Galt Publishing.Galt Publishing PO Box 7777, Northridge, CA 91327 1-818-360-0985, fax 818-363-3111, www.GaltPublishing.com Doug Thorburn Doug Thorburn is a researcher who became romantically involved with an alcohol and other-drug addict, survived, and vowed "never again." To protect himself, he decided he'd better learn something about the disease. specializes in identifying early-stage addictions to drugs and alcohol. Founder of the PrevenTragedy Foundation (which is dedicated to preventing the tragic results of progressive alcoholism), Thorburn draws upon his many years of experience and expertise to write four critically important books on the subject of alcoholism. Alcoholism Myths And Realities: Removing The Stigma Of Society's Most Destructive Disease (0967578825, $14.95) explores and debunks more than one hundred commonly held myths about alcohol and drug addition including the popular misconceptions that alcoholics lack willpower, that proper parenting and involvement can prevent alcoholism, that successful people can't be alcoholics, and that being an alcoholic can explain all of a person's failures in life. How To Spot Hidden Alcoholics: Using Behavioral Clues To Recognize Addiction In Its Early Stages (0967578868, $14.95) considers why most attempts by alcoholics to stop drinking end in failure and relapse. Thorburn lays out all of the "early warning signs" of alcoholism including lying or twisted logic, belittling be·lit·tle tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles 1. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. others, being unusually accident prone accident prone specially susceptible to accidents. , assigning inappropriate blame to others, and encountering recurrent financial difficulties. Drunks, Drugs & Debits: How To Recognize Addicts And Avoid Financial Abuse (0967578833, $19.95) reveals that we all have been and are affected by people with addictive behaviors and conditions. The reader learns how entire fortunes can be lost due to becoming involved with alcoholics and other drug addicts. Why non-addicts must uncompromisingly disenable dis·en·a·ble tr.v. dis·en·a·bled, dis·en·a·bling, dis·en·a·bles To make unable or incapable; prevent. Verb 1. and deny anyone as soon as addiction is indicated. Thorburn goest on to provide sixty behaviors, signs and symptoms of addiction to help the reader protect against financial devastation at the hands of an alcoholic or addict, including what actions to take when separating one's financial life from that of the alcoholic or addict. Get Out Of The Way!: How To Identify And Avoid A Drive Under The Influence (0967578841, $12.95) should be considerd required reading in every high-school driver education program in the country. Drunk drivers take an hourly toll of shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. lives and brutal deaths every day and night of the year. Now readers will discover how to identify and avoid the one out of every fifty vehicles on the road being driven by someone legally under the influence of alcohol; how to observe inconsiderate in·con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration. 2. Not well considered or carefully thought out; ill-advised. road behaviors and avoid being a victim of them, how to protect themselves and their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl from the most dangerous drivers on the road; why "road rage See Web rage. " is just someone having a bad day; and why alcoholic beverages
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