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"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
2) What we saw
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"The story of a town torn apart by the events surrounding the rape of drunk girl at a house party, from the perspective of the partygoers who witnessed it"--
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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A groundbreaking examination of addiction from a psychiatrist and public health doctor, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse.Written with warmth, accessibility, and vast authority, The Addiction Solution is a practical guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. Here, Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy...
4) Lockdown
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2010.
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Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.
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University Press of Mississippi
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An overview of addiction that explains what it is and discusses several aspects of the problem, including various types of addiction, who gets addicted and how, what happens to the addicted brain, how addiction affects family members, and how one can recover.
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After a devastating scandal breaks in her elite New York City private school, Magdalena is shipped off to her family home to spend a summer recovering under the radar. Over-medicated and under-confident, she spends her days in a fog, hiking in the woods behind her grandparents' cottage. But then a gorgeous boy called Bo stumbles across her picnic blanket and Magdalena starts believing she might be able to move on from her past. Bo is wild and free...
10) Lift the label
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Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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People talking about how they got addicted to opiates and what life was like as an addict.
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Topical brief volume 1, issue 3
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Colorado State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Co-occurring disorders and dual diagnosis are two common terms for people suffering simultaneously from substance use and mental health disorders or illness. Co-occurring disorders are inextricably linked and often involve multiple substance use and more than one mental disorder.
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Health watch volume no. 108
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Vital Statistics and Registries Branch
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2019.
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English
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Suicide continues to be an increasing public health problem in Colorado, nationally, and globally. According to current literature, both acute intoxication and chronic substance use can contribute to suicidal behavior and alcohol and drug abuse have been identified as one of the most common risk factors for suicidal behavior. Consequently, individuals who suffer from alcohol dependency are ten times more likely to die by suicide and those who inject...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.
For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:
• Why we feel the impulse
• Why...
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Research publication volume no. 712
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Colorado Legislative Council
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Research publication volume no. 691
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Colorado Legislative Council
Pub. Date
2017.
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English