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I'll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment

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This book is great at helping non-alcoholics understand alcoholics/addicts. Particulary the mind-set of the addicted person. It has great tools for family/friends. There are ways to help another person get help and hit bottom. Through love and compassion. I highly recommend this to anyone who is stuggling with trying to help someone who doesn't know they have a problem or doesn't want help. I wish you the best.

- someone whose been on both sides and found the way out :)

This book, for me, answered the question: How do people who "know better" become alcoholics. The most profound concept in Johnson's book, in my opinion, was that people cannot become alcoholics unless their behaviors conflict with their value system. Johnson does an excellent job of theorizing the steps individuals take that lead them down the path of alcoholism. This book is a must read for alcoholics and those who love them.

This is a simply written, clear explanation of the disease of alcoholism. It is very difficult to understand the compulsion to drink if you haven't experienced it firsthand. This book will help those trying to understand the struggle, as well as those unsure if they are in the struggle. I also recommend it to non-recovering clinicians who are dealing with addicts in their work

This book is one of the best that I have read. It helped me along with a lot of other people I recommend this for anyone who has problems with alcohol

It was not until I read this book that I finally realized that I needed help.

Excellent information for those stuggling with an alcoholic in the family. All Vernon Johnson books good.

Vernon Johnson's book is a must if you know anyone with a substance abuse problem, think you might have a substance abuse problem, or want to work with substance abusers.

An absolutely wonderful book. I really shows the reader, both lay and profession, the progression of the disease and how to intervene and treat. As an addictions counselor I find the information useful for people around alcoholics and addicts, clergy, teachers, and interns. It is also useful for teaching patients about their own disease process. Whats really important it is helps people realize that addicts are not morally inferior or crazy, but suffer from a chronic fatal disease for which there is hope

Also what is also helpful is it shows how the addict can be brought into treatment and helped, taking responsiblity for their actions without feeling less than others. I strongly recommend this book for all affected by the disease of addiction. Its a timeless offering to treatment.

This is a good book to begin looking at the chronic disease of chemical dependency from an intellectual standpoint and how it is dealt with in institutions. I chemical dependency and not necessarily alcoholism because the same ideas are true for all drugs or all chemicals. The issue I had with the book, which can be found throughout other great books such as, On Becoming a Counselor: A Basic Guide for Non-Professional Counselors, is that it doesn't speak about the relationship of the counselor and the counselee which is very much about love. The book does touch on it but not in enough detail. Addicts are very fragile persons; consequently, both the intellectual and spiritual/loving side need to be analyzed. However, in the author's defense I don't feel he meant to provide this information in the book b8ut rather provide a brief synopsis of how an institution may deal with addiction and what one particular institution has found to be helpful.

The problem drinker took it to work the very next day as I had "left" it on the coffee table without saying a word. Another book reccommend is Am I or am I not an alcoholic? I read him a chapter before he goes to his game. He doesn't verbally fight with me about reading it like I thought he would.