Death Of An Addict

Author : M. C. Beaton
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780446608282
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of an Addict written by M. C. Beaton and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF AN ADDICT: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryFormer drug addict Tommy Jarret rents a Scottish chalet to check out reports of a sea monster. But when he is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, constable Hamish Macbeth suspects foul play. Teaming with Glasgow Detective Inspector Olivia Chater, Macbeth goes undercover and dives into the underworld to root out a cartel secretly entrenched in the Highlands.

Author : Barry Meier
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781579546380
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pain Killer written by Barry Meier and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2003-10-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines OxyContin, the so-called miracle prescription drug that swept the nation but led to overdoes and addiction, providing a look at the multi-billion-dollar pain managment business, its excesses and its abuses.

Author : Dr. Suzanne Bushfield, PhD, MSW
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826121424
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book End-of-Life Care and Addiction written by Dr. Suzanne Bushfield, PhD, MSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! "Bushfield and DeFord offer us an excellent, informed and sensitive work that speaks both of the erosion of family systems due to addiction and the complications that arise when these victimized families face end-of-life care." --Illness, Crisis and Loss With a growing elderly population comes an increased need to recognize the medical and psychological needs of older adults suffering from addiction, particularly towards the end of life. This guide describes the challenges such persons and families present to those providing end-of-life care, and shows caregivers how to best negotiate these issues with clients and their families. The authors place special emphasis on the role of the family, presenting a cohesive family systems approach to end-of-life care. The book demonstrates how hospice teams can work collaboratively with the client and family to help alleviate some of the emotional stress and pain of addiction. The authors also present practical guidelines for recognizing and diagnosing addiction, determining appropriate interventions, and outlining special concerns for addicted people in end-of-life care. Key features: Identifies the known markers of substance abuse and appropriate interventions Provides guidance on how to address the physiological, psychological, and spiritual effects of addiction Details what every hospice team needs to know about family systems theory Discusses the emotional process of addicted clients, and what hospice teams, caregivers, and family members can do to help

Author : Patricia Wittberger
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469112256
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When a Child Dies from Drugs written by Patricia Wittberger and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-08-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When a Child Dies From Drugs” is written by parents to help other parents who are experiencing the ultimate tragedy of their child’s death from drugs or alcohol - parents who find themselves isolated in a fathomless dark void wondering whether they will ever resurface into the real world again. This book offers strength, practical advice and an aid in grief recovery for parents and families, gleaned not only from personal experiences but also from meeting with many parents through their out-reach program,"G.R.A.S.P."(Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) Subjects covered range from the emotional trauma of learning of the child’s demise and on through the guilt, denial, anger, “what-if’s” and, finally, acceptance and to suggestions of how to cope daily and into a future which will never be the same. It is also illuminating to all those who know someone who has lost a loved one through drugs -What to say and do? What NOT to say and do? There is advice here for those who want to support families in grief. With personal insights this book is very much like friends reaching out to friends in compassion and kindness - friends who understand because, quite simply, the writers continue to be on the same journey as those they will comfort.

Author : M. C. Beaton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of an Addict written by M. C. Beaton and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Claudia Black, Ph.D
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345345940
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Will Never Happen to Me! written by Claudia Black, Ph.D and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1987-09-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "little green book," as it has come to be known to hundreds of thousands of C.O.A.'s and A.C.O.A.'s, is meant to help the reader understand the roles children in alcoholic families adopt, the problems they face in adulthood as a result, and what they can do to break the pattern of destruction.

Author : M. C. Beaton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Addict written by M. C. Beaton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eilene Zimmerman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0525511008
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smacked written by Eilene Zimmerman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband’s descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse. “A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage, and writerly grace.”—Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex-husband looked thin, seemed distracted, and was frequently absent from activities with their children. She thought he looked sick and needed to see a doctor, and indeed, he told her he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Yet in many ways, Peter seemed to have it all: a beautiful house by the beach, expensive cars, and other luxuries that came with an affluent life. Eilene assumed his odd behavior was due to stress and overwork—he was a senior partner at a prominent law firm and had been working more than sixty hours a week for the last twenty years. Although they were divorced, Eilene and Peter had been partners and friends for decades, so when she and her children were unable to reach Peter for several days, Eilene went to his house to see if he was OK. So begins Smacked, a brilliant and moving memoir of Eilene’s shocking discovery, one that sets her on a journey to find out how a man she knew for nearly thirty years became a drug addict, hiding it so well that neither she nor anyone else in his life suspected what was happening. Eilene discovers that Peter led a secret life, one that started with pills and ended with opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine. He was also addicted to work; the last call Peter ever made was to dial in to a conference call. Eilene is determined to learn all she can about Peter’s hidden life, and also about drug addiction among ambitious, high-achieving professionals like him. Through extensive research and interviews, she presents a picture of drug dependence today in that moneyed, upwardly mobile world. She also embarks on a journey to re-create her life in the wake of loss, both of the person—and the relationship—that profoundly defined the woman she had become.

Author : Morteza Khaleghi, PhD
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230606113
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free from Addiction written by Morteza Khaleghi, PhD and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a radical new approach to the treatment of addiction, a clinical psychologist argues that the majority of drug and alcohol dependence is driven by emotional trauma and presents a bold new program that treats the body for chemical dependence while ministering to the emotional challenges that prevent healing and can trigger relapses. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Author : William Banner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Generation written by William Banner and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one story from the millions of addicted people who have lived and died during "The War on Drugs" In 1967 the American Medical Association identified addiction as a "complex disease". So complex in fact that the exact cause of this disease wasn't mentioned at the time because they had no idea what that was. Addiction was declared to be a disease and then the research was done post hoc with that conclusion in mind. Seems an odd way to solve a problem, until you factor in the possibility that solving the problem wasn't really the goal to begin with. It was the disease model of addiction that enabled the development and distribution of all the maintenance drugs that have been designed and marketed to treat addiction. Doctors regularly prescribe an enormous quantity of these synthesized opiates daily. There is massive diversion of these drugs into the black market and the numbers of overdose deaths linked to maintenance drugs have steadily risen and continue to climb.