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Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
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Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography.
Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography.
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Chasing the high : a...
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Chasing the high : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse / Kyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss.
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Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects
Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography.
Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780195314717 (alk. paper)
0195314719 (alk. paper)
9780195314724 (alk. paper)
0195314727 (alk. paper)
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Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
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xvi, 170 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
The 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.
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Kapolei Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
616.86092 Keegan Ke
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02/27/2018
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