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! Holden After & BeforeLove Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose |
With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same … | Tara McGuire | 356 | 2022 | 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! OneFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 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 NEW! TwoFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 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! ThreeFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 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 NEW! FourFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 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 |
