TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keegan,Kyle
AU  - Moss,Howard
ED  - Annenberg Public Policy Center.
TI  - Chasing the high: a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse 
T2  - The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
SN  - 9780198042952
AV  - HV5805.K42 A3 2008eb
U1  - 616.86092B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Keegan, Kyle,
KW  - Substance abuse
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Recovering addicts
KW  - Substance-Related Disorders
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Polytoxicomanie
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Dépendants en réadaptation
KW  - Toxicomanie
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Nervous System (incl. Brain)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Neurology
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Medical
KW  - fast
KW  - Personal Narrative
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - autobiographies (literary works)
KW  - aat
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Récits personnels
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index; 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
N2  - Foreword. Preface. 1. 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. 2. 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?. 3. 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
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