Addiction among older adults is a hidden and hushed problem. Signs and symptoms of alcohol or medication abuse can easily be mistaken for conditions related to aging. And even when friends or family members recognize signs of addiction, they often discount the need for intervention or treatment.

With an estimated three million older Americans struggling with alcohol and drug misuse and abuse, Aging and Addiction is a much-needed resource. The authors, both experts in the field of addiction treatment and intervention, provide a respectful, definitive guide for recognizing and addressing substance abuse among older adults. Key topics include: understanding the relationship between aging and addiction, finding help for a loved one, and recognizing the treatment needs of older adults.

Key features and benefits authors are widely recognized experts in the field of addiction addresses one of the nation's most underestimated, under treated health problems provides how-to-help information for family members and friends

Between alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, pornography, gambling, and eating disorders, fully 25% of the population of the United States is addicted to something. Those addictions are taking a massive physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial toll on individuals, families, and communities. The problem can feel insurmountable. But there is a solution, at once ancient and supported by the latest in neuroscientific research. With an honest assessment of the facts, yet always reaching out toward hopeful solutions, counselors Chip Dodd and Stephen James explain what addiction really is, how it works, and why it is so damaging to our hearts, souls, minds, and relationships. They then take us beyond mere coping techniques that allow us to function to the real solution--restoring our broken relationship with our Creator so that we can rediscover how to live fully the way we were created to live. Each chapter includes the personal story of a recovering addict, told from the addict's point of view. The authors also include a list of books, organizations, workshops, and treatment centers people can turn to for help along the road to lasting recovery.

"Fight Back," designed by Michael Levine, one of the most effective narcotic agents in drug war history and the author of "NY Times" bestseller "Deep," is a tactical anti-drug manual for families, communities and schools. Called "the only drug plan ever to come out of America that made any sense" (Swedish Carnegie Institute), the plan-unlike the, now, $1 trillion war on drugs-has proven itself effective wherever employed. Michael's challenge continues to be: "Give me the worst drug blighted neighborhood with citizens willing to join together to "Fight Back" and I will give you a drug free community."

Deeply personal essays and daily prompts for self-reflection while healing from addiction and walking the road of recovery from the author of Meditations from the Mat and Meditations on Intention and Being. You are a process that has called forth a teaching for this day. This teaching will not be new to you; rather it will be reminding you of what you already know. Reminding you of who you already are. Rolf Gates, author of Meditations from the Mat, has walked the walk of the 12-step method of recovery while traveling down the Buddhist eightfold way and practicing the Eight Limbs of Classical Yoga. His integrated approach has been the key to his understanding of sobriety for over 25 years. In his series of 365 essays, Gates explores the lessons and experiences from his own practice and study, classical teachings, and his career as a teacher and coach. Each eloquent and brief essay is accompanied by a self-reflection prompt to help guide you on your journey of introspection and change. As the co-founder of the Yoga + Recovery Conference at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and Esalen Institute, Gates has made a significant contribution to understanding the role that yoga can play in recovery from addiction. With his personalized approach to both the modern and classic teachings and by embedding it within the space of the human heart and everyday life, Gates is a solid guide to finding and living the freedom that lives within each of us.

A therapist's story of complex trauma and her remarkable journey to recovery. When Connie Greshner was eight years old, her father walked into a bar in Ponoka, Alberta, and shot her mother. So began a young life defined by trauma. From Catholic boarding school in Kansas to the streets of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, Connie travelled in pursuit of acceptance and belonging. Grief, confusion, and shame manifested as depression, addiction, and promiscuity. Branded chronically suicidal with no hope of recovery by the mental health system, Connie was determined to heal herself and help others. Supported and inspired by exceptional friends, a love of books, and a connection to nature, she finally found her home, purpose, and peace. In Borderline Shine, Connie breaks the silence and shame of intergenerational violence. With unflinching honesty she chronicles her unique journey through the darkness of suffering to the light of compassion, hope, and recovery.

'BREATHTAKING' Dolly Alderton, 'REMARKABLE' Marian Keyes, 'LIFE-CHANGING' Emma Jane Unsworth, 'COMPELLING' Amy Liptrot, 'STUNNING' Cathy Rentzenbrink, 'EXTRAORDINARY' Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of Folio's Top Women in US Media and accruing further awards for the magazines she was editing. In reality, she was rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a locked psychiatric ward as her past caught up with her. Coming Undone is Terri's documentation of her unravelling, and her precarious navigation back from a life in pieces.

Uber Drogenkonsum wird heute ausserordentlich viel diskutiert und ge- schrieben. Dabei besteht im deutschen Sprachgebiet immer noch ein gro- sser Mangel an zusammenfassenden klaren Darstellungen des Wissens auf diesem Gebiete. Es fehlen periodisch sich wiederholende reprasentative epidemiologische Untersuchungen uber die Verbreitung, Zu- und Abnahme des Drogenkonsums wahrend der letzten Jahre. Ferner fehlen trotz zahl- reichen, meistens an die Laien gerichteten Mitteilungen, auch zusammen- fassende Darstellungen der wissenschaftlichen Literatur. Brigitte WOGGON hat im vorliegenden Werk in verdienstvoller Weise 749 Veroeffentlichungen der letzten Jahre zusammengefasst. Es ist ihr gelungen, damit einen gul- tigen Oberblick uber das Wissen auf dem Gebiete der Cannabisforschung zu gewinnen und in ihrer Darstellung Tatsachen und Interpretationen deutlich auseinanderzuhalten. Es wird so dem Leser moeglich, ein objek- tives Bild zu gewinnen und sich ein eigenes Urteil uber die Sachlage zu bilden. Dem vorliegenden Werk ist eine moeglichst grosse Verbreitung zu goennen, denn die dringend noetige Aufklarung kann nur durch Verbrei- tung von solidem Wissen geschehen. Prof. Dr. med. J. Angst V VORWORT Bei der grossen Flut von Publikationen uber Cannabis ist es fast nicht moeglich, einen Uberblick uber die Literatur zu gewinnen. Das vorliegen- de Literatur-Sammelreferat uber Cannabis soll einen Einblick in den Wissensstand 1971/72 vermitteln. Wahrend 2 Jahren wurden insgesamt 749 Veroeffentlichungen auszugsweise zusammengefaSt und nach Stichworten in- haltlich den einzelnen Themen zugeordnet. Befunde und Schlussfolgerungen der zitierten Autoren wurden moeglichst getrennt von eigenen Stellung- nahmen dargestellt. Das Literaturverzeichnis ermoeglicht dem an bestimm- ten Punkten speziell interessierten Leser, diese ausfuhrlicher in den Originalarbeiten nachzulesen.