Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Chocolate

Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Chocolate
Author: A. Thomas Horvath
Publisher: Impact
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-08
Genre: Compulsive behavior
ISBN: 9781886230552

There is an alternative to 12-step. Eliminate or reduce any type of addictive behavior with this practical and effective workbook. -- on back cover.

Reality Gap

Reality Gap
Author: Stephen Wallace
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781402753046

" ... Arms adults with facts and strategies for working with teens to overcome the dangers of this difficult time in life. Here you'll find advice for how and when to talk about drinking, impaired driving, sex, drug use, depression, suicide, and bullying"--Jacket.

Sex, Drugs and Creativity

Sex, Drugs and Creativity
Author: Dustin Kahoud
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317353447

In Sex, Drugs, and Creativity: The Search for Magic in a Disenchanted World, Kahoud and Knafo take a close look at omnipotent fantasies in three domains: sex, drugs, and creativity. They demonstrate how these fantasies emerge and how artists draw on them both to create and destroy—sometimes simultaneously – and how understanding this can help psychoanalysts work more effectively with these individuals. Using the personal statements of influential artists and entertainers, in addition to clinical material, the authors examine the omnipotence of self-destruction as it contends with that of creative artists. The authors argue that creative artists use omnipotent fantasies to imagine the world differently - this enables them to produce their art, but also leaves these artists vulnerable to addiction. Chapters devoted to Stephen King and Anne Sexton demonstrate the ways these authors used drugs and alcohol to fuel imagination and inspire creative output while simultaneously doing harm to themselves. A detailed case study also demonstrates successful clinical work with a creative substance user. Sex, Drugs, and Creativity will appeal to anyone interested in the links between creativity and substance use, and will be of great use to psychoanalysts and mental health practitioners working with these challenging clients.

Risk-takers

Risk-takers
Author: Martin A. Plant
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1992
Genre: Drinking of alcoholic beverages
ISBN: 9780415035385

Gives a comprehensive view of youthful involvement with drinking, smoking, illicit drug use and sexual activity, providing a challenging assessment of health education for young people.

Sex, Alcohol and Other Drugs

Sex, Alcohol and Other Drugs
Author: Simon Blake
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2004-09-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1907969233

For many young people, sexual activity and the use of alcohol and other drugs are entwined, while the support and education we offer them often treats these issues in isolation. Drawing heavily on the perspectives of young people, professionals and research, Sex, Alcohol and Other Drugs provides a much needed foundation for developing policy and practice that is relevant to young people's lives and addresses the issues in a holistic fashion. It explores young people's opinions about the support they want, and the implications of this for policy and practice. Case studies and practical ideas are used throughout to illustrate how practitioners can address the links between sex, alcohol and other drugs with young people.

Sex in Recovery

Sex in Recovery
Author: Jennifer Matesa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1616496622

Healthy sexuality within the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because the larger culture restricts the space required to name our experiences in open, honest ways. Matesa gives us that space by bringing the language of recovery to this more hidden part of our healing, allowing us to truly “practice these principles in all our affairs." Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters—in the past, we’ve rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey. With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off—without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers “a meeting between the covers,” Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly “practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
Author: Stephen Pearcy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 145169458X

Welcome to heavy metal rock 'n' roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning ambition, and a chance. Stephen Pearcy and supergroup Ratt hit the bull's-eye. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single "Round and Round" became a top-selling anthem. As Ratt scrambled up a wall of fame and wealth, so they experienced the gut-wrenching free fall, after too many hours in buses, planes, and limos; too many women; too many drugs; and all the personality clashes and ego trips that marked the beginning of the end. Pearcy offers a stunningly honest self-portrait of a man running on the fumes of ambition and loneliness as the party crashed. His rock 'n' roll confessional, by turns incredible, hilarious, and lyrical, is a story of survival--and a search for the things that matter most.--From publisher description.

Psychoactive Drugs and Sex

Psychoactive Drugs and Sex
Author: E.L. Abel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2013-11-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1489936386

The search for artificial means of enhancing sexual experience is timeless and can even be found in the opening passages of Genesis (3:7) where Adam and Eve discovered sex as they took a bi te of the forbidden fruit: "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. " While others may interpret the "opening of their eyes" as simply an awareness of male and femaleness, John Milton and others regarded the forbidden fruit as an aphrodisiac and in Paradise Lost, described in greater detail what happened: "But the false fruit For other operation first displayed Carnal desire infiarning. He on Eve Began to cast lascivious eyes; she hirn As wantonly repaid; in lust they burn. " Not only did Milton regard the "forbidden fruit" as an aphro disiac, he also identified it as an apple, and an apple it has re mained until this day. Sexual behavior has always been one of the most fascinating and attention-arresting activities in human history and there has been no decrease in the fascination and curiosity it still arouses in the human psyche. 1 2 Introduction As timeless as the topic of sexual behavior is that of aphro disiacs. For example, after the "forbidden fmit," the Bible specifi cally identified mandrake as an aphrodisiac (Genesis 30:14-17): "And Reuben went, in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah.

Somewhere in Between

Somewhere in Between
Author: Julia Garcia
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1614481725

Everyone has a story. Everyone has a truth. Here is mine…

Drugs, Alcohol, & Sex

Drugs, Alcohol, & Sex
Author: Patricia J. Bush
Publisher: Richard Marek Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1980
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

How you can help or harm your sex life with alcohol, prescribed and over-the-counter medicines, and recreational drugs, includes aphrodisiacs, the pill, marijuana, uppers, downers, psychedelics, hormones, antihypertensives, steroids, volatile inhalants, and feminine hygiene products.