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Leaving Dirty Jersey
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 10.67Leaving Dirty Jersey is the compellingly crafted tale of James Salant's descent into crystal meth addiction. Written at the age of only twenty-two, this memoir chronicles his year-long addiction with complete honesty and heartbreaking candour. Brought up in a stable, middle-class family, the second son of two therapists, he was introduced... more...
Loss Of Innocence
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 10.67The Clems were a family living the American dream until their fifteen-year-old daughter Carren became addicted to Meth. Within two months of first taking the highly addictive drug, Carren had moved out of the family home, spent her entire savings on Meth and resorted to stealing, dealing and prostitution to pay for her habit. Told from both... more...
Cracked
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableDr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with... more...
My Name Is Angel
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 10.67This moving memoir tells the story of how a young woman descended into the world of prostitution and drug abuse, yet found the strength to rebuild her life. Rhea Coombs's father is a convicted murderer and she grew up with a hippy mother who constantly moved house and lived in a succession of squats and communes before settling in Bristol. It... more...
Face It and Fix It
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableWorld-renowned interventionist Ken Seeley, one of the hosts of A&E's hit television series Intervention , has spent the past twenty years helping people and their families deal with and overcome life-threatening addictions. His clients have ranged from the homeless to multimillionaires, each needing professional help with every problem imaginable,... more...
Lit
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableMary Karr?s bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs The Liars? Club and Cherry ?and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year? Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. The Boston Globe calls Lit a book that ?reminds us not... more...
Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 100.00This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period. more...
Marijuana Legalization
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 12.99Should marijuana be legalized? The latest Gallup poll reports that exactly half of Americans say "yes"; opinion couldn't be more evenly divided.Marijuana is forbidden by international treaties and by national and local laws across the globe. But those laws are under challenge in several countries. In the U.S., there is no short-term prospect... more...
Hooked - Secrets and Highs of a Sober Addict
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableWhat can be more difficult than breaking a drug habit? Simple: stayingclean. Melinda Ferguson follows the powerful drug memoir Smacked with this brutally honest account of her post-addiction addictions - from self-help fads, to Oprah, to 12 step meetings, to men, to Facebook. How does an addict deal with a world in which instant gratification has... more...
Woman, Trashed
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableSuburban, middle-class, and from a good family - this is what makes Joanne Brodie's story all the more shocking. It is the dual account of the relentless seduction of the impulse to self-destruct and, at the same time, the human spirit's desperate desire to survive. Brodie is unremittingly honest in recounting a life that saw her take the deceptively... more...









