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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 323 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A reference for parents and educators explains the origins of substance abuse while offering advice for how to identify risk factors and take steps to prevent vulnerable teens from developing an addiction disorder.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 238 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Neuroscientist Lewis (Memoirs of an Addicted Brain) presents a strong argument against the disease model of addiction, which is currently predominant in medicine and popular culture alike, and bolsters it with informative and engaging narratives of addicts' lives ... Even when presenting more technical information, Lewis shows a keen ability to put a human face on the most groundbreaking research into addiction. Likewise, he manages to make complex...
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 24
Language
English
Description
"Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement--doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. But then his past comes calling. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating his missing daughter, Beau finds himself faced...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 237 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Recovery from addiction doesn't happen all at once -- it's something that must be practiced, day by day and moment to moment. In good moments -- when things are going well in your life -- your recovery may feel easy, like second nature. But in moments of stress, confusion, temptation, or pain, you need simple, go-to strategies to maintain your healthy recovery. [This book] offers fifty-two in-the-moment mindfulness skills to help you cope with daily...
68) Traffic
Series
Criterion collection volume 151
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted...
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xix, 147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Steve Grant shares what he learned during his own difficult journey to encourage and guide other parents who are living with children who are struggling with substance abuse. Don't Forget Me tells the story of Steve's two sons, Chris and Kelly, who took distinctly different paths to the same outcome: death by overdose. Steve reveals not only a highlight reel of the things he got right but takes an honest look at the mistakes he made along the way...
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the Florida projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which include an abusive mother, a drug-addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicide.
Author
Publisher
SWP, She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xvii, 255 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a discussion of addiction as experienced by women, and the difficult road to recovery. Features essays from mothers, daughters, health professionals, and young women who share their stories of why they drank, how they stopped, and the joys and rewards of being present in their lives once they kicked alcohol to the curb.
Author
Publisher
Two Dollar Radio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Laney Brooks acts out. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's composed surface is the destructive impulse to follow in the footsteps of her father, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process."--Twodollarradio.com.
74) Bliss
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.
75) The Rose
Series
Criterion collection volume 757
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells about rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Author
Publisher
MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The award-winning author of Sirens and Damascus presents an unstinting anthology of vignettes that convey the misadventures, surrealism, tragedies and embarrassments of a life shaped by early illness and unrelenting addiction. --
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A celebrity stylist describes the personal challenges that overshadowed her successful career, from her struggles as an incest survivor to her battles with alcohol and drug abuse, and traces her return to sobriety and professional success.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Georgia can almost feel her heart cracking a little more every day. With Daddy sinking deeper into alcoholism and Mama struggling to keep the family afloat, Georgia is sent to stay with her mysterious great aunt in her old country house. Soon, lonely Georgia meets Angela, a girl with secrets of her own, and they discover a magical lake. At first, the lake offers a thrilling escape, but as things grow worse at home, a troubled boy appears at the...
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