Chasing the high : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse / Kyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss.
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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | YA 616.86 KEE (Text) | 36015000946547 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | YA 616.860 Kee (Text) | 31010000250581 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | YA 616.86 KEE (Text) | 540191002376065 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 616.86 K (Text) | 33258006114859 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | YA 616.89 O (Text) | 39149005710355 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Leath Memorial Library | YA 616.86092 K (Text) | 58198000430465 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Montgomery County Public Library | 616.86 (Text) | 38198000303253 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 616.86092 KEE (Text) | 0020507666335 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Spangler Branch | YA 616.86 KEE (Text) | 22281500003501 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | B KEEGAN KEE (Text) | 33114016098790 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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