Between alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, pornography, gambling, and eating disorders, fully 25% of the population of the United States is addicted to something.
The United States is still the land of opportunity, but many of our citizens have been left behindliving in cars, back alleys, abandoned buildings, and shelters provided for people who are homeless.
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries alcoholism was seen largely as a vice of the poor and its treatment rested almost entirely with the missions and the workhouse.
This book is designed to be short and sweet so that everyone can read through it quickly and remember the principles easily and quickly so as to be able to apply them in their daily lives.
About the Book At the age of forty seven years old, and looking back on my life I realized how destructive my life was and decided to share it with anticipation I can help others.
As the wife of an alcoholic, author Harmony Rose searched for some validity to her emotions: she didnt want to feel crazy anymore or continue to carry the shame and blame that came with her husbands alcoholism.
Addicts, abusers and users know about the euphoric feeling they get from their drug(s) of choice, but what they dont know or choose to ignore is the negative effects these same drugs have on their bodies.
This book chronicles the author's experience with sobriety and recovery, offering relief and hope to recovering substance abusers and their loved ones.
From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family.
UPDATED WITH A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON SOBER CURIOSITY*Voted an Independent best self-care book for 2021**Voted one of Heat's best self-help books to help you reach your full potential*If you've ever woken up feeling anxious, or cringing with embarrassment, about something you did or said whilst drunk the night before, this book may just change your life.
'Raw, unflinching, incredibly brave' - BBC Woman's Hour'Visceral and gripping' Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunComing Clean is a searingly honest memoir of loving an alcoholic both through the heaviest drinking years and into recovery.
'Raw, unflinching, incredibly brave' - BBC Woman's Hour'Visceral and gripping' Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunComing Clean is a searingly honest memoir of loving an alcoholic both through the heaviest drinking years and into recovery.
When the Husband family realised that their son Paul was addicted to heroin, they did everything they could to help him but it seemed that every step in the right direction would be followed by another relapse as Paul lied to them, stole from them, and come close to losing his life.
The Buy Side is Turney Duff's high-adrenaline journey through the trading underworld, as well as a searing look at an after-hours Wall Street culture where sex and drugs are the quid pro quo and a billion isn't enough.
This is the story of learning, relating, and coming of age as seen through the eyes of Erik, the son of an old atomic bomb builder turned rocket scientist.
