What's it like to be married to a drug addict? What should you do if you think your spouse is addicted to crack cocaine? What is crack cocaine? Having been raised during the 50s and 60s, the author had little exposure to drugs except alcohol. Then, through the eyes of his younger wife ..., he got the education he never had previously. ... His world was falling apart from a substance he knew nothing about.--Page [4] of cover.
Whats it like to be married to a drug addict? What should you do if you think your spouse is addicted to crack cocaine? What is crack cocaine? You will find out this and more in this book. Its a true educational overview in a few short pages.
Few drugs have as many cultural and social implications as cocaine and crack. These drugs link Hollywood and Detroit, and are signifiers of classic rock icons and racial inequality. How have these drugs shaped the world we live in? How do they shape lives today? How can addictions to these drugs be overcome? Cocaine and crack are highly addictive and can cause severe health problems, but there are ways to get support and treatment. This book offers the support readers need in order to seek treatment for themselves and their loved ones.
This is the true story of the authors experiences and observations while dealing with the crack addiction of her significant other. It is a story of one persons horror at watching someone, whom they loved, disappear and be replaced by a person that they no longer knew or could possibly understand. It shares with the reader the truth about the chaos and pain that crack cocaine can bring into their lives, while offering insights into the unsavory world of the crack cocaine distribution hierarchy and the lifestyle choice associated with this debilitating drug. Finally, this book is a beginning resource, a stepping-stone, toward untangling your life from the downward spiral of a loved one who is addicted to crack cocaine. In this book, the author outlines her step-by-step process of regaining control of her life and moving past the anger left in the wake of crack cocaine addiction.
A Life Free of Crack: Your Cocaine Free Recovery Workbook by Recovery Coalition is a guide through recovery from all kinds of addiction including, but not limited to crack cocaine, heroin, alcohol, sex, gambling, food and shopping. This is a workbook that will help recovering addicts who are in their early stages of recovery to establish balance and a healthy lifestyle. A Life Free of Crack is a practical daily guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. With a lot of compassion for yourself and a vision for your future, Recovery Coalition offers a platform to for you to create the future you desire. A Life Free of Crack is for those who are in recovery from suffering from a full spectrum of addiction, from drugs like crack cocaine, alcohol, emotions, and activity addictions to addictions to work, stress, bad relationships, social and digital media, and adrenaline. Do you understand that compulsive behaviors can be as controlling of any other addiction? The process of staying clean and sober and becoming unhooked from any compulsive behavior is a daily activity. As said by many professionals in the addiction field, the question is not "Why the addiction?" but "Why the pain? What pain is your addiction to crack bandaging? With a focus on personal recovery, Recovery Coalition takes us through the proven essentials of daily addiction recovery and treatment. This is a groundbreaking journey to freedom from addiction using simple and practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse. This recovery workbook will be especially useful if you are in recovery, gone through addiction counseling or therapy, attend 12 step meetings, or any other way of recovery. This is a great workbook to help you overcome your cravings while creating a healthier lifestyle so that you can live the life you've always wanted. A Life Free of Crack provides practical help, comfort, and hope.
Crack cocaineaHow does someone go from living in a small rural farming community in upstate New York to living in Miami and becoming addicted to crack cocaine? James tells his alarming and true-life story of how he was relocated to Miami as a young teenager, and by the age of sixteen he had already begun snorting cocaine. James exposes how three years later his addiction to snorting cocaine evolved into a weekly and then daily crack cocaine habit, and how for the next twenty-five years his only goal in life was to get more crack cocaine. James also gives a glimpse into the enormous availability of crack cocaine still on our American streets today and explains the overwhelming addictive nature and the horrifying reality of crack addiction as he tells the story of his lifeas struggle with crack cocaine.
Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women documents an American tragedy that highlights the widening gap between social and economic classes. In their own words, poor black womennameless, faceless, and marginalized by povertyshare the details of their lives before and after crack cocaine invaded their communities, each recalling the circumstances of her introduction to the drug and her first experience using sex to support her addiction. These candid interviews expose the socioeconomic changes in inner-city neighborhoods that created the perfect conditions for a crack stronghold; the crack cocaine economy's impact on the lives of inner-city residents; and the social and familial consequences of crack addiction among poor, black women.
