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The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors

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Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.For 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:Why we feel the impulseWhy we feel it when we doWhat alternatives (really) work in that critical momentIn this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.People with addictions are different from other people.You have to hit bottom before you can get well.You are wasting your time if you ask "why" you have an addiction. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 24, 2002)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060958030


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 39


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.02 x 5.31 x 0.69 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #504,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #84 in Smoking Recovery #681 in Alcoholism Recovery #1,067 in Substance Abuse Recovery


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    • From a repentant psychotherapist
This was a crucially important book for me to read. I am a psychiatrist and my practice includes both medication management and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Though trained in psychoanalytically-informed psychodynamic psychotherapy, I was also taught that addictions were fundamentally different such that the only effective treatment was the group self-help program -- exactly the opposite of what Dr. Dodes teaches. I recall a patient coming to me to uncover the deeper issues in his alcohol use -- essentially asking to do what Dr. Dodes advises -- and I turned him away indicating that I could be of no help to him. If you, my former potential patient, happen to be reading this, please accept my apology and know that I'll never make that mistake again. I find Dr. Dodes' approach to be sensible and refreshing, and I expect it to change the way I approach my current patients who suffer from addictions. My only criticism is the quality of some of the early clinical vignettes. I found the book to be initially difficult for me to read because I found the first few case presentations to be a little shallow and in that way a little less believable. The clinical vignettes seemed to improve significantly as the book progressed, perhaps because they no longer needed to exclusively serve the specific pedagogical purpose of elucidating the author's perspective on the underlying mechanism fueling addictive behavior. If you find yourself struggling to get through the early material, press on because, at least in my experience, the book gets much better. Very important read. Highly recommended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2013 by Robert L. Berkowitz
    • INCREDIBLE PERSPECTIVE!
This book really helped my gain understanding/perspective on addiction. Highly recommend it!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024 by Amazon Customer
    • like SMART, says that in most cases
Book Review: The Heart Of Addiction by Lance M. Dodes M.D. Dodes' book is very compatible with the Self Management And Recovery Training (SMART) program and the psychological writings of Dr. Ellis and REBT. Dodes emphasizes the role our beliefs play in addictions. His emphasis is on discovering the driving force behind addictive behaviors. Other treatment modalities deal with the addictive power of the substance or behavior itself, i.e., how the drug or behavior effects an individual and why this occurs in physical terms or how the brain responds. Dodes, like SMART, says that in most cases, this is putting the cart before the horse. While it may be interesting to see how certain parts of the brain respond to a substance or behavior, it is a mistake to ascribe those reactions as somehow the cause of the behavior. The activating cause or event is not nearly as important as the beliefs associated with that event. The problem is discovering what those beliefs are and learning how to manage the feelings of helplessness that are the real culprits behind real addictive behaviors, whether they involve a substance or not. The difference between SMART and Dodes might be in the latter's emphasis on the need for an outside agency or person to discover and deal effectively with the penultimate cause(s) of an individual's problems. Dodes seems to think that since the individual is not aware of these real causes, since they oft times operate at an unconscious level, that therapy is necessary for the individual to discover them and find other, better, ways to address the feelings involved. Dodes, to be fair, does in one of the later chapters of the book, say that it is quite possible that just learning how this process works by reading his book might be enough to get an individual headed towards his or her own solution and cure for their addictions. I agree with the author and think the book is well worth reading, if for no other reason that it gives a large number of real life case examples how this works with various forms of both substance and behavioral addictions. I would give it a 4-Star rating rather than a 5-Star only because the author's style and presentation is somewhat disjointed. Of course, human psychology and life is a pretty disjointed business too. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015 by Donald F. Sullivan TN Technologies
    • Refreshing, insightful perspective on addiction
I found this book refreshing and very insightful regarding the issue of addiction. Anyone could use the insight contained here, whether or not you are an addict. I would encourage friends and family members of addicts to read this to get a better understanding of the real heart issues behind addiction. It's time for the mental health community to recognize that treatment must get to the root of the problem - the heart, or drive, behind the negative behavior. Meds and meetings won't solve the issue; they just control the 'symptoms' of a broken heart. If you are suffering from an addiction, read the book and start journaling as though you are talking to a therapist like the author (if you currently don't have a therapist like him). Ask for truth to be revealed as you do this. It may be that you can find the point of helplessness that drives you to your addiction. It's worth a try. The main message of the book is very powerful. A must read for students of addiction. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2008 by S. Walker

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