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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"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 humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that shares the most intimate details of the love Perry lost,...
2) Addiction
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues surrounding addiction by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A leading behavioral scientist and recovered addict presents an authoritative guide to understanding drug addiction that offers clear explanations of brain science and illustrative personal stories to reveal how addiction happens and what can be done about it.
5) From above
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Riley Donovan uncovers the truth about the death of a popular high school football player.
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Leading innovators in progressive addiction treatment outline a science-based program for helping loved ones overcome addiction-related problems, challenging common practices to demonstrate how to effectively use positive reinforcement and motivational and behavioral strategies.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive reference for parents and educators explains the origins of substance abuse while offering advice for how to identify risk factors and take steps to prevent vulnerable teens from developing an addiction disorder.
15) This Boy
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Informed in no uncertain terms that he is a far cry from the alpha male types that dominate his high school, Paul makes an unexpected new friend and captures the attention of his crush while gradually succumbing to addiction.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
A sixth grader navigates the challenges of finding a place for herself in middle school, while her older brother fights an opioid addiction. When their parents decide to send Austin to rehab and Emma to stay with family friends in Wyoming for the summer, Emma seizes the chance to get away.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on her own journey to sobriety, the author and founder of a global sobriety support community, shares a list of things she needed to hear when she was deep in her own battle, along with stories and advice that can be universally applied to any challenge you face.
Author
Publisher
Wonderwell
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A former alcoholic who nearly lost everything, the author, combining his own experiences with his extensive background in psychology, exposes the lies we all too willingly accept about alcohol and interrogates the part culture plays in reinforcing these lies, showing us how to break free from alcohol addiction.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As she worries about her mother who is entering a rehab facility for alcoholism, eleven-year-old Veronica struggles with secrets, her favorite sport softball, and what she really wants to do with her life.
20) Wild Bird
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
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