The book focuses on the stories of dozens of Anna’s patients, each one dealing with addiction in some form (yes, drugs and alcohol, but also romance novels, food, sex, pain, and more). The sheer diversity of the addictions helped broaden my understanding of what addiction is. We really...
And again: who would imagine you’d enjoy a doorstopper of a book about fungi? He goes through everything you need to know about fungi: he talks about truffles, about psychedelic mushrooms, about yeast and alcohol, penicillin. He even makes the case that life wouldn’t have to moved ...
ALCOHOL: Opposing Viewpoints Series (Book)MOTIVATIONAL Factors in the Biology of Drug Abuse (Book)TOBACCO (Book)CARE of Drug Users in General Practice: A Harm Reduction Approach (Book)Lists books about addiction. "Alcohol: Opposing Viewpoints," edited by Karen F. Balkin; "Care of Drug Users ...
but he also blamed them on his genetics, arguing that he was born into the Churbuck branch of the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fireworks. I took exception to his theory and tried to persuade him we weren’t living in the 1600s when predestined damnation was a convenient excuse for one...
But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come rising to the surface. Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: ...
(at least it seems that way now) that Kelly McParland and I got talking about it one day at the National Post’s headquarters. Some of the changes reflect the decline of the occupation, but most of the change is good. The alcoholism is no longer glamourized, and while journalism ...
It seems that nearly all information about drug addiction and alcoholism is bleak. While you may not struggle with substance Read More → September 6, 2022 The Pillars of Figurative Language Remote learning may not effectively teach the pillars of figurative language. Children with knowledge of fig...
Years of shame and criminalization and mass incarceration stemming mostly from Nixon and Reagan’s old, vicious (and racist) “War on Drugs” and, to some extent, the “just say no” banalities from 12-step programs (that may work with alcohol but less so with the modern designer drugs ...
s strongest and most memorable characters. The intricacies and the emotional struggles that Dan experiences as he comes to grips with alcohol addiction over time, feels authentic and may even have come from King’s own experiences with alcoholism. But it is Dan’s hospice persona which is the...
After several successful trips, Al Trapani offers him an opportunity to run illegal alcohol from Canada. Rusty reluctantly agrees to try it just once. As Rusty slips into the underground world of rum running, he comes to realize he is losing far more than his principles-he is jeopardizing ...