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Personal Stories

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff
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What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

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Wasted (P.S.) Wasted (P.S.)
by Marya Hornbacher
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Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher... (read more)
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Used Books

Healing Trauma Healing Trauma
by Peter A Levine
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Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure life-long symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors reflecting these... (read more)
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(Used - Hardcvr W/comp Media)

Drug and Alcohol Addiction

One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
by Kevin Griffin
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What would the Buddha say to an alcoholic or addict? What could those in recovery offer to the Buddhist path? Kevin Griffin has immersed himself in the Buddhist and Twelve Step traditions, and in One Breath at a Time he gives some surprising and... (read more)
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Codependency and Love

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
by Melody Beattie
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Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book. The healing touchstone of millions, this modern... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

Daily Meditations

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
by Mark Nepo
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Mark Nepo, a cancer survivor, poet, and philosopher, urges readers to stay vital and in love with this life, no matter what the hardships. He issues a summons to reclaim the excitement of daily life, savor its beauty, and liberate the self--one day at a... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

General

The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.
by David Carr
Powells.com Staff Pick
After years of sobriety, each of David Carr's daughters wrote a personal essay at college, and the stories they told about their lives didn't jibe with his memory. How much did he remember? How much did he ever know? Carr decided to report his past. The... (read more)
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Used - Hardcover

Abuse

Verbally Abusive Relationship 2ND Edition
by Patricia Evans
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Verbal abuse doesn't leave the same physical evidence as battery, but it can be just as painful, and can actually take longer to recover from. The new edition of this important reference covers the most recent developments in dealing with verbal abuse... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

Drug Dependence

The Tao of Sobriety
by David Gregson
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The Tao of Sobriety shows how to apply eastern philosophy to enhance recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. With a few simple mental exercises, readers can learn how to quiet "The Committee," those nasty mental voices that undermine serenity... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

Eating Disorders

Wasted a Memoir of Anorexia & Bulimia
by Marya Hornbacher
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Plot Summary It was that simple . . . So begins Marya Hornbacher's heart-wrenching account of her through-the-looking-glass love affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death. " I look back on my life, " she writes, " the way one watches a badly... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

12 Steps

Codependents Guide to the Twelve Steps
by Melody Beattie
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First the Hurt, Now the Healing... Millions identified with Melody Beattie in Codependent No More and gained inspiration from her in Beyond Codependency. Now she's back to help you discover how recovery programs work and to help you find the right one... (read more)
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Used - Trade Paper

Adult Children

Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood
by Wayne Muller
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A gentle, entirely new approach to uncovering a source of spiritual strength hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different religions and spiritual traditions in a healing program that will appeal to... (read more)
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Bestsellers

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Beautiful Boy
  1. Beautiful Boy
    by David Sheff
  2. One Breath at a Time
    by Kevin Griffin
  3. A Child Called It
    by Dave Pelzer
  4. Narcotics Anonymous, 5th Edition
    by Narcotics Anonymous
  5. Alcoholics Anonymous 4ed
    by A A Services
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