An edition of Substance-abusing high achievers
(1998)
Substance-abusing high achievers
addiction as an equal opportunity destroyer
by Abraham J. Twerski
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Dr. Twerski demonstrates that chemical dependency is indeed an equal opportunity destroyer and he illuminates the makeup of high-achieving substance abusers as their narratives unfold. Addicted individuals will recognize themselves in these pages while providers of human services will discover ways and means to diagnose and intervene.
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Substance-abusing high achievers: addiction as an equal opportunity destroyer
1998, J. Aronson, Jason Aronson
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0765701103 9780765701107
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1 An Equal Opportunity Destroyer
2 The Executive Suite
3 Surreptitious Development of Chemical Dependency
4 Some Facts about Addiction
5 The Negative Self-Image
6 Denial and Rationalization
7 The Dependency Problem
8 Honors and Medals
9 The Show Must Go On
10 Birds of a Feather
11 The Conspiracy of Silence
12 One Doctor's Story
13 A Dentist's Story
14 A Nurse's Story
15 The Defense Rests: The Prosecution Never Does
(A View from the Penitentiary)
16 Another High Bottom Miracle
17 The Flying Nun
18 When School Is Over
19 All That Ice Cream, Free! (A Pharmacist's Story)
20 I Threw Three Strikes and I'm Out
21 Not Until the Bitter End
22 Enabling and Codependence
23 A Lawyer's Codependents
24 But Jews Don't Drink! (A Rabbi's Story)
25 Controlled Social Drinking? (A Priest's Story)
26 Beginning Recovery
27 Making the Change
28 Coming Back
29 What About an Intervention?
30 Implications for Treatment
Appendix: Professional Groups and Organizations
Dealing with Alcoholism and Drug Dependency
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]) and index.
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