Summary
Is a smoking, alcohol, food, gambling, Internet, drug, or sex addiction holding you back from getting what you want most? Over the past twenty-five years, renowned addiction therapist Dr. Frederick Woolverton has used his dynamic, empathetic approach to help thousands of addicts achieve long-term recovery--including himself. He sees the specific habit as less important than the underlying chaos and fear that motivate the urge to soothe ourselves with bad habits. The solution, he has found, requires only a better understanding of yourself and a change in attitude.
Using real patient examples as well as research and his own experience, Dr. Woolverton and coauthor and former patient Susan Shapiro show how to thrive without self-medicating. Woolverton's specific instructions do not require an expensive therapist, rehab, a twelve-step program, or a higher power (though he does make readers aware of those viable options). Let him help you beat your addiction. When you conquer a toxic habit, you are leaving room for something beautiful to take its place.
Susan Shapiro was born in 1961 in the U.S. She is the author of several books including Five Men Who Broke My Heart, Only as Good as Your Word, Lighting Up, and Speed Shrinking. She has also contributed articles to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Daily Beast and Glamour. She has also become an award winning writing professor at The New School and New York University.
(Bowker Author Biography)
