Not everyone who experiments with substance use or dangerous behaviors becomes addicted, and many who are addicted have managed to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and updated, has given tens of thousands of professionals and students a contemporary framework for understanding the path to and from addiction. By Carlo C. DiClemente, co-creator of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), the book identifies the stages and processes involved in initiating, modifying, maintaining, or discontinuing any behavior pattern. Based on extensive research and enriched with vivid examples, the book shows how the use of TTM can help overcome barriers to change and make treatment and prevention more effective.

New in this edition: Incorporates 15 years of research, contemporary prevention and treatment approaches, and the ongoing development of TTM. Chapter on current developments in intervention research. Expands discussions on neuroscience, self-regulation, behavioral economics, self-help, collaborative help, and spirituality, motivations, "process addictions" (gambling and sexual addiction), and more. More comprehensive coverage of risk and protective factors during the development of adolescents and young adults.