Understanding and Loving a Person with Alcohol or Drug Addiction
Biblical and Practical Wisdom to Build Empathy, Preserve Boundaries, and Show Compassion
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When a family member or friend is addicted to drugs or alcohol the situation can feel hopeless and confusing. In this book, David Stoop and Stephen Arterburn help readers develop a plan of action by offering:
- Insight into brain chemistry and addiction
- Real-life ideas for encouraging healthy choices
- Guidance in how to help without enabling
- The connection between depression, ADD, and trauma
Stoop and Arterburn have helped thousands of people around the country understand chemical addiction and how to love someone well in the midst of this gripping disease.
Stephen Arterburn
Stephen Arterburn is a New York Times bestselling author with more than eight million books in print. He most recently toured with Women of Faith, which he founded in 1995. Arterburn founded New Life Treatment Centers as a company providing Christian counseling and treatment in secular psychiatric hospitals. He also began “New Life Ministries”, producing the number-one Christian counseling radio talk show, New Life Live, with an audience of more than three million. He and his wife Misty live near Indianapolis.
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