Willpower's Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind

by Arnold M. Washton

List Price:	~~$13.95~~
Amazon Price:	$11.16 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
You Save:	$2.79 (20%)
Average Rating:
Lowest New Price:	$6.78
Availablitiy:	Usually ships in 24 hours

Editorial Reviews
Product Description

Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn't the drug or activity itself but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive life-style. Willpower's Not Enough will show you how to change your life-style and to recover from your addiction.

Customers who bought this item also bought

All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Superb Book on Addictive Behavior, 2008-10-13
This book is one of the best I have read on addictive behaviors. Most of these titles have one or two chapters that are helpful, while the rest are mediocre. This volume has valuable insight from cover to cover. Although not a specifically Christian work, the author does encourage people who struggle with an addiction to call upon a higher power. I recommend this book highly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Great book for the user and family as well!, 2007-11-27
Wow, what can I say. A book that really helps the user to understand themselves and why they continue to do what they do and ways to help themselves as well as reach out for the help they need to break their addiction. Helps them to understand relapse and what it really means and how to deal with it. Highly recommended for the family too. ANOTHER GREAT BOOK [ASIN:156838999X Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery.]meant for the family how to really understand the user and how we enable the user without knowing it... how to stop enabling while giving love and support to the user leading them to recovery Helps the user understand how their substance use really affects the ones they love and the family dynamics.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

this is the best book on addiction I have ever read!, 2007-11-23
Willpower is not Enough is the best book on addiction that i have read so far and i have read dozens. it gives a brilliant breakdown of the personality traits that most addicts tend to have, why people become addicts and why they continue to use drugs despite such painful consequences, the typical kinds of families that addicts tend to come from, what drugs really offer the drug addict that make the consequences so worth it, what codependents get out of their obsession, and finally a step by step guide explaining how to pull oneself out of the hopeless cycle of addiction and into healthy living. this book is comprehensive, brilliant, original, brave, and hopeful.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 stars

One of the Best, 2007-06-23
As an addiction counselor, I am always looking for books to recommend to my clients. This book in my opinion is one of the best out there. I usually will have my clients read this along with "7 Tools to Beat Addiction" by Stanton Peele. This gives them an understanding of two very different ways of approaching the problem and between the two you get a pretty comprehensive overview of treatment strategies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

helped, 2007-01-10
I sent this book to my cousin. She has battled seriously with addiction. She told me that she enjoyed it very much, and that there was a lot of usefull information. She said she would continue to use it as a reference tool.

Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.