Events
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Start: 7:30 pm
Dr. David Smith, the founder of the Haight Ashbury Free
Medical Clinic, asks, along with his co-author Dr. Daniel Amen, “Are you
chained to your addiction to smoking? Drinking? Sugar? Drugs? Good?
Prescription painkillers? Caffeine? Internet porn? Gambling? Sex?” – and
answers everyone who says “Yes”: with tools to optimize one’s brain.
Smith says brain dysfunction is the number-one reason why
people fall victim to addiction, why they can’t break the chains of addiction,
and why they relapse. He and Amen offer strategies to find lasting motivation
to changes, ways to lock up the craving monster, tips for eating right,
thinking right, and healing from an addiction, and ways to prevent relapse
(including brain science). They offer 7 steps parents can take now to help
prevent addictions for their children; 10 daily behaviors that will enhance
brain function; 15 strategies for dealing with the people who try to sabotage
recovery; 5 natural supplements that can soothe the brain and reduce craving; 4
areas of life one needs to address to prevent relapse; and 1 decision that will
change one’s life.
Join the discussion about rediscovering the pleasure of
developing satisfying relationships with family and friends, regaining health,
finding greater energy, and exploring the amazing world in which we live.
As if founding the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic wasn’t
enough, Dr. Smith is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society for
Addiction Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy
of Clinical Toxicology. He is an inaugural Diplomate of the American Board of
Addiction medicine, and serves as Chair of Adolescent Addiction Treatment at Newport Academy, Medical Director of Center
Point, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at UCSF. He has authored and
co-authored over 350 professional articles and over tow dozen books, including Drugfree: A Unique, Positive Approach to
Staying Off Alcohol and Other Drugs, It’s
So Good, Don’t Even Try It Once: Heroin in Perspective, The Physician’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs,
and Clinician’s Guide to Substance Abuse.
He is the founder and publisher of The
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.
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How to Reserve a Seat for an Event in the Store
We offer limited reserved seating for anyone purchasing a copy
of an event’s featured book in advance from The Booksmith.
In the store: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
By telephone: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
By email: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
Online: when you place your order via Booksmith.com,
add “reserved seat for talk on [date]” to the comments field.
NB: if you choose the ‘pay in store’ option, we cannot guarantee
a reserved seat. If you want to be certain to have a reserved seat,
we suggest you choose the ‘pay with credit card’ option.
In all cases, we will either confirm a reserved seat for you
or let you know that we have no more reserved seats available.
Please note this offer provides one reserved seat for each book purchased.
