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by: Vernon E. Johnson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.861
EAN: 9780062504333
ISBN: 0062504339
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 28, 1990
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: September 28, 1990
Sales Rank: 58329
Studio: HarperOne
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This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road to recovery. Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers, I'll Quit Tomorrow present the concepts and methods that have brought new hope to alcoholics and their families, friends, and employers. Abstinence is not the only objective of Johnson's breakthrough methods -- his therapy aims at restoring the ego strength of the victim to assure permanent recovery. Johnson outlines a dynamic plan of intervention and treatment that will block the progress of alcoholism and lead to a richer, more productive life.
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Rating:  - When it's time to "be a better friend to yourself," read this book
I friend recommended this to me. Now, through understanding the issues associated with drinking this book will help me improve the rest of my life. Buy it, read it and recommend it to others you care about.
Rating: - Summary of Alcoholism Treatment
Dr. Johnson's book, at it's simplest is a summary of the treatment that his center provides for alcoholics. His book traces what creates the alcoholic, how the alcoholic can get treatment, and what family members and co-workers of alcoholics can do to help. I didn't glean a whole lot from his book that I didn't already know, although I did find his graphs/figures helpful to help understand how alcoholics can get stuck in this inevitable cycle once they take the first drink.
The chapters ... Read More
Rating: - I'll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment
Excellent information for those stuggling with an alcoholic in the family. All Vernon Johnson books good.
Rating:  - Disappointed
I was very disappointed in this book. I was looking for a self-help book for a family member who has not yet consented to attend AA. The foreword alone is insulting and I know they would never get past that before laying the book down. It is dry and difficult reading. It took the author three chapters and a graph to explain that an alcoholic has to drink more and more to feel better and sinks further into depression each time. Why not just say it. Maybe this book is intended more for the person studying ... Read More
Rating: - catchy cover for the problem drinker in your home
The problem drinker took it to work the very next day as I had "left" it on the coffee table without saying a word. Another book reccommend is Am I or am I not an alcoholic? I read him a chapter before he goes to his game. He doesn't verbally fight with me about reading it like I thought he would.
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