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Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life

Nzinga Harrison

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Description:Contrary to popular belief, addiction isn't a conscious choice. It's a chronic illness, like diabetes or asthma, that responds to treatment and deserves compassion--yet too many people expect their loved ones to simply recover on their own without interventions. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and decades of expertise, Dr. Nzinga Harrison reveals the factors that predict one's risk for addiction: biology and heritability, childhood experience, physical environment, injuries and health conditions, discrimination, and cultural influence. With revelatory anecdotes and sobering data, Un-Addiction guides readers to unlearn what they think they know about substance use, undo stigma surrounding addiction, and uncover critical conversations that could end the epidemic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life. To get started finding Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 403

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ISBN: 1454950870

Description: Contrary to popular belief, addiction isn't a conscious choice. It's a chronic illness, like diabetes or asthma, that responds to treatment and deserves compassion--yet too many people expect their loved ones to simply recover on their own without interventions. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and decades of expertise, Dr. Nzinga Harrison reveals the factors that predict one's risk for addiction: biology and heritability, childhood experience, physical environment, injuries and health conditions, discrimination, and cultural influence. With revelatory anecdotes and sobering data, Un-Addiction guides readers to unlearn what they think they know about substance use, undo stigma surrounding addiction, and uncover critical conversations that could end the epidemic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life. To get started finding Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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