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Book Description

Based on the author's experience as a treating psychiatrist for addictions and on the best and most up-to-date treatment research, Overcoming Alcohol Misuse is a clear, caring and practical guide to sobriety.

Addressing the alcohol misuser, their loved ones and addiction professionals, the book seels to demystify the disease of alcoholism and the recovery process.

Overcoming Alcohol Misuse deals with the vital component of recovery, from identifying if there is a problem to realising the need for change, and the nuts and bolts of the recovery process.

Each chapter contains learning points, individual real-life stories about alcohol misuse and an installment of 'Joes's Story', which is the day to day experience of one person as he journeys into sobriety over the crucial first twenty eight days.

Overall, the book's message is hopeful: people can overcome addiction to alcohol, and their personal and professional lives can be repaired and even enhanced. Overcoming Alcohol Misuse is an important aid in achieving this.

Dr Conor Farren is a consultant addiction psychiatrist at St Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin.