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Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book. The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life. With instructive life stories,...
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English
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A “thought-provoking and powerful” study that reframes everything you’ve been taught about addiction and recovery—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Myth of Normal (Bruce Perry, author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog).
A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its...
A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its...
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English
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The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
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Very short introductions volume 724
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Addiction is a topic that straddles public and personal interests; societal and criminal justice issues; and family, social, and medical responses. It is a continuing area of uncertainty and concern for society and trained professionals. This Very Short Introduction presents the basic facts about addiction: what it is, how and why it develops, how it is treated, and how society can respond to it. Keith Humphreys considers why some people become addicted...
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Another volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
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English
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After his girlfriend dumps him and his father remarries, Thomas finds his life spinning out of control at the same time news breaks about a vicious crime, causing Thomas to suspect that his stepmother has involved him in a supernatural plan.
10) Clean and sober
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
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A real-estate broker whose cocaine habit nearly consumes him enters a local detox program for the toughest battle of his life.
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English
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"A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--
Playful, poignant and wholly original, this coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity and addiction follows the author, a poet and screenwriter, as he recounts his experiences, revealing a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. --
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Offers an examination of drug use, abuse, and treatment, offering clinical and scientific knowledge, case studies, and policy suggestions intended to help drug users, their families, and communities deal with the problem.
Publisher
Institute for Addiction Study
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"'Is addiction really a disease?' In this high-definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest neuroscientific research about addiction along the way. Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people...
17) Safe medicine for sober people: how to avoid relapsing on pain, sleep, cold or any other medication
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T. Dunne
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
18) Reefer madness
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Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
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A lurid depiction of the "horrors" of marijuana use. This 1930's cult classic shows in a fun and comical way how marijuana is "public enemy #1.
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Opiate addiction is currently the single greatest public health crisis facing Americans. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under fifty. More people than ever before are hooked on alcohol, sedatives, cigarettes, and even screens. The face and prevalence of addiction has evolved, but our solutions to addiction are stuck in the past. It's time to face the truth: addiction is a disease that, like many others, exists on a spectrum....
20) Drug and alcohol
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This playlist discusses the different stages of using a specialist Drug and alcohol assessment tool, and the implications of having a mental illness and co-current drug and/or alcohol addiction.
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