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Addiction

  Addiction and Grace, May (Book, Harper & Row) A compassionate and wise treatment of addiction that provides a critical yet hopeful guide to freedom.

  Healing Life's Hidden Addictions, Hart (Book, Vine) Many people have "hidden addictions". Hart describes subtle addictions - food, work, shopping, relationships - and shows how their power can be broken.

   Living with Compulsive Behaviors, Bickel (Study, CPH) Part of the Master's Touch Study Series, this guide offers help to those with compulsive or addictive behaviors and help to those who live with them.

  Love is a Choice, Hemfelt/Meier/Minirth (Book, Nelson) Includes 10 stages to recovery from codependency and introduces a new dimension: the important stage of seeing God's unconditional love as the answer to deepest emotional needs and the hunger for love.

  Overcoming Eating Disorders, McGee/Mountcastle (Book, Rapha) The authors offer hope and healing, discussing what eating disorders are and are not, why they occur, how to gain hope by exercising responsibly, and how to recover through honesty.

  Toxic Faith, Arterburn/Felton (Book, Oliver Nelson) This book discusses how religion, when substituted for a relationship with God, can addictively control a person's life.

  The Twelve Steps: The Church's Challenge and Opportunity, Knippel (Book, CPH) Presenting the 12 steps of recovery from a biblical perspective, the author identifies ministry opportunities and provides a Christian vision for goal-directed spiritual growth.

  The Workaholic and His Family, Minirth/Meier (Book, Baker) Workaholism - its symptoms, causes and cures, as discussed by former workaholics who struggled with family priorities.

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