Addiction-Free: How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery

by Gene Hawes, Anderson Hawes

A thorough guide about how to get help for a friend or loved one who is having problems with alcohol or other drugs. Provides places, names, numbers--who to call, what questions to ask, and what to expect. This invaluable guide includes six initial options for getting into

-- The AA treatment program
--Interventions, detox and rehab
--Work related programs
--Al-Anon
--Law-enforcement programs
--Therapeutic communities

How to Help an Alcoholic or Addict Get Started on Recovery is a much-needed guide for everyone whose life is touched by addiction.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 2001

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book on a whim from my local bookstore. I am not the book's intended audience, but I figured the advice would still aid me. The book is older than I thought, and some phone numbers and web pages may now be defunct.

Gene and Anderson Hawes share surnames, but I don’t know if they’re related. They give reasonable advice on what to do with an addict in your life. It could be narcotics or alcohol: the book offers similar advice for both.

The book was fine. It wasn’t amazing or special at all. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.