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Addiction-Free

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 recovery:

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

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

Gene Hawes, Anderson Hawes

Gene Hawes is the author of many books and articles. Among the most recent is Rx for Recovery: The Medical and Health Guide for Alcoholics, Addicts, and Their Families (with Jeffrey Weisberg, M.D.). In addition to his publications on addictions, Gene Hawes is well known for his guidebooks to colleges and careers. He lives in a small town just north of New York City.

Anderson Hawes is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC), a licensed social worker, and a certified chemical dependency counselor in private practice near Akron, Ohio. He was formerly the director of counseling for the Community Drug Board in Akron and has more than twenty years of experience treating addicted individuals and their families.