Recover!: An Empowering Program to Help You Stop Thinking Like an Addict and Reclaim Your Life

World-renowned addiction expert Stanton Peele's groundbreaking program is a self-directed process of making addiction obsolete. Using proven tools and strategies, you will learn how to replace paralyzing beliefs with positive options; change how you respond to addictive urges; lay out clear anti-addiction goals; develop the skills to live fully and prevent relapse; and much more."Stanton Peele has helped us understand the most tortuous aspects of addiction and recovery, without ever joining the parade of conventional experts...who happen to be marching the wrong way."—Marc Lewis, author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease; professor of neuroscience, Radbound University Nijmegen"Dr. Peele's writings and teachings have prompted me to look beyond the flashy headlines and the majority position as being overly simplistic and often wrong. Only in this way can we help drug users, render treatment more effective, and creative positive drug policies."—Carl Hart,PhD, Columbia University Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, author of High Price"Stanton Peele is a true pioneer of addiction research and theory. His ideas offer hope to the many millions for whom current approaches are not effective or who simply prefer evidence-based alternatives."—Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Chain; neuroscientist journalist, Time Magazine