Recover to Live; Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addition Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Hoarding, Smoking, Sex and Porn

Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, Inc, 2013. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Gina Conte (Cover photograph). xlv, [3], 384 pages. Illustrations. Appendix One: Drug-Use Treatment and Health Facts. Appendix Two: A Resource Guide to Recovery. Appendix Three: Experts Cited in This Books. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Christopher Kennedy Lawford (March 29, 1955 - September 4, 2018) was an American author, actor, and activist. He was the son of actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was the sister of President John F. Kennedy. He earned a master's certificate in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University, and was a lecturer on drug addiction. After struggling with addiction for 17 years, he became an actor, performing in several movies and television shows for over 20 years. He wrote several books, based on his own experience, about addiction and recovery. He was a public health campaigner, working with organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN), and for the U.S. federal government. From Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity author Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a New York Times bestselling book that will save lives. For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations. For the first time, the New York Times bestselling Recover to Live brings together all of the most effective self-care treatments for the seven most toxic compulsions affecting every culture on the planet today alcohol dependence, drug dependence, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex, and porn. In Recover to Live, more than 100 of the world s top experts interviewed by Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency, what treatments will work best for you, how best to help yourself or a loved one recover from addiction, and how to lead a fulfilling and productive life in recovery.