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61) Sister Helen
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
62) Body brokers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a recovering junkie is brought to Los Angeles for treatment, he soon finds out that the rehab center is a smokescreen for a fraudulent operation which enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
63) Fix
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To keep Leo out of prison, his brother Milo and Milo's reluctantly-involved girlfriend Bella, have 15 hours to raise $5,000 to pay for his rehab. As the clock ticks, the unlikely trio races through Beverly Hills' mansions, East L.A. chop shops and Watts' housing projects, all in the hope to find the money they need by any means necessary.
65) Stronger
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
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A survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, who helped to set off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history, discusses his experiences that day and his ongoing mission to walk again after losing both legs.
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Description
There are an estimated 3.3 million wheelchair users in the United States alone. This is the equivalent of the entire populations of Chicago and Boston combined and represents a tremendous challenge for Americans. However, there are some preventative measures you can take to help avoid the wheelchair and even ways to become ambulatory again after using a wheelchair. In The Empty Chair: A Movement to Limit the Wheelchair and Lead a Healthy Life readers...
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Being injured is a simple fact of life. Whether it's a sprain, broken bone or disc injury, these usually occur at inconvenient times. However, how you deal with that injury or after a required surgery can determine how you function the rest of your life. In Accelerated Recovery of Your Health: How to Recover Your Body After Injury or Surgery, readers will learn techniques to heal their body faster than previous generations with fewer complications....
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Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
124 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, help fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and spark an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.
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"Natural Rest for Addiction is Scott Kiloby's book employing his unique perspective on recovering from addiction. Thoughts tell us that the present moment is lacking, and other thoughts lead us towards addictive substances and activities that provide only temporary relief from the uncomfortable emotions and sensations that we are trying to avoid. It stands to reason that if addiction is primarily a thinking problem, then more thinking won't help....
71) Immortal beloved
Author
Series
Immortal beloved trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
407 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
After seeing her best friend, a Dark Immortal called Incy, torture a human with magick, Nastasya, a spoiled party girl, enters a home for wayword immortals and finally begins to deal with life, even as she learns that someone wants her dead.
72) Four good days
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Formats
Description
After leaving a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while spending the next four days with her mother.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
323 pages ;
Description
"Why WAIT? In this groundbreaking book, diabetes and weight management expert Osama Hamdy, M.D., Ph.D., reveals how you can reverse the course of your type 2 diabetes, lose weight for good and finally reclaim your health-in just 12 weeks! Dr. Hamdy is at the forefront of cutting-edge clinical research conducted at Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. For the first time, he shares those scientific breakthroughs in a usable...
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiv, 315 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The most innovative leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US offer a groundbreaking, science-based guide to helping loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors.The New Road to Recovery eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change. Drawing on forty collective...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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A hilarious and moving chronicle of a wildly flawed family that comes together--in rehab, of all places--even as each member is on the verge of falling apart Introducing the Kesslers: Marty, a retired LA film producer whose self-worth has been eroded by age and a late-in-life passion for opioids; his daughter Janine, former child star suffering the aftereffects of a life in the public eye; and granddaughter Hailey, the "less-than" twin sister, whose...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video/Turner Enter
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A crime and social drama about a big-city gangster who is given a patronage job by his political machine bosses and is sent to inspect the state reform school. When he learns of the brutal treatment the boys receive under a sadistic warden, he takes over the school and, with help from a sympathetic nurse, tries to improve conditions.
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J. P. Beaumont's in an Arizona alcohol rehab center and none too happy. His roommate is a sleazy teenage drug dealer. The kid turns up shot dead with Beaumont's own .38. The local law comes after the recovering PI. The people responsible for killing the kid don't just want to frame J.P. for the murder, they want him to be the next victim.
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
When Destiny was found by the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, she was sick, thin, and one of her eyes was closed and not working. The Sloth Institute took her in and introduced her to other sloths as she started to recover. She never regained the use of her one eye, but that didn't stop Destiny from hanging out with her new buddies, or getting healthier and stronger. Last August, Destiny was fitted for her tracking collar and released back into the...
80) Right to fail
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After decades in institutions, a man with schizophrenia faces violence and death to live on his own. In collaboration with ProPublica, an investigation into a court-ordered effort to move those with mental illness into independent living.
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