Drug Dependence category: 351 books
Green Mountain Opium Eaters
A History of Early Addiction in Vermont
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month....
High Achiever
The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis.
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“Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author...
En pie de guerra
La novela más moderna y completa sobre las drogas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 8, 2019
¿Sabes qué sustancia se pone en las bebidas para drogar a las mujeres y abusar de ellas? ¿Conoces los tipos de drogas que se usan ahora? Cada capítulo de este libro contiene datos sobre una droga específica: GHB, rohipnol, peyote, cocaína, éxtasis, PCP, efedrina, ketamina, cannabis, LSD, crack,...
Heroin
A true story of drug addiction, hope and triumph
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Julie grew up in the heart of Dublin’s north inner city, in Sheriff Street. Living in this tough area, she was exposed to crime and drugs. She started using heroin when she was 16. By the time she was 18 she was a chronic addict. This story details how she spent the next four years living on the...
The Big Fix
Hope After Heroin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good.
With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells...
by John Eschuk
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Do You want, or need to better understand addiction? now you can hear the story of an addition counsler that has been through the process of addiction and can share the thoughts and feelings of someone who overcame both alcohol and a drug problem. Could you use advice from an...
Alcoholic in Chapters
Alcoholism
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This book is written for all human beings who suffer from alcoholism, drug abuse, mental, physical, sexual abuse, and depression. Also written for all human beings with dreams, hopes, and talents to become whatever their hearts desire. There is a will and a way to recover your life as long as you...
by Jamie Lee Coulter
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Imagine, if you can, putting your three-week old baby into the freezer because her crying is interrupting your peace and quiet. And yes, I did say freezer and not refrigerator. And why was the baby crying? Because you were too messed up on heroin and hadn’t fed her all day. Imagine, if...
Pill Head
The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
This compelling, honest book investigates the growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse among today's Generation Rx. Through gripping profiles and heartbreaking confessions, this memoir dares to uncover the reality--the addiction, the withdrawal, and the recovery--of this newest generation...
Facing the Dragon
How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
After more than twenty-three years addicted to methamphetamine and other drugs, David Parnell put an SKS assault rifle under his chin and pulled the trigger.
The blast took off half his face, yet somehow he survived. They called Parnell the "miracle man" at the Nashville hospital where he'd...
by Steve Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
One is too many. A thousand is never enough.' 'Andrea arrived in rehab at the same time as me. We were in admissions together. I can't remember how many times she'd tried to get clean, but it was my eleventh institution and I was dying. For two days I listened to her withdrawal in a room just down...
Addicted?
How Addiction Affects Every One of Us and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This book is about addictions of all kinds. Addictions to smartphones, sex, games, social media, gambling, money, but most of all to alcohol and drugs.
The words 'addict' and 'addiction' are loaded with baggage. Not just in Australia, but the world over, addicts are considered to be sub-human,...
The Cedar Canoe
What Happened to Ryan?
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
A young man is found dead from an apparent overdose/suicide in a small Northwestern Ontario town. What happened to Ryan, the builder of a beautiful cedar canoe? His mother, Kathy, searches for answers to what led up to his death, shocked with the discovery that he used drugs such as cocaine. She searches...
Refuge Recovery
A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program.
While many desperately need the help...