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"For years, Holly Whitaker wore her workaholic-party-girl persona as a badge of honor, while privately feeling increasingly miserable. She believed that if she could just eat cleaner, save more money, and be more perfect, her life would finally snap into place. Yet all of her attempts to fix herself just added up to more chaos and the chaos added up to more pain and so she added more wine. When she finally had enough and started looking around for...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Jack Canfield, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul; franchise and coauthor of The Success Principles, and Dave Andrews, a recovery expert, join forces to present a revolutionary program to help you cut back or quit drinking entirely--in the privacy of your own home. Alcohol kills one person every ten seconds worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Thankfully, now, for anyone who feels that alcohol...
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BenBella Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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xlv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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"More than 100 of the world's top experts interviewed by [Christopher Kennedy] Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency through self-assessments and symptom lists and how to determine which treatments will work best for you"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.
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Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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377 pages ; 18 cm.
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After her husband runs off with a younger woman, Natalie Cooper, now a single mother managing a photo store, finds herself drawn to her neighbor, Blake Junger, when his exile in a remote cabin is interrupted by Natalie's daughter.
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Deacon's family volume 1
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"As Luke Schrock struggles to reenter his Amish community, an audacious request from a deacon seems impossible--until he meets unpredictable Izzy Lapp"--
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
534 pages ; 25 cm
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Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
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Addict in the House offers a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved ones addiction, from accepting the reality of the disease to surviving what may be repeated cycles of recovery and relapse. Youll learn how to encourage your addicted loved one to get help without forcing it, and finally find the strength to let go of codependence.
12) A boy called Bat
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Series
Boy called BAT volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
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Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xxi, 120 pages ; 18 cm
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"The Sober Leap helps women take their recovery to the next level. Millions of women enter recovery from alcohol addiction with one goal in mind: to stay sober. They?re left to their own devices to “figure it out” from there, leaving them feeling lost, disenchanted, and susceptible to relapse. The Sober Leap invites women to step into the light and thrive in recovery. Certified Health and Addiction Recovery Coach Noelle Van Vlierbergen provides...
14) Soaring above co-addiction: helping your loved one get clean, while creating the life of your dreams
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Twin Feather Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
iv, 161 p. ; 22 cm.
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Living with an addict can be crazy. Your world becomes consumed with lies, uncertainty, and chaos. Over time, you start to feel hopeless. Learn to rise above the storm, regain control of your life, and detach from the problems of addiction in order to create an environment that encourages a positive change in the addict.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
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230 pages ; 22 cm
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A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure--the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change....
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xiv, 45 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
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Mental stimulation has been found to offer demonstrable benefits for people with Alzheimer disease, dementia, or other memory impairment. Through the Seasons helps family members and caregivers engage memory-challenged adults in simple, enjoyable activities that provide stimulation and enhance communication. Fun and easy to use, this large-format color picture book is divided into themes representing the four seasons. Each section describes several...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xxii, 374 p. ; 24 cm.
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The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with -- and triumphs over -- drug abuse.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2013.
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244 pages, [8] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photos ; 22 cm.
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Looks at the cultural factors contributing to a rise in alcoholism among today's women and compares today's practices to those of earlier generations while noting the current ineffectiveness of AA and other mainstream treatments.
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