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Survivors of addiction : narratives of recovery

Author
Addenbrooke, Mary, 1938-
Title
Survivors of addiction : narratives of recovery / Mary Addenbrooke.
Format
Book
Published
Hove ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Description
xiv, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Setting the scene
  • A shameful secret
  • Down and out
  • Ambivalence second time round
  • Lost in the labyrinth of addiction
  • I did it my way
  • Time to stop drinking with the boys
  • I was able just to be me
  • The prize fighter
  • The turning point
  • Starting from scratch
  • Putting away my crutches
  • What I learned when I stopped drinking
  • A most astonishing thing happened
  • The new task
  • A bleak picture : hoping against hope
  • A very major change for me
  • Stepping away from co-dependence
  • This intense relationship with life itself
  • In the long term.
Subject headings
Addicts--Rehabilitation--Case studies. Substance abuse--Treatment--Case studies. Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Case studies. Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--Case studies.
ISBN
9781583917244 (hardback : alk. paper) 1583917241 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781583917251 (pbk. : alk. paper) 158391725X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Northwest Library (Gary)
Call Number
HV4998 .A317 2011
Location
Stacks
Floor
Third Floor
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