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I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc. Before long, you're a true believer. And when you're finally released, sent back into the world, you crave safety. Crave being back in the warehouse....
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2024
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English
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"Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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i, 2 unnumbered pages, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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We live in a drug-oriented society. Drugs pervade our world -- from street drugs and medical drugs, to say nothing of the latest "feel-good" pharmaceuticals. Add to that the thousands of toxic substances we are exposed to on a daily basis, including household chemicals, food preservatives and pesticides, and it's easy to see that no one is immune to this crisis. Through the course of his research into the effects of drugs on the human mind, L.Ron...
4) The six
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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426 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"It's a chance of a lifetime. Twenty-eight people are offered a place on a unique program to heal their addictions. Six days, six challenges, and sixty thousand dollars at the end of it. From all over the world, the participants travel to a monastery on a remote island in Greece to begin their challenges. There is just one clause- they must keep the program secret ... But the program is not what it seems and not everyone at the monastery is there...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Those with substance abuse issues often have family and friends who wish to help, but knowing how to find and access the right rehab for a loved one can be confusing, costly, and even inappropriate in some cases. Here, Walter Wolf guides readers through the process from crisis to placement to recovery. Imagine you are awakened by a call at 3 a.m., informing you that your loved one is in crisis due to addiction or mental illness. Maybe he or she has...
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[2009]
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1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"'Is addiction really a disease?' In this high-definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest neuroscientific research about addiction along the way. Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people...
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[2018]
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xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"One intrepid reporter's quest to learn everything there is to know about hangovers, trying all of the cures he can find and explaining how (and if) they work, all so rest of us don't have to We've all been there. One minute you're fast asleep, and in the next you're tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons, into semi-consciousness, mouth full of sand, head throbbing. You're hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone to the...