IF YOU are becoming worried about an aspect of your own behaviour - maybe you no longer feel totally in control of it, or are concerned about the health implications, or the fact that it takes up so much of your time and money - and you've decided that you want to do something about it, this book will help you.

You might not think of yourself as having an addiction. Perhaps you prefer to call the behaviour you're worried about a compulsion or a dependence, a craving, or simply a bit of fun - it doesn't really matter what term you use to describe it. What does matter, however, is that you have at least the stirrings of concern about it, certainly enough to lead you to open this book (whether or not you picked it up yourself or it was given to you by someone else). The important thing to remember is that anyone can overcome addiction, if they truly want to - and the first step is the one you have already taken, however tentatively.