Posts Tagged ‘Addicts’
Karla Klear Sky: A Meth Addict’s Mother’s Memoir
Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:20 Written by admin Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:20
Product Description
If you are the parent of a chemically addicted son or daughter, you have found the right book. A mother’s life explodes when she discovers her son is a meth addict. As he disappears into addiction, it takes her with him, until she learns, parents can recover even if their children don’t. This riveting story tells the savage truth: Addiction stalks children with a single-minded purpose to kill its host and the family near and dear to it. Lifted from a private journal and dotted with humor, but also graphic and explicit, it equips parents. This blunt confessional is a multi-media project that fast-forwards relief. A first of its kind, this combined portrait, memoir and companion musical CD, prepare parents for the rigors of recovery. Powerful and deeply moving, both deliver help in a compelling package. To purchase the CD, please see link back cover.
Karla Klear Sky: A Meth Addict’s Mother’s Memoir
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Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System
Last Updated on Saturday, 13 February 2010 08:19 Written by admin Saturday, 13 February 2010 08:19
- ISBN13: 9781565847798
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“Deeply felt, deftly rendered, stunningly informative and often enraging” (Publishers Weekly), Hooked appears as we are finally waking up to the inadequacies of our current drug-rehab policies. With court-mandated rehab being debated across the country, Shavelson’s in-depth look at the struggles of five addicts as they travel through the treatment maze makes a powerful case for reform.
Highly readable and shaped by Shavelson’s experience as a journalist and physician, Hooked takes us through the anguishing “intake” and controversial House meetings, inside counselors’ and judges’ offices where many treatment decisions are made, and to prison cells where, under current policies, many addicts end up. It explores the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse—links often ignored by current rehab efforts—and argues for an integrated approach that treats the roots of drug abuse, not just the behavior itself.
Hailed as “compelling” and “heartbreaking” (Time Out), Hooked offers a provocative, honest look at the seemingly intractable issue of drug addiction, and offers powerful alternatives to our current policies.
Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System