{"product_id":"the-heart-of-addiction-a-new-approach-to-understanding-and-managing-alcoholism-and-other-addictive-behaviors-9780060958039-b","title":"The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lance M., M. D. Dodes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Substance Abuse \u0026amp; Addictions - Alcohol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy we feel the impulse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy we feel it when we do\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat alternatives (really) work in that critical moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddictions are fundamentally a physical problem.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeople with addictions are different from other people.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYou have to hit bottom before you can get well.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYou are wasting your time if you ask \"why\" you have an addiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45017914507415,"sku":"9780060958039","price":1365.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780060958039.webp?v=1768541875","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-of-addiction-a-new-approach-to-understanding-and-managing-alcoholism-and-other-addictive-behaviors-9780060958039-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}