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The many lives of Mama Love : a memoir of lying, stealing, writing, and healing / by Hardin, Lara Love,author.;
In 'The Many Lives of Mama Love', Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter. From the author of 'The Sun Does Shine', which was an Oprah's Book Club selection.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Hardin, Lara Love.; Drug addiction.; Drug addicts; Opioid abuse.; Women ghostwriters;
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A gorgeous excitement : a novel / by Weiner, Cynthia,author.;
"The summer of 1986 in New York City starts off with a model's face getting slashed after rejecting her landlord's advances. It ends with a young woman's half naked body discovered in Central Park, murdered after a night of "rough sex." Nina Jacobs is 18, working a series of boring temp jobs, trying to lose her virginity before she leaves for college at the end of the summer, while also trying to stay out of the way of her mother, who spends her days in bed or criticizing Nina, or often both. And developing a burgeoning cocaine habit. Could the magnetic IT boy from the bar they hang out at that caters to the Upper East Side private school rich kid set, be the one who can help her achieve both her goals this summer?"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Drug addiction; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Nineteen eighties; Young women;
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Loving Amy : a mother's story / by Winehouse, Janis,author.;
Hurricane Amy -- Child of mine -- Dad's gone--can we get a hamster? -- We three -- Take the box -- Frank -- Headline honey -- Puttin' on the ritz -- Behind the beehive -- Fly me to the moon -- Steps forward, one step back -- Maybe -- Island in the sun -- Drinkin' again -- Leader of the pack -- Time out for tears -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Winehouse, Amy, 1983-2011.; Drug addicts; Singers;
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The sober truth : debunking the bad science behind 12-step programs and the rehab industry / by Dodes, Lance M.; Dodes, Zachary,1976-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The problem -- The rise of AA -- Does AA work? -- The business of rehab and the broken promise of "AA-plus" -- So, what does work to treat addiction? -- What the addicts say -- Why does AA work when it does? -- The myths of AA -- The failure of addiction research, and designing the perfect study.
Subjects: Addicts; Substance abuse; Twelve-step programs.;
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I'll be you : a novel / by Brown, Janelle,author.;
"As children, Sam and Elli were two halves of a perfect whole: Gorgeous identical twins whose parents sometimes couldn't even tell them apart. They fell asleep to the sound of each other's breath at night, holding hands in the dark. And once Hollywood discovered them, they became B-list child TV stars, often inhabiting the same role. But as adults their lives have splintered. After leaving acting, Elli reinvented herself as the perfect suburban wife: Married to a real-estate lawyer, in a house two blocks from the beach. Meanwhile, Sam has never recovered from her failed Hollywood career, or from her addiction to the pills and booze that have propped her up for the last fifteen years. After her destructive behavior finally drove a wedge between them, Sam hasn't spoken to her sister in a year when their father calls out of the blue. Unbeknownst to Sam, Elli's life lately has been in turmoil: Her husband moved out, and Elli just adopted a two-year-old girl. Now she's checked in to a mysterious spa in Ojai, and has stopped answering her phone. As Sam works to connect the dots left by Elli's baffling disappearance, she realizes that the bond between her and her sister is more complicated than she ever knew"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Addicts; Missing persons; Sisters; Twins;
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Long bright river / by Moore, Liz,1983-author.;
"A suspense novel that also looks at the anatomy of a Philadelphia family rocked by the opioid crisis and the relationship between two sisters--one, suffering from addiction, who has suddenly gone missing amid a series of mysterious murders; the other a police officer who patrols the neighborhood from which she disappeared: a story about the formidable ties between place, family, and fate" --
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Drug addicts; Policewomen;
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The beach bum [videorecording] / by McConaughey, Matthew,1969-actor.; Snoop Dogg,1972-actor.; Fisher, Isla,1976-actor.; Owen, Stefania LaVie,1997-actor.; Lawrence, Martin,actor.; Efron, Zac,actor.; Hill, Jonah,1983-actor.; Korine, Harmony,screenwriter,film director.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill.The adventures of rebellious stoner Moondog, a fun-loving, pot-smoking, beer-drinking writer who lives life on his own terms in Florida. If he can put down the drugs for just one minute, he may finally be able to put his talent to good use and finish the next great American novel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:0 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Male authors; Drug addicts; Man-woman relationships; Slackers;
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In pain : a bioethicist's personal struggle with opioids / by Rieder, Travis N.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A bioethicist's eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal - a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic. Travis Rieder's terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with a motorcycle accident in 2015. Enduring half a dozen surgeries, the drugs he received were both miraculous and essential to his recovery. But his most profound suffering came several months later when he went into acute opioid withdrawal while following his physician's orders. Over the course of four excruciating weeks, Rieder learned what it means to be "dope sick" - the physical and mental agony caused by opioid dependence. Clueless how to manage his opioid taper, Travis's doctors suggested he go back on the drugs and try again later. Yet returning to pills out of fear of withdrawal is one route to full-blown addiction. Instead, Rieder continued the painful process of weaning himself. Rieder's experience exposes a dark secret of American pain management: a healthcare system so conflicted about opioids, and so inept at managing them, that the crisis currently facing us is both unsurprising and inevitable. As he recounts his story, Rieder provides a fascinating look at the history of these drugs first invented in the 1800s, changing attitudes about pain management over the following decades, and the implementation of the pain scale at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He explores both the science of addiction and the systemic and cultural barriers we must overcome if we are to address the problem effectively in the contemporary American healthcare system. In Pain is not only a gripping personal account of dependence, but a groundbreaking exploration of the intractable causes of America's opioid problem and their implications for resolving the crisis. Rieder makes clear that the opioid crisis exists against a backdrop of real, debilitating pain-and that anyone can fall victim to this epidemic.
Subjects: Rieder, Travis N.; Opioid abuse; Opioid abuse; Drug addiction; Pain;
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All fall down : a novel / by Weiner, Jennifer.;
"Allison Weiss has a great job ... a handsome husband ... an adorable daughter ... and a secret. Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business, aging parents, a demanding daughter, and a marriage. But when the website she develops takes off, she finds herself challenged to the point of being completely overwhelmed. Her husband's becoming distant, her daughter's acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer's, and her mother's barely dealing at all. As she struggles to hold her home and work life together, and meet all of the needs of the people around her, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort--they help her feel calm and get her through her increasingly hectic days. Sure, she worries a bit that the bottles seem to empty a bit faster each week, but it's not like she's some Hollywood starlet partying all night, or a homeless person who's lost everything. It's not as if she has an actual problem. However, when Allison's use gets to the point that she can no longer control--or hide--it, she ends up in a world she never thought she'd experience outside of a movie theater: rehab. Amid the teenage heroin addicts, the alcoholic grandmothers, the barely-trained "recovery coaches," and the counselors who seem to believe that one mode of recovery fits all, Allison struggles to get her life back on track, even as she's convincing herself that she's not as bad off as the women around her. With a sparkling comedic touch and tender, true-to-life characterizations, All Fall Down is a tale of empowerment and redemption and Jennifer Weiner's richest, most absorbing and timely story yet"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Self-realization in women; Women drug addicts;
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Northwoods : a novel / by Pease, Amy,author.;
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job he can hold down is with the local sheriff's department. And that's only because the sheriff is his mother--and she's overwhelmed with small town Shaky Lake's dwindling budget and the fallout from the opioid epidemic. The Northwoods of Wisconsin may be a vacationer's paradise, but amidst the fishing trips and campfires and Paul Bunyan festivals, something sinister is taking shape. When the body of a teenage boy is found in the lake, it sets in motion an investigation that leads Eli to a wealthy enclave with a violent past, a pharmaceutical salesman, and a missing teenage girl. Soon, Eli and his mother, along with a young FBI agent, are on the hunt for more than just a killer. If Eli solves the case, could he finally get the shot at redemption he so desperately needs? Or will answers to this dark case elude him and continue to bring destruction to the Northwoods?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Drug addiction; Drug addicts; Missing persons; Mothers and sons; Murder; Opioid abuse; Sheriffs; Veterans;
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