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Chasing the high : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse /
Foreword. Preface. 1. Crash and Rescue. Above the city, steeped in misery. Back from the edge. Substance abuse and addiction defined. Addiction is a disease. A hellish journey. 2. The Early Days of Using. My not-so-shady past. A forbidden sip. One puff leads to another. My uncertain future. Heroin....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Foreword. Preface. 1. Crash and Rescue. Above the city, steeped in misery. Back from the edge. Substance abuse and addiction defined. Addiction is a disease. A hellish journey. 2. The Early Days of Using. My not-so-shady past. A forbidden sip. One puff leads to another. My uncertain future. Heroin. A rite of passage versus the slippery slope to addiction. The ride down that slope. Who becomes addicted, who does not, and why?. 3. The Noose Tightens. A moment of truth, and then denial. First shot at detoxification. Learning the life of an addict. Desperate moves. Returning to an unfamiliar home. |
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| Notas: | "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 170 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198042952 0198042957 1281374725 9781281374721 0195314719 9780195314717 |