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Author
Publisher
Tendencias
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Una historia autorizada, esclarecedora y profundamente humana de la adicción, un fenómeno que sigue siendo desconcertante y profundamente incomprendido a pesar de haber tocado innumerables vidas, de un psiquiatra de adicciones que se esfuerza por comprender a su propia familia y a sí mismo.
An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction--a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched...
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
In this powerful, inspiring volume, former "Late Night America" host and recovering alcoholic Dennis Wholey tells his story. In addition, celebrities from Doc Severinson to Sid Caesar to Jason Robards speak in their own words about the devastating effects of alcoholism.
7) Clean
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"A guide to overcoming alcohol and drug addiction, written by a former addict. Drawing on the author's experience of recovery, the book encourages readers to stay sober by cultivating a positive, pragmatic mindset. Topics include setting manageable goals, finding inspiration, meditating, expressing gratitude, and avoiding toxic people"--
Author
Publisher
Genevieve Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"By blending photography and writing Michael provides insight into the diseases of alcoholism and addiction and the pathways to recovery. In this new collection of photographs and essays he shares stories of resilience, compassion and empathy. Michael reveals candid details of his own journey, from his three month stay at the Talbot recovery campus in Atlanta to a new life filled with caring and connection. Along the way he discovers that sobriety...
Author
Language
English
Description
"For years, Holly Whitaker wore her workaholic-party-girl persona as a badge of honor, while privately feeling increasingly miserable. She believed that if she could just eat cleaner, save more money, and be more perfect, her life would finally snap into place. Yet all of her attempts to fix herself just added up to more chaos and the chaos added up to more pain and so she added more wine. When she finally had enough and started looking around for...
11) Love without martinis: how couples build healthy relationships in recovery, based on real stories
Author
Publisher
SelectBooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Author with a partner in recovery from addiction to alcohol presents The ASCENT Approach she developed with Jeremy Frank, PhD, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor. Six practices to help couples rebuild their relationship are demonstrated in real-life stories of couples navigating the difficult process from early recovery to a successful long-term recovery"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As the daughter of lead singers of the 1960s band The Mamas and The Papas, Mackenzie Phillips grew up in a dysfunctional environment and subsequently battled a near-fatal drug addiction. Now, delivered with warmth and candor, she presents the wisdom she gained from her own personal journey through addictions and her understanding of practical treatment from her work as a rehabilitation counselor. Using her own life experiences as examples of proven...
Author
Publisher
Hazelden Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Love First provides clear steps for families, friends, and professionals to create a loving and effective intervention plan for helping those who have an addiction. This revised and expanded twentieth-anniversary edition adds new intervention techniques for alcohol and other drug addictions, plus contemporary insights from the authors' decades of front-line work with those who are addicted and their families. Also new are tools to help families undertake...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Resentment. Fear. Self-pity. Intolerance. Anger, As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery--or at the least, block further progress. Based on principles behind Steps Six and Seven, this book combines personal stories, personal advice, and powerful insights to help readers move foward in recovery.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The candid autobiography of all-star pitcher "Sudden Sam" McDowell, whose alcohol-fueled life quickly and famously spiraled out of control, and his ultimate redemption as a counselor for other athletes suffering from addiction"--
18) Pour me a life
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An astounding and brilliant memoir, A.A. Gill's Pour Me a Life is a riveting meditation on the author's alcoholism, seen through the lens of the memories that remain, and the transformative moments that saved him from a lifelong addiction and early death. Best known for his hysterically funny and often scathing restaurant reviews for the London Sunday Times, journalist Adrian Gill writes about his near-fatal alcoholism in this extraordinary lucid...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Un testimonio sobre el alcoholismo como adicción y un ensayo sobre el mito literario que lo envuelve. Un libro valiente y deslumbrante. Este es un libro sobre la adicción. Habla del alcoholismo y la lucha por salir de él; también aborda los mitos -literarios, artísticos- que lo envuelven, conectando genialidad con autodestrucción etílica. La autora empezó a beber de adolescente, pero fue durante su etapa universitaria cuando se convirtió...
20) Lush: a memoir
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Loose Girl author Kerry Cohen reached her early 40s, she realized she had a drinking problem. Yes, she could get up on time, bring her kids to school, make dinner, chat with friends, and all around have a normal day, but, throughout it all, Kerry was waiting for her five o'clock glass of wine. Maybe two glasses. Maybe a bottle. Just enough to blur the edges of her life that had become a monotony of vacuuming, carpooling, and disagreements with...
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