{"product_id":"coming-clean-robert-granfield-9780814715819","title":"Coming Clean: Overcoming Addiction Without Treatment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUntold stories of people with substance addictions who have recovered without formal treatment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the widely accepted view that formal treatment and twelve-step groups are essential for overcoming dependencies on alcohol and drugs, each year large numbers of former addicts quietly recover on their own, without any formal treatment or participation in self-help groups at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eComing Clean\u003c\/b\u003e explores the untold stories of untreated addicts who have recovered from a lifestyle of excessive and compulsive substance use without professional assistance. Based on 46 in-depth interviews with formerly addicted individuals, this controversial volume examines their reasons for avoiding treatment, the strategies they employed to break away from their dependencies, the circumstances that facilitated untreated recovery, and the implications of recovery without treatment for treatment professionals as well as for prevention and drug policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because of the pervasive belief that addiction is a disease requiring formal intervention, few training programs for physicians, social workers, psychologists, and other health professionals explore the phenomenon of natural recovery from addiction. \u003cb\u003eComing Clean\u003c\/b\u003e offers insights for treatment professionals of how recovery without treatment can work and how candidates for this approach can be identified. A detailed appendix outlines specific strategies which will be of interest to addicted individuals themselves who wish to attempt the process of recovery without treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Granfield,William Cloud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814715818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814715819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Robert Granfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086914924799,"sku":"9780814715819","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcd4ed99-fc47-4fd6-a615-f677f24e80e5.jpg?v=1769097297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-clean-robert-granfield-9780814715819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}