse, addictive, and compulsive disorders. This is a refreshing book, and I recommend it highly to all comers. It should be on everyone's reference shelf and read and reread." (PsycCRITIQUES, February 20, 2008)

Product Description: Full of practical information on assessing, diagnosing, and treating alcohol gambling addiction, this handy manual in the new Wiley Series on Treating Addictions is an invaluable tool for anyone who works with clients experiencing problems with gambling.

Although the title of this book makes it sound like it might be a movie-of-the-week, true-confessions type of tearjerker, it is not. In one sense, it's a very straightforward account of a man's self-destructive tendencies and his battle to find some way to live with them. But look more closely, and you will find the deeply affecting, often frightening story of a man who was doomed almost from the day he was born.

Whether it's substance abuse, workaholism, compulsive shopping, or procrastination, all self-defeating behavior has a common purpose: short-term, immediate benefit over long-term gain. This book's self-directed, step-by-step approach grew out of the author's own recovery from self-defeating behavior. Her real-life examples, exercises, and action plans help you zero in on the self-defeating behaviors that can undermine your life.

All aspects of changing bad habits and developing a balanced lifestyle are addressed in the book, and I highly recommend it to readers. -- G. Alan Marlatt, author of Relapse Prevention and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington.

Og Mandino - Author and Lecturer: During the past twenty-five years I have been blessed with more good fortune than any individual deserves but I shudder to think where I'd be today, or what I'd be doing if I had not been exposed to Napoleon Hill's philosophy. It changed my life.

Without preaching, moralizing, or theorizing, the authors of The Habit Change Workbook deliver a program for breaking bad habits. Grounded in proven cognitive-behavioral principles, the book helps readers assess their habits and proceed to dismantle them.