About the Author  Dr. Cruse is an oncologist-surgeon, an addiction medicine specialist, author, and lecturer. He is the Founding Medical Director of The Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower Medical Center. He served as President of the Medical Staff at Eisenhower. He served 8 yrs. on the Governor’s state alcoholism advisory board for the State of California and 12 years on the California Medical Association's Impaired Physicians Help Committee. He was Medical Director of Onsite Workshops for 12 years. He has served as consultant to industry, school systems, hospitals, and universities. He has been a guest on "60 Minutes", "Good Morning America" and the "Late Night Show". He has been featured in magazines in the U.S- and Australia. Joe has written books and several booklets and teaching videos: Books Published "I Don't Smoke!" 2008*
Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul, contributor 2004
The Pharmer’s Almanac II, co author, 1993
Understanding Co-Dependency, co author, 1993
Painful Affairs: Loving Drugs and Alcohol, 1992
Experiential Therapy for Co-Dependency, co-author 1990 Popular Pamphlets Family Decathexis 1990
The Romance 1988 *Published by Health Communications, Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfieeld Beach, FL 33442-8190 The manuscript and the book are owned by: WoodsHaven, Inc P.O. Box 371125 Las Vegas, NV, 89134 All rights and assignments on the book have been transferred to the publisher by the author and by WoodsHaven, Inc for the full term of the copyright. | 
