Addictions
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 About FaceEssays on Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies of Addiction in Canada |
About Face: Essays on Addictions, Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies seeks to broaden the conversation around addiction in Canada. Featuring essays by a diverse group of writers, About Face … | Douglas Gosse | 424 | 2019 | View |
 NEW! On OpiumPain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance |
A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 364 | 2021 | View |
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From IntroductionFrom: About Face |
The Introduction outlines the questions that this anthology seeks to answer: Who suffers from addictions in Canada, How can we better understand addictions, What are the steps forward in the … | Douglas Gosse | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! PrologueFrom: On Opium |
The author describes feeling trapped since her body began to turn against her many years ago, when she first started to suffer the intense joint stiffness and accompanying pain that would turn … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From My Life is Going Up in SmokeFrom: About Face |
On Smoking. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Jennifer Barnett | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Opium EaterThe New Confessions From: On Opium |
After years of being clawed by stiffness and pain the author describes clawing back the life pain took from her. She describes the effects of the opiates she takes for pain, the pain relief, and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 64 | 2021 | $6.40 Add |
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From Dear AlcoholFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Michael Parsons | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsDeath From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the War on Drugs, and the illegal use of fentanyl by a person living precariously. It also includes an interview with the founder of Mothers Stop the Harm (MSTH) and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 51 | 2021 | $5.10 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsLimits From: On Opium |
The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From The Weekend AlcoholicFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Gareth Mitton | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From A Moment in TimeFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Ann Dwyer Galway | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsVertigo From: On Opium |
Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From A Question of SpiritFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Christopher Wallace K. | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsQuake From: On Opium |
As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsMonsters From: On Opium |
The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From Pixie Dust and Everlasting PlayFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol and Narcotics. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors … | Kathryn Eve | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
