{"product_id":"9780060958039","title":"The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them — until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\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":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007911379184,"sku":"9780060958039","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060958039_p0.jpg?v=1763620700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060958039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}