The Confessions of a Drug Addicted Daughter

The Confessions of a Drug Addicted Daughter

Author: Fern Moore

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0595134963

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This is a true story of drug addition. If you are unaware of what can happen to a young person whose life was destroyed by becoming a drug addict, I hope you will read Susan’s life story. This book has great input from the addict, my daughter, on when she started, on how she started, and why she started using drugs. Her letters are insightful as are her confessions, never before told. If I can help even one child avoid the life my daughter has led, it will be worth the agony I have spent in reliving Susan’s life which has been destroyed by the use of drugs.


Confessions of a Drug Addict

Confessions of a Drug Addict

Author: Holly Dae

Publisher: Confessions Universe

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781718018877

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When Gene Lawrence was fifteen and trying to fight a crack addiction, everyone told him that the longer he stayed clean, the easier it would be to say away from crack. They were liars because eight years later at twenty-three years old, Gene finds himself struggling with the frustrating symptoms of a crack craving. It wouldn't be so bad if he could hole up in his apartment and not see anyone, but with the holiday season coming up and his ex-girlfriend, Rebecca, back in town for her wedding, Gene has no choice but to consider what led to his drug addiction and the reasons he's had such a hard time staying off crack since then. Especially for Allison, who he finds himself more attracted to by the day and who is trying to seduce him every time they're alone in the same room. But he'd rather not get involved with Allison at all than fail her in the end. Like he failed Rebecca. Like he failed his mother. Like he failed himself. His relationships with people were always ruined when he let them get entangled with his crack addiction. Because although Gene chose not to go back to crack, it didn't mean he wasn't an addict anymore. Once an addict, always an addict. Part of the Confessions Universe, a series of interconnected stand-alone YA and NA novels featuring protagonists that struggle to overcome the burdens and drawbacks of a specific issue (drugs, eating disorders, trauma, etc.) and how that issue affects their personal, mental, psychological, and romantic lives. Real. Honest. Uncensored.


Confession of a Drug Dealing Junkie Teenager

Confession of a Drug Dealing Junkie Teenager

Author: Jonathan Dillon

Publisher:

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781411629356

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I'm the one you ignore, the guy sleeping on the other side of study hall, the boy who smokes after school, the quiet kid away from the dance floor, the jerk who brings a gun to class, the loser you talk about behind my back, the drug dealer you'll eventually need because only I can offer you that brief escape from the shit that you refer to as your life, the answer to your prayers, the begining of your nightmares... that's me, Richard Blair.


Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

Author: Marc Lewis

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0385669267

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A gripping, ultimately triumphant memoir that's also the most comprehensive and comprehensible study of the neuroscience of addiction written for the general public. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "We are prone to a cycle of craving what we don't have, finding it, using it up or losing it, and then craving it all the more. This cycle is at the root of all addictions, addictions to drugs, sex, love, cigarettes, soap operas, wealth, and wisdom itself. But why should this be so? Why are we desperate for what we don't have, or can't have, often at great cost to what we do have, thereby risking our peace and contentment, our safety, and even our lives?" The answer, says Dr. Marc Lewis, lies in the structure and function of the human brain. Marc Lewis is a distinguished neuroscientist. And, for many years, he was a drug addict himself, dependent on a series of dangerous substances, from LSD to heroin. His narrative moves back and forth between the often dark, compellingly recounted story of his relationship with drugs and a revelatory analysis of what was going on in his brain. He shows how drugs speak to the brain - which is designed to seek rewards and soothe pain - in its own language. He shows in detail the neural mechanics of a variety of powerful drugs and of the onset of addiction, itself a distortion of normal perception. Dr. Lewis freed himself from addiction and ended up studying it. At the age of 30 he traded in his pharmaceutical supplies for the life of a graduate student, eventually becoming a professor of developmental psychology, and then of neuroscience - his field for the last 12 years. This is the story of his journey, seen from the inside out.


Diary of a Teenage Drug Addict

Diary of a Teenage Drug Addict

Author: Helen Oh

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-14

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781470174316

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Fourteen-year-old Stephanie abandons her old set of friends and old way of life for an exciting one with a beautiful girl named Arizona, and ends up exploring all the kinks and crannies of teenage drug culture and bisexuality as well as other sexual relations, and ends up breaching to the unimaginable terrors of living with a dope fiend/runaway gang that won't set her free when she is abandoned in a whole other state after a rough night that she barely remembers and grows hopelessly addicted to drugs. She later discovers a Twelve Step fellowship after a bad overdose that nearly kills her, returns home, and chooses for herself what life she really truly wants. The glamors of drug use and partying have long faded to her awful nightmarish bottom, and she must choose between a life of recovery, or a life where freedom is merely just a dream.


The Drug Problem

The Drug Problem

Author: Martin Levinson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-08-30

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0313076871

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Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem. This text applies the techniques and formulations of general semantics to investigate and make recommendations about various aspects of drug abuse. General semantics, a process problem-solving approach based on the primacy of the scientific method and importance of language as a shaper of thoughts and perceptions, has a proven record of success in problem-solving across a wide variety of disciplines and fields. Topics examined include American drug history and policy, the legalization issue, drugs and creativity, treatment, and prevention. A chronological overview of drug-taking in human history and a resource guide are provided. One chapter offers an in-depth description of an effective drug abuse prevention model and a program using the model.


Chasing the High

Chasing the High

Author: Kyle Keegan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-03-04

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0190295473

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Kyle Keegan was like many teenagers: eager to fit in at school, he experimented with alcohol and drugs. Soon, his abuse of these substances surpassed experimentation and became a ruthless addiction to heroin that nearly destroyed his life. Now in recovery, Keegan tells his remarkable story in Chasing the High. Starting with the early days of alcohol and drug use, Keegan charts his decline into crime and homelessness as his need for heroin surpassed all thoughts of family and friends, of right and wrong. He then goes on to use these experiences to offer guidance and practical advice to other young people who may be struggling with substance abuse. In straightforward, easy-to-understand language and along with the psychiatric expertise of Howard Moss, MD, Keegan discusses what is known about the neurobiology of addiction in young people, how to seek treatment, and how to get the most out of professional help. He also covers such topics as which therapies are used to combat addiction, how to talk to family and friends about substance abuse, and how to navigate risky situations. Both an absorbing memoir and a useful resource for young people. Part of the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative series of books written specifically for teens and young adults, Chasing the High is at once both an absorbing memoir and a useful resource. It offers hope to those who are struggling with substance abuse and will help them to overcome its challenges and to go on to lead healthy, productive lives.


Confessions from a Prophet's Past

Confessions from a Prophet's Past

Author: Jeromy Wensley

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13:

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An Inspiring Autobiography That Will Send You Head Spinning And Leave You At A Loss For Words The first couple of chapters in this book involves a horrific scene that took place when I was nineteen. After that, it starts with my childhood and, as the chapters progress, my age advances forward; in order. (The book title is explained within the pages of the novel). Brief Book Description This novel is a compilation of short-stories; personal experiences endured throughout my years of life. There are forty-eight chapters in this book, all of which are entertaining and outspoken: You will laugh, cry, and sometimes you might even say, "Holy man, I can't believe this guy hasn't died!" One could even say that this book entails just as many wrong ways to live life as there are chapters within the pages: 48. My childhood saw its share of ups but also several unbearable downs, all brought on by alcoholic parents who chose to place the bottle in front of their children's wellbeing. [Side effect from alcoholism]. The Rotten parenting behaviors included: physical and emotional abuse, domestic violence, and neglect. The results prompted a low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. I felt worthless, stupid; nobody could ever love me. [Aftereffect from abuse and neglect]. I strolled through my early High School years, hoping that the horrors wrapped inside my head would vanish; forever disappear as if they were never there. I desperately needed an escape from my inner thoughts: An escape from reality. One day during my early teens, I came across alcohol. At once, my negative mind thoughts were eclipsed with positivity. Liquor gave me courage, inner peace, good looks, all from this glorious drink that contained spirits. Friends arrived in abundance, and my popularity rose as if I were a rock star who just topped the charts for the first time. However, during the years to come, that freedom I felt from negative mind thoughts [because of liquor] ventured in the wrong direction, sending me on a crash course to Loser-Ville. My grown-up life was littered with depression, alcoholism, addictions, jail, and umpteen suicide attempts. Chaos and near-death experiences were rampant, all on account of drugs and alcohol. My chaotic life-path would eventually come to a sudden halt because of one conversation with the Creator. Teachings An excellent book on what not to do as a parent. How abuse and neglect affect a child and change their adult mindset. Methadone and opioid withdrawals & side effects. Drugs and Alcohol and how it destroys lives. Reviews Jolee Nick [Spirituality Specialist/Addictions Advisor] says, "Confessions From A Prophet's Past is not only inspiring but also heartwarming. It hit close to home as a recovering addict. I can relate to many of the accounts in this novel. Jeromy is not only able to grasp the reader's heart, but you can feel the energy in his stories. (He draws you into the reads). There is humour, tears, triumph, glory, faith, hope, and last but certainly not least, Godliness!"