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Title: Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help: A Step-By-Step Guide for Families of Chemically Dependent Persons by Vernon E. Johnson ISBN: 0-935908-31-5 Publisher: Johnson Inst Pub. Date: April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic Text
Comment: ...the disease model is settled science. The American Medical Association has recognized alcoholism as a disease since the 1950s and long-term research of high validity supports the fact that addiciton is a disease...I do hope potential readers of this classic text will not be dissuaded by an unknown source's unfounded personal beliefs.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not an accurate representation of addiction
Comment: This book is in itself a good guide to holding an intervention, however I disagree with the information that is used to support it. Throughout the book there are claims that it is a disease, much like diabetes or mumps, and that any time spent looking for enviormental causes, or any cause other than biological, is in fact a waste of time and is detrimental to the addicts chances of recovery.
I find this very closed minded, based on the simple fact that it has only been classified as a "disease" in order to proctect those who are addicts so they will not lose thier jobs, insurance coverage, and will be able to recieve help from society. There is no scientific evidence to prove the theory that addiction is a biological cause, meaning that no outside influences can affect it. If someone has diabetes, a stressful home life does not make them produce more or less insulin, however it can cause an alcholic to want to drink.
I would not recomend this book as anything but a step-by-step intervention guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not Detailed Enough
Comment: This gives a good overview of alcoholism and the general technique of intervention. The author makes it quite clear that families can intervene on an alcoholic without using a professional in many cases. This is important for families who do not have the money to hire a professional. But I found that the book does not give a great deal of detailed instruction on how to carry out an intervention. I think, after having done a intervention on someone in my husband's family, the book oversimplifies the whole process. There are many issues that cropped up for us that the book did not cover. While this book is worth reading, it is not the best I've read when it comes to giving practical, detailed advice on actually doing the intervention.
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Title: Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (A Hazelden Guidebook) by Jeff Jay, Debra Erickson Jay ISBN: 1568385218 Publisher: Hazelden Information Education Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: I'll Quit Tomorrow : A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment by Vernon E. Johnson ISBN: 0062504339 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 28 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Betty Ford Center Book of Answers by James W. West ISBN: 0671001825 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Getting Them Sober: You Can Help! by Toby Rice Drews ISBN: 0961599596 Publisher: Recovery Communications Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: When They Won't Quit by Bruce Cotter ISBN: 0971933820 Publisher: Holly Hill Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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