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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Chasing the high, a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse, Kyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Chasing the high
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
167511826
Responsibility statement
Kyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss
Series statement
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
Sub title
a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse
Summary
A recovering heroin addict tells of how his early days of alcohol and drug use nearly destroyed his life and recounts his decline into a life of crime and homelessness and his successful recovery
Table Of 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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Subject
- Substance-Related Disorders -- Personal Narratives
- Biography
- Recovering addicts
- Adolescent
- Substance-Related Disorders + Personal Narratives
- Substance abuse
- Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
- Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography
- Young adult nonfiction
- Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography
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- Substance-Related Disorders -- Personal Narratives
- Biography
- Recovering addicts
- Adolescent
- Substance-Related Disorders + Personal Narratives
- Substance abuse
- Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Keegan, Kyle, 1975-
- Substance abuse -- United States -- Biography
- Young adult nonfiction
- Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography
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