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020 _a9780195314724
050 0 0 _aHV 5805.K42
_b.A3 2008
100 1 _aKeegan, Kyle,
_d1975-
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245 1 0 _aChasing the high :
_ba firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse /
_cKyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
264 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _axvi, 170 pages ;
_c21 cm.
440 0 _aAnnenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative.
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500 _a"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.
505 0 _aThe history behind Chasing the high -- What to expect from this book -- Crash and rescue -- Above the city, steeped in misery -- Back from the edge -- Substance abuse and addiction defined -- Addiction is a disease -- A hellish journey -- The early days of using -- My not-so-shady past -- A forbidden sip -- One puff leads to another -- My uncertain future -- Heroin -- A rite of passage versus the slippery slope to addiction -- The ride down that slope -- Who becomes addicted, who does not, and why? -- The noose tightens -- A moment of truth, and then denial -- First shot at detoxification -- Learning the life of an addict -- Desperate moves -- Returning to an unfamiliar home -- "This is your brain on drugs" -- Different types of drugs of abuse -- Trying to get help -- Overconfidence and denial : do not mix -- A minor arrest -- A major arrest -- Up, down, up, down : the saga of addiction continues -- A crucial turning point -- Substance abuse treatment : what to expect -- Treatment of co-occurring mental disorders -- Recovery -- What does recovery mean for you? -- If a relapse occurs-- -- Looking back, looking ahead -- "Real" recovery is whatever works for us.
600 1 0 _aKeegan, Kyle,
_d1975-
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600 1 2 _aKeegan, Kyle,
_d1975-
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650 0 _aSubstance abuse
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aRecovering addicts
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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650 2 _aSubstance-Related Disorders
_vPersonal Narratives.
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650 2 _aAdolescent.
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700 1 _aMoss, Howard.
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710 2 _aAnnenberg Public Policy Center.
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