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title: I’ll Quit Tomorrow  Author: Vernon E. Johnson  Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, Copyright 1973 Size: 8 1/4 inches by 5 3/4 inches, 168 pages  description: From the dust jacket: “Alcoholism is a fatal disease. 100% fatal. It’s a killer and we live in a society that nurtures it. Whether drinking is referred to as the ‘cocktail hour’ or more euphemistically the ‘social hour’ alcohol is an ever-present factor for all of us. We should be aware of the damage it can do to some people’s lives.

But alcoholism can be arrested and the patient recovered. Not cured, but recovered, says Vernon Johnson, a recovered alcoholic, who for the past ten years has been doing research on, and working with, alcoholics. During this time a break-through method for treating the disease has been developed. He believes that the ‘crisis’ that the alcoholic and his friends have been trying to avoid is in fact the turning point from addition or ‘dependency’ to recovery. Johnson works on the premise that the whole person must be approached with multidisciplinary action on various levels: physical, mental, psychological, and spiritual. Because alcoholism is totally consuming of its victim, if one of these areas of treatment is neglected, recovery is threatened and relapse is probable if not certain.”

 

I'll Quit Tomorrow
A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment
Author:  Vernon E. Johnson

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Softcover, 192 pp.
Item #: 3559
ISBN: 0-06-250433-9
Date of Publication: 1980
Price: $15.00



 

This bestselling recovery classic has helped untold thousands of alcoholics onto the road of recovery.  Written by the founder of the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis, one of the country's most successful training programs for treatment providers.  I'll Quit Tomorrow presents the concepts and methods that have brought new hope to alcoholics and their families, friends, and employers.  Abstinence is not the only objective of Johnson's breakthrough methods--his therapy aims at restoring the ego strength of the victim to assure permanent recovery.  Johnson outlines a dynamic plan of intervention and treatment that will block the progress of alcoholism and lead to a richer, more productive life.

"The best book of its kind for layman, paraprofessional, and professional alike."
Addictions

"Essential....It should be a required text in the training of all physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, ministers, priests, and all others who provide services in the helping professions."
Minneapolis Tribune

 

Author Bio:
 

Vernon E. Johnson, D.D. is the Founder of the Johnson Institute and former faculty member of Rutgers University Summer School for Alcohol Studies.

 

 

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