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Addicted : notes from the belly of the beast

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    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2021
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component

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  • Author: Crozier, Lorna; Lane, Patrick
    Date:
    Created
    2016
    Summary:

    With new material from Susan Cheever, Molly Jong-Fast, and Rick Whitaker. What is this craving that overpowers all else? What is it like to be addicted, and what does it take to get straight or sober? In this new and expanded edition of a widely praised collection, an outstanding roster of courageous writers present vivid renderings of the addiction experience in all its highs and lows.
    These first-person accounts describe battles with alcohol, heroin, smoking, food, gambling, and sex. Some contributors still struggle with their habits; others have managed to defeat them; two lost their lives to addiction's ravages. This is a book about compulsion, recovery, and struggle: a potent concoction that will have readers hooked.
    Contributors include Lorna Crozier, Peter Gzowski, Patrick Lane, Evelyn Lau, John Newlove, Stephen Reid, David Adams Richards, Lois Simmie, Sheri-D Wilson, and Marnie Woodrow.

    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, Medicine, health and fitness, Anecdotes
    Subject(s): Addicts--Psychology | Dependency (Psychology) | Authors, American | Canada | Drug addicts--Psychology | Alcoholism--Psychology
    Original Publisher: [S.l.], [s.n.]
    Language(s): English