Think before you drink

Think before you drink

Origin and treatment of alcohol and drug dependence

• drug dependency - causes and treatment clearly explained
• indispensable reading for anyone seeking advice; • suitable both for sufferers and their families
• new chapter: addiction and work


What causes addiction? What are the first steps in therapy? What can be done if someone starts backsliding to relapse? “Think Before You Drink” provides answers to these and many other questions. Each chapter is clearly structured and ends with a questionnaire, which is intended to stimulate sufferers to think about their addiction. For the therapist, the book providesthere are also structuring aids for those first therapy sessions which are often so crucial for successful treatment.


Target groups
Sufferers, psychological and medical psychotherapists, staff in counselling centres / addiction support, relatives, anyone who has to deal with people suffering with addictions