Author's Note ix
Preface xi
I AMERICA ON DRUGS
1 This Is Your Brain on Drugs
3(9)
2 This Is Our Nation on Drugs
12(17)
II WHY WE USE
3 Everybody Does It
29(15)
4 Helping Kids Grow Up
44(33)
III WHEN DRUG USE ESCALATES
5 Use Becomes Abuse, and Abuse Becomes Addiction
77(11)
6 Addicts Aren't Weak, Selfish, or Amoral - They're Ill
88(15)
7 Don't Deny Addiction, Don't Enable It, and Don't Wait for an Addict to Hit Bottom - He Could Die
103(11)
8 Intervention
114(13)
IV GETTING CLEAN
9 Finding Treatment
127(14)
10 Detox
141(8)
V STAYING CLEAN
11 Beginning Treatment
149(21)
12 Primary Treatment
170(28)
13 Treating Drug Problems with Drugs
198(9)
14 Where Does AA Fit In?
207(30)
VI TREATING A CHRONIC ILLNESS
15 Treating Dual Diagnosis
237(14)
16 Relapse Prevention
251(20)
VII ENDING ADDICTION
17 The Future of Prevention and Treatment
271(13)
18 Fighting the Right War
284(23)
Epilogue 307(4)
The Clean Paradigm in Twelve Steps 311(3)
Appendix: Just Say Know 314(18)
Acknowledgments 332(2)
Notes 334(20)
Index 354