Record details

• ISBN: 9780195314717
• ISBN: 0195314719
• ISBN: 9780195314724
• ISBN: 0195314727
• Physical Description: xvi, 170 pages ; 21 cm.
• Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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:

Autobiographies.

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