Addictive Thinking
by Abraham J. Twerski
220 Members (3.68)
On This Page
Description
In addiction, a person with a substance use disorder undergoes a negative change in thinking and behavioral patterns. A person's character is overthrown by addictive thinking: displacement, projection, shame, and hypersensitivity are addiction's survival mechanisms. With Addictive Thinking, both addicts and loved ones familiarize themselves with these addictive signatures and more, and begin the fight for recovery. With more than 200,000 copies of Addictive Thinking sold worldwide, the show more eminent Abraham Twerski, MD, outlines the destructive and terrifying illogic that marries a person with a substance use disorder to his addiction. "Stinking thinking" and irrational thought are byproducts of addiction and they only worsen with time. Twerski steps in to explain and contextualize all of the actions that arise from addictive thinking. It might be easier to point at abnormal behavior from an addict and simply think, "there she goes again." But there is reason and consistency underneath the pandemonium. If nothing is learned, if nothing is done, an addict's rock bottom will continue to sink. By educating oneself about the addictive illogic and its reasoning, one will understand why the person behaves as she does and how everyone in her life becomes controlled by addiction. Then control can be taken back. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Men's healing resources
750 works; 1 member
Author Information
93+ Works 1,705 Members
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski is the founder and Medical Director Emeritus of Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a not-for-profit drug and alcohol treatment system in western Pennsylvania, cited by Forbes magazine as one of the 12 best drug and alcohol treatment centers in the United States. Dr, Tweski studies at Marquette University Medical School and show more Completed his psychiatric residency at the university of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatrie Institute. He has served as clinical director of the department of psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital and Associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Twerski has written more than 60 books, including Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception; Waking Up Just in Time, and "When Do the Good Things Start? show less
Work Relationships
Is contained in
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Addictive Thinking
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 616.860019 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Drug Abuse: Alcohol, Narcotics, Steroids
- LCC
- RC533 .T89 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry Psychopathology Neuroses
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 220
- Popularity
- 148,876
- Rating
- (3.68)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 4
