This is the self-help book I wished I had when I was younger. In 12 steps, it shows you how to increase your success in life, including building wealth and relationships. It will help you get rid of false self-esteem, build your confidence and feel worthy of achievement. These 12 steps will explore the nature of ego, the hazards of the group mentality and expand your view towards long-term thinking. Take responsibility, increase your karma, be a giver and you will have infinite joy.

Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts: hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked them a simple question: how did you do it? The result is the first completely unbiased guide for problem drinkers, one that shatters long-held assumptions about alcohol recovery.Myth: AA is the only way to get sober.Reality: More than half the people Fletcher surveyed recovered without AA.Myth: You can't...

"This invaluable work will contribute much to the battle against our number one disease."—from the Foreword by George McGovern, former senator and author of Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with AlcoholismAlcoholism is a disease. It's time we started treating it like one.Science has offered undisputed proof that alcoholism is a disease rather than a weakness of character, yet millions of alcoholics continue to suffer due to inappropriat...

The most lucid account of the patterns of problem drinkers ever set down in a book!Drawing on soundly tested theories of transactional behavior, Dr. Steiner describes the three distinct types of alcoholics -- Drunk and Proud, Lush and Wino -- and their games, scripts and rackets: Debtor... Kick... Cops and robbers... Plastic Woman... Captain Marvel...Ain't it awful... Schlemiel... Look how hard I've tried... and others.His approach is the single most useful tool for dealing...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Not remotely preachy' - The Times'Jaunty, shrewd and convincing' - Sunday Telegraph'Admirably honest, light, bubbly and remarkably rarely annoying.' - Alice O'Keeffe, Guardian'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire

Robert Thomsen's biography describes the story of Bill W., a stirring spiritual odyssey through triumph, failure, and rebirth, with vital meaning for men and women everywhere.This is the story of a man whose discovery and vision have changed the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Robert Thomsen's biography takes readers through the events of Bill W.'s life, all the while detailing Bill's growing dependence on alcohol. Thomsen writes of the collapse t...

Would you like to understand the deeper spiritual meaning and purpose of drug addiction and alcoholism?Your Soul’s Plan eChapters: Drug Addiction and Alcoholism contains the Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1: Pre-birth Planning, and Chapter 5: Drug Addiction and Alcoholism from Robert Schwartz’s best-selling spirituality book, Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born. This special eChapter tells the true s...

In this straightforward and funny guide, John R. interprets the philosophies and stories of the Big Book for young people.Like many alcoholics and addicts, when John R. began his recovery at age seventeen, he was given a Big Book. At first he was reluctant to wade through the old-fashioned language and the stories about people he didn't think he could relate to. But, over time, he realized that the best way to get sober--and to stay sober--is to learn from those wh...

Emotional Sobriety: Feel-Good Secrets for Everyone provides uplifting mental practices, powerful encouragement, and straightforward advice to anyone seeking to improve the quality of his or her life. Easy-to-follow, simple exercises and suggestions give you a step-by-step practical program to master your emotions and to tune in, tap in, and turn on to your Inner Being.This guide provides a new, innovative approach to steps ten and eleven found in the Big Book of Alcoholics...

Are you worried about how much you’re drinking? Trying to quit but worry about being seen as a killjoy or party pooper? This is the book for you, providing practical advice and strategies for quitting the booze and feeling great about it, while improving your life at the same time.Author Lucy Rocca, whose life was nearly ruined by the multiple bottles of wine she was consuming every evening, provides an in-depth look at how Western society has normalised binge drinking and why bein...

Raise your child with cop on – give them the grit and good judgment to cope with life's challengesFull of expert advice tempered by first-hand experience of modern parenthood, Cop On is the perfect book to help you navigate the uncharted territories of modern parenthood. From the best way to supervise your children's internet usage to communication in the age of Web 2.0, Cop On will show you how to not only survive today's challenges but to raise children who thrive on them.Colman Noctor, ...

Hijacking the Brain provides the first-ever scientific explanation for the success of Twelve-Step programs. Hijacking the Brain examines data provided by recent rapid growth in the fields of neuroscience, neuroimaging, psychology, sociobiology and interpersonal neurobiology that have given us new, dramatic insights into the neural and hormonal correlates of stress and addiction, cognitive decline with addiction, as well as for the relative success of Twelve-Step Programs of recovery. Addic...