Addictive Thinking, Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
Addictive Thinking, Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
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Addictive Thinking
Understanding Self-Deception

Author: Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

Narrator: Lee Goettl

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/20/2022


Synopsis

In addiction, a person with a substance use disorder undergoes a negative change in thinking and behavioral patterns. A person's character is overthrown by addictive thinking: displacement, projection, shame, and hypersensitivity are addiction's survival mechanisms. With Addictive Thinking, both addicts and loved ones familiarize themselves with these addictive signatures and more, and begin the fight for recovery.

With more than 200,000 copies of Addictive Thinking sold worldwide, the eminent Abraham Twerski, MD, outlines the destructive and terrifying illogic that marries a person with a substance use disorder to his addiction. "Stinking thinking" and irrational thought are byproducts of addiction and they only worsen with time. Twerski steps in to explain and contextualize all of the actions that arise from addictive thinking.

It might be easier to point at abnormal behavior from an addict and simply think, "there she goes again." But there is reason and consistency underneath the pandemonium. If nothing is learned, if nothing is done, an addict's rock bottom will continue to sink. By educating oneself about the addictive illogic and its reasoning, one will understand why the person behaves as she does and how everyone in her life becomes controlled by addiction. Then control can be taken back.

About Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

Dr. Abraham J. Twerski is founder and medical director emeritus of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A rabbi, psychiatrist, and chemical dependency counselor, he is the author of numerous journal articles and books, including Self-Discovery in Recovery, I Didn't Ask to Be in This Family: Sibling Relationships and How They Shape Adult Behavior and Dependencies, and, with "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz, When Do the Good Things Start?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielė on July 21, 2023

This book has completely changed the way I see addicts. This quote hit me the most: “Let’s realize what we are asking of the addicted person. First, we are asking this person to completely and permanently abstain from use of the substance that has made life livable, maybe the only thing that has made......more

Goodreads review by Mike on May 04, 2012

Speaking as an ignorant layman and a generalist reader (and probably a pretty low-grade addictive in the serious scheme of things), I thought this was really good. My two initial misgivings about this book (namely (a) that the approach to this huge subject was simplistic or oversimplified, and (b) th......more

Goodreads review by Cristy on April 27, 2018

This book was very insightful and helped me to understand why my mother sees nothing wrong with her drinking problem. It didn't help me forgive her, but at least now I understand more about how her brain is wired while she has an addiction. I think this book would be a good read for anyone who has e......more

Goodreads review by Scott on December 20, 2011

Concise and a very straightforward dive into addicted thinking. As an recovering alcoholic, I started this with a bit of a jaded view...what can he tell me I don't already know? Answer: quite a bit. I read this book twice in two days and when I finished had a burst of insight into myself. I will now......more

Goodreads review by Feelingmywaybackintolife on October 13, 2014

To me the book(let) reads like a good list of subjects that are part of the structure of addictive thinking. And that's it. If you are looking for a quick, I am guessing, complete read, take this book. If you are looking for causes of addictive thinking, or cases and examples that illustrate the add......more