Drug Dependence category: 351 books
Jennifer Needle in Her Arm
Healing from the Hell of My Daughter's Drug Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Jennifer Needle in Her Arm explores the emotional turmoil that parents go through when they have either lost a child to drugs or have to deal with a child currently addicted to drugs. Bonnie Kaye, who lost her daughter Jennifer in 2002 at the age of 22, suffered the guilt and shame almost all good...
Prescription Painkillers
History, Pharmacology, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The definitive book about the impact of prescription painkiller abuse on individuals, communities, and society by one of America's leading experts on addiction.
In recent years, the media has inundated us with coverage of the increasing abuse of prescription painkillers. Prescription Painkillers,...
Painkillers, Heroin, and the Road to Sanity
Real Solutions for Long-term Recovery from Opiate Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Recovery from prescription painkiller or heroin addiction can feel impossible, with low numbers of people sustaining recovery. But there is hope. With guidance from those in long-term recovery, along with new approaches to treatment, a healthy, drug-free life is possible.
Recovery from prescription...
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?
What drugs did to my family
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
i newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017
'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving, and her ability to move others is impressive. This is a story that needs to be told, and needs to be heard.' - Theresa May, Prime Minister
'Elizabeth [is] someone who had the courage...
by SoCal Detox
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
At SoCal Detox we know that finding help for addiction, whether for yourself or a loved one, is a confusing and overwhelming process. With that in mind, we have spent the past few years gathering information for individuals and families in order to help them have the best information possible in their...
by Jay Kyle Petersen
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
My personal story about how I got started drinking at age nine, had my first blackout age 14, kept on drinking hard, always to get drunk, got into drugs in college and finally bottomed out in 1977. How drinking negatively affected my life but also how it helped me as a coping mechanism with pain,...
by Jacob Yervan
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
This book starts with the early years and gives account of the roller-coaster ride that was my life. As a young adult, I accomplished good and bad certifications as a result of the madness that befell me. It tells the story of the physical and psychological abuse I suffered as a child and how I was...
You Are More Than This Will Ever Be
Methamphetamine: the dirty drug
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Christina has combined leading-edge technology with age-old wisdom and a dose of common sense. Within minutes of starting to read this book you will be engaged by the true life stories of those that fall prey to the dirty drug, methamphetamine, and their own stories of how they recovered. Whether as...
Recovery from Addiction
A Practical Guide to Treatment, Self-Help, and Quitting on Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Millions of people enter or seriously consider entering alcohol or drug treatment each year. In their understandable state of urgency, most first-time treatment seekers and their loved ones may rush to the first treatment option they encounter. They are unlikely to be aware of why one form of intervention...
How to Quit Drugs for Good
A Complete Self-Help Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Free Yourself from Addiction
Quitting drugs may be the best thing you can do for yourself and your loved ones. But it can also be the toughest challenge of your life. This book can help. Jerry Dorsman, author of the acclaimed How to Quit Drinking Without AA and a respected therapist who specializes...
Clearing the Haze
Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Often it is difficult for parents to recognize when their child is abusing alcohol, using illegal drugs, or in trouble with other substances that are hazardous to their health, safety, and wellbeing. Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance...
The Weight of a Feather
A Mother's Journey Through the Opiates Addiction Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Offers camaraderie and hope to parents struggling with a child’s opiate addiction. Statistics of the opiate epidemic, or crisis as it is often called, indicate that more than 50,000 Americans die of drug overdoses each year. According to a Columbia University study, "40 million Americans age...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique collection provides comprehensive information on the ongoing opioid addiction epidemic.Contents include: Examining the Opioid Epidemic * Combating the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic...
Understanding Addiction
An LDS Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
In Understanding Addiction, Dr. Lofgran applies the science of recent addiction research to Christian values and beliefs. He explains what addiction is and how the concepts of addiction apply to everyone. Using personal insights and experiences, Dr. Lofgran explores topics ranging from the teachings...