Video Resources

Free Addiction Alternatives Materials

I’ve written and recorded a number of resources that you may find helpful in your quest to stop drinking – or to help a loved one with an addiction to alcohol or drugs. I am making them available to you for free on this page. In addition, I’ve included work by other professional that I feel may benefit you.

My series of short videos – only a minute or two long – will give you a sense of my personal addiction treatment style and help you decide if you’d like me to work with you.

Take Control, Now “Highlights”

A Modern Self-Control Approach To Habits And Addictions

Sign up now for a FREE instant download of "Highlights" from chapter 1 of my paradigm busting ebook, Take Control Now!

Quickly determine for yourself if this approach is right for you or your loved one.

This book features the breakthrough ideas, strategies and techniques of his provocative non-12-step approach to alcohol and drug treatment that teaches you how to make lasting behavior changes with new self-reliance, confidence and practical skills. The book is filled with helpful and practical exercises, cartoons, worksheets, and self-improvement measuring devices.

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“One more week, not a single drink. Not even a social beer. Things are going very well. Having the weekend back has made me considerably more productive too. I have the refilled prescription, but after a month of this, I can see maybe a few more months where I might need the meds before I'm pretty confident to suspend use unless needed. There's a lot to be said for abstinence in terms of breaking the cycle, as I'm finding--now Thursday--that I'm not even concerned about weekend drinking, nor do I feel even marginally inclined. I will still continue with the naltrexone (medication that helps with alcohol cravings)--cycling on this evening. After a number of weekends, I expect that the triggers will have muted--they seem to have done so already, but I just want to be on the safe side.

Now the goal is just to remain alcohol free for as long as possible. All in all, it feels like it did before I ever drank at all--that's going back away.

We're still on for mid-July, but I would count this as one case to put into your success column. Thanks for all the help.”
by: Steve W. - Nevada
“Like most people I thought that alcoholism was a real disease that medical science agreed upon. I also thought that AA was the only way. After really studying Dr. Kern's site, I discovered that there is no real agreement about "alcoholism" and who is or is not an alcoholic. I have always been the kind of person who wants facts and science. I don't trust assumptions and beliefs. Therefore, I contacted Dr. Kern and got more out of one Bridging Session to stop drinking than I ever did out of dozens of AA meetings. I never felt as if I belonged there and never experienced intelligent change.

My brief time with Dr. Kern - and using his workbook after our session gave me a strategy that made sense and put me back in control of my own behavior. I am alcohol free and feeling liberated and powerful!”
by: L. L. - Northern California

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