News and reviews…
Al J. Mooney, M.D., and Catherine Dold were guests on WGN Radio in Chicago, on After Hours With Rick Kogan. Rick called The Recovery Book “a remarkable book that probably could save your life.” ~ 9/16/15
Listen to the show on WGN Radio.
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“The Recovery Book is the Bible of recovery. Everything you need to know you will find in here.”
– Recovery Coast to Coast radio – Neil Scott interviews Al J. Mooney, MD ~ 9/29/14
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“A classic. Read it. Use it. It can help guide you step by step into the bright light of the world of recovery.”
– From the Foreword by Harry Haroutunian, M.D., Physician Director, Betty Ford Center
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“The Recovery Book is absolutely the Bible of addiction recovery. There is so much great information and resources in these pages. But most of all, you will find hope in these pages as well.”
– Dawn Clancy Dawn Clancy, the host of “Growing Up Chaotic,” interviews Dr. Al.
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“There are still untold numbers of people affected by the disease of alcoholism or drug addiction not knowing where to turn for help. The Recovery Book offers them one of the best lifesaving guides to a solution and a meaningful way of life.”
– William G. Borchert, author and screenwriter
Screenwriter – My Name is Bill W.
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“Recovery, emancipation from chemical slavery, is a joyful miracle that must be earned one person at a time on a long and challenging journey. This is a valuable guidebook for that journey.”
– Robert L. DuPont, MD First Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse President, Institute for Behavior and Health Author of The Selfish Brain – Learning from Addiction
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“Dr. Mooney has updated the life-saving Recovery Book with the latest scientific findings, clinical experience, and a big dose of the unique wisdom hard-earned in recovery. My patients have been my teachers for decades; I have observed that long-term, stable recovery comes with making the deliberate choice to love, to work, to play. Patients need his guide to recovery that is both brilliant in its simplicity and easy to implement in order to save, build, and live their lives to the fullest. Mooney shows that knowing without doing is never enough.”
– Andrea G. Barthwell, MD, FASAM Director, Two Dreams Former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy
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“One of the top clinicians in the field of addictive disease, Dr. Al Mooney has a firm understanding that treatment of addiction begins the day the patient achieves sobriety. His Recovery Zone System provides a unique and useful approach that, if followed closely, will likely result in a longstanding recovery for his patients – and readers.”
– Stuart Gitlow, MD MPH MBA Executive Director, Annenberg Physician Training Program in Addictive Disease Associate Clinical Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine President & AMA Delegate, American Society of Addiction Medicine
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KBOO Community Radio (Oregon) ~ Interview with Al J. Mooney, MD ~ 9/13/14
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Rally 4 Recovery Cleveland ~ Cleveland.com ~ 9/6/14
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#Addictionchat discussion on Twitter ~ Storify highlights ~ 9/3/14
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National Association of Science Writers ~ Advance Copy column: Catherine Dold: The Recovery Book ~ 9/3/14
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You can also read the reviews of the first edition of The Recovery Book at Amazon.com.