Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

Compassionate tools for helping someone change

Good Condition – visible cover creasing with light edge and corner wear.

Beyond Addiction offers families and friends a practical, evidence-based alternative to confrontation, detachment and the drama of a forced intervention. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and research, Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke and Stephanie Higgs explain how kindness, positive reinforcement and better communication can support meaningful change in a loved one struggling with alcohol or other drugs. The authors translate proven behavioural approaches into skills readers can use in daily life, while also recognising the stress, fear and exhaustion that addiction creates within a family. Hopeful without being simplistic, the book shows how to encourage healthier choices, reduce conflict and care for your own wellbeing while remaining connected to someone you want to help.