Outgrowing Addiction by Peele, Stanton -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Why we are writing this book

• It’s Not a Disease • Overcoming the Effects of Trauma • The Developmental Model of Addiction

1 Addiction as a Developmental Process

• Vietnam Veterans’ Natural Recovery from Heroin Addiction • Changing the Addict Narrative • Developing Resilience

2 Addictive Experiences

• American Painkiller Hysteria • The Campaign against Painkillers • Normal Drug Use • Fear Itself • A Note about Psychedelics • Vulnerability to Addiction • The “Non-Addictive Analgesic” • The Definition and Natural History of Addiction

3 Expanding Life Experience

4 The Life Process of Children

• Doing the Best They Can • Counterwill • The Consequences of Commanding Children • The Childhood Acting-Out Cycle—understanding the rewards of contrariness • Learning Zones vs Mental Disorders

5 Children and Addiction

• The Teenage “Addict” • A Case of Childhood Addiction

6 Diseases, Disorders and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

• Positive Psychology

7 Beyond Labeling

• Children and Mental Disorders • Zach’s Alternative Story • A Note on Accessing Special Resources • Children’s Strengths, Grit, and Perseverance

8 Behavioral Addictions and What They Show Us

• Evolving Definitions • On Childhood Addictions

9 Abstinence and Harm Reduction, in Adolescence and Recovery

• Harm Reduction and Youthful Drinking • Harm Reduction in Treating Substance Use Problems • Mindfulness Harm Reduction Therapy for Smoking • Harm Reduction for Opioids • Harm Reduction and Childhood-Youthful Drug Problems

10 The Limits of the 12-Step Approach

• Why People Refuse—or Drop Out of—AA • Our World Demands Something Better

11 Recovery in the Real World

12 Raising Our Non-Addicted Next Generation

• How to Raise a Child without Your Addiction • Recovery Nation • 12 Values that Prevent Addiction

13 Developing Purpose, Efficacy, and Independence

• Purpose, Purpose, Purpose • The Nearly Century-Long Terman Study • Assisting People to Find Purpose • Efficacy and Empowerment • On Being a Parent—Inspiring Independence • Overselling Trauma—The Fearful Society • Fostering Purpose, Self-Empowerment, and Joy

14 Overcoming Addiction

• Relapse and Purposelessness • Meaning, Purpose, and Joy in Adulthood

15 Conclusion: The American Delusion

• Community, Community, Community • Truth Seeking

Appendix A: Readers’ Exercises by Chapter Appendix B: Parents’ Addiction and Development Manual

• Four Addiction Truths

Appendix C: The Life Process Program/Family Program Appendix D: Additional Resources References About the Authors