Book
Chasing the high : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195314724
- ISBN: 0195314727
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Physical Description:
xvi, 170 pages ; 21 cm.
print - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The history behind Chasing the high -- What to expect from this book -- 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 -- 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? -- 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 -- "This is your brain on drugs" -- Different types of drugs of abuse -- Trying to get help -- Overconfidence and denial : do not mix -- A minor arrest -- A major arrest -- Up, down, up, down : the saga of addiction continues -- A crucial turning point -- Substance abuse treatment : what to expect -- Treatment of co-occurring mental disorders -- Recovery -- What does recovery mean for you? -- If a relapse occurs-- -- Looking back, looking ahead -- "Real" recovery is whatever works for us. |
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| Subject: | Keegan, Kyle 1975- Substance abuse United States Biography Recovering addicts United States Biography |
| Genre: | Young Adult literature. |
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| Claysburg Area Public Library | 616.86 Kee (Text) | 10CLA00084708S | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | 616.86 KEEG (Text) | 3644600161703+ | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | YA 616.86 KEEG (Text) | 3644600161704% | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hastings Public Library | J 616.86 KEE (Text) | 31814400609936 | HSTM Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Hollidaysburg Area Public Library | YA 616.86 Kee 2008 (Text) | 10HOL00032360Y | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Young Adult 616.86092 Keegan Addiction (Text) | 39427103038865 | Nonfiction Room: Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mary S. Biesecker Main Library | 616.86 KEE (Text) | 34011000014222 | Adult Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Montrose | jY 616.86 KEEG (Text) | 37000009103950 | SSQM Main Floor | Available | - |
| Schuylkill Haven Free Public Library | 616.86 KEEGAN (Text) | 3SHPL00057440S | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library | YA 616.86 KEE (Text) | 33249017169149 | Teen Non-fiction | Available | - |
