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Survivors of addiction : narratives of recovery / Mary Addenbrooke.

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Main Author: Addenbrooke, Mary, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hove ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Subjects:
Addicts > Rehabilitation > Case studies.
Substance abuse > Treatment > Case studies.
Alcoholics > Rehabilitation > Case studies.
Drug addicts > Rehabilitation > Case studies.
Substance-Related Disorders > therapy > Case Reports.
Substance-Related Disorders > rehabilitation > Case Reports.
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • A shameful secret
  • Down and out
  • Ambivalence second time round
  • Lost in the labyrinth of addiction
  • I did it my way
  • Time to stop drinking with the boys
  • I was able just to be me
  • The prize fighter
  • The turning point
  • Starting from scratch
  • Putting away my crutches
  • What I learned when I stopped drinking
  • A most astonishing thing happened
  • The new task
  • A bleak picture : hoping against hope
  • A very major change for me
  • Stepping away from co-dependence
  • This intense relationship with life itself
  • In the long term.

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