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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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Alcohol, prescribed drugs and women - the myth, the stigma, the reality through the stories of four fascinating women. Nearly one half of the estimated ten million alcoholics in the country are women, yet their special problems are totally ignored. Concealed by families, protected by friends and physicians, these women are kept invisible. They themselves are often The Last to Know. This extraordinary film speaks directly to these women by sensitively...
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When arson investigator Bri Tucker inherits unfinished business from her predecessor, she must convince ATF Special Agent Marc Davis to help her find the missing link and track down a serial arsonist who will stop at nothing, including murder, to carry out a nefarious plan.
As a former smokejumper, arson investigator Bri Tucker knows her way around fires. After a blaze takes the life of a former colleague, someone doesn't want her picking up where...
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Recovery from anything is possible if you have hope. The Addiction Manifesto is the story of the trials and tribulations of a recovering addict on the road to recovery. For 20 years JR Weaver ran the streets, homeless, hopeless, Godless, and lost to the reality that his life was worth anything more than the next hit or drink. That is exactly what substance use disorder does, it blinds one to the reality or reasons behind why one's life has become...
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In Binge, Barrett Seaman reveals what every parent, student, and educator needs to know about the college experience. Seaman spent time with students at twelve highly regarded and diverse colleges and universities across North America. During his two years of research, he immersed himself in the lives of the students, often living in their dorms, dining with them, speaking with them on their own terms, and listening to them express their thoughts...
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In this compelling compilation, Heather Kopp shares stories and insights from her own stumbling journey of addiction to recovery. With the humor and honesty her readers have come to love, she offers practical help and spiritual encouragement to those who suffer from alcoholism or addiction. As the mother of an alcoholic, Heather is also familiar with the painful challenges that come from loving an addict. Here, she delivers life-tested wisdom and...
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This is a book about ongoing recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. It is a collection of approaches that I have used in the past thirty years to build and maintain a semi normal and sane methodology for clean living. Recovery is not for the faint of heart, as the disease affects every aspect of our lives, continues to live inside us even after we establish abstinence and is just waiting for an opportunity to weasel its way back into our lives...
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La industria de las bebidas tiene claro que el alcohol es una sustancia tóxica. Si se descubriera hoy, se ilegalizaría como alimento.
He escrito este libro para contribuir a que tomes decisiones bien fundamentadas e inteligentes en torno a la bebida. ¿Bebes para reducir tu ansiedad? ¿Cómo válvula para liberar estrés, al acabar la jornada laboral? ¿Para animarte antes de salir por ahí? ¿O para reunir el valor necesario con el que enfrentarte...
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I'm not famous, and you don't know me, but you may be familiar with my disease of alcoholism. I'm not a special alcoholic or a unique alcoholic, I'm just an average alcoholic. My life experiences are no better or worse than anyone else's, but they are unique to me. Those bits and pieces shaped who I was, how I changed and who I am today.
Alcohol saved my life before it ruled my life and ultimately destroyed my life. I couldn't walk the road to sobriety...
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Son muchas las dudas que hay en torno a las adicciones. ¿Es una enfermedad? ¿Un trastorno? ¿Tiene cura? ¿Por qué los adictos actúan de forma errática? ¿Qué podemos hacer si alguien de nuestro entornoconsume drogas de forma compulsiva? En este libro, Labor explica el trastorno de la adicción de forma que cualquier persona pueda entenderlo. Y lo hace a partir de sus propias memorias y su enorme experiencia como profesional.
La autora de ¡J*dida...
10) Recuperado
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Con una hilarante mezcla de honestidad, sentido del humor y compasión, el humorista Russell Brand cuenta su salvaje historia, y comparte algo de lo que ha aprendido durante los quince años que han pasado desde su recuperación. El autor se dirige a los que sufren cualquier tipo de adicción o
dependencia. No distingue entre drogas, alcohol, cafeína, azúcar, trabajo, estrés, malas relaciones, pantallas o incluso la fama. Brand afirma que la adicción...
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Alcohol is a wonderful thing. It can be used for celebrations, both good and bad! It can be used to toast to someone's good fortune or hope for a better future. It can be used in an expression of undying love or simply to enjoy a relaxing moment at the end of a difficult workweek. But alcohol can be an evil thing, also. Alcohol can cause brain damage, heart problems, and strokes. Alcohol can lead to liver damage. Alcohol can lead to drunken driving...
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Un classique (depuis plus de 45 ans)
Une présentation originale des première, deuxième et troisième Etapes du programme des AA (représentées par les trois pieds d'un tabouret).
Une étude des défauts de caractère que nous révèle la quatrième Etape (représentée par des bouteilles de whisky vides).
L'auteur aborde également à l'aide de 31 méditations quotidiennes les problèmes fréquemment rencontrés par les personnes en rétablissement....
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Well this is Godkward. You just picked up a book with a title that you probably don't know how to pronounce. Godkward is an adjective used to describe a difficult situation that causes inconvenience or embarrassment that God has led you to or through! It's a God-given, awkward moment. Inside this book you'll find a Godkward story about one man's battle with alcohol. What started as an unhealthy relationship with drinking turned into a spiritually...
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Physical and emotional stress can make millions of people vulnerable to use mood altering substances and unhealthy habits as an attempt to cope. Good Things Emotional Healing Journal-Addiction is a valuable resource that offers effective strategies and insights to manage unwanted habits and compulsive behaviors, so that you can choose healthier ways to cope with life.
16) Alcohol or Life
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This book is about how alcohol and drugs can cost you your life and can hurt you financially and make you lose your ambition and lose your focus on your dreams. Rehabs can help you get back on track with your lives, but you will need to want the sobriety. This book will help you understand that this is a disease. Family plays a big part of helping you return to reality.
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If you've decided to quit drinking, that's great-but you don't want to stop cold turkey. Detoxification from alcohol has more complications from withdrawal than any other drug, and the death rate for alcohol withdrawal is between five and eight percent. In How to Detox Yourself from Alcohol, you'll learn how addiction starts in the first place, the risks of detox, and how to safely quit drinking. Soroya Bacchus, M.D., board-certified in psychiatry...
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Addicts know how cunning, baffling, and powerful the disease they are battling is.
Families are sure they have the answer to their loved one's problems if only the addict would heed their advice!
Most communities are woefully lacking in treatment programs and facilities that work. Treatment providers are outnumbered by the patients battling addiction, and they struggle with how mental illness muddies up the picture and how little government officials...
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Follow the raw and real journey of a young girl as she grows into a woman with unshakable faith while her mom was in the grip of alcoholism. From beloved daughter to scapegoat and verbally abused to separation to caretaker to beloved daughter again. Without Jesus, she would not have lived to share her story. It's not the worst story; unfortunately, many have it far worse, but it's her story. A story about how Jesus was there for her and how he's there...
20) Afortunada
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Para Laura la gente que lograba beber con normalidad era muy afortunada. Ella no podía, el alcohol lo ocupaba todo y se sentía avergonzada y humillada. Entonces no alcanzaba a imaginar que ser adicta iba a convertirse en su mayor fortuna.
Fortuna por ser capaz de volver a experimentar sentimientos propios, de llevar una vida honesta, de poder estar con su hija, de encontrar un sentido a la vida más allá del alcohol.
A lo largo de este libro, mediante...
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