Addictions
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() The Narrowing of MindsFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
How do you measure creativity if you never find it in the first place? I have noticed over the past five to eight years is that youth are progressively less aware of their creative potential. … | Mari K Swingle | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellDependence From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
From ![]() A Drug-Users UnionFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter throws light on the early years of struggle and the subsequent formation of Vancouver Area Network Drug Users (VANDU). | Travis Lupick | 30 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 10Nail Biting |
Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() Ethics in Nature-based TherapyFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
As ethical practitioners and researchers, we ask our colleagues to ensure your practices are guided by an ethic of care, child and family rights, and professionalism. Ultimately, in the name of … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
From ![]() Of Systems and ProcessFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … | Mari K Swingle | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellIndependence From: On Opium |
The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
From ![]() Back to BiologyPeigenetics and Vestibular Regulation From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Epigenetics simply means is how our individual genetics mix with all the potential influences in our individual environment. As we are increasingly learning, epigenetics are not only important, … | Mari K Swingle | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 11Cigarettes |
Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than … | Alex Wood | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellInterdependence From: On Opium |
This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 58 | 2021 | $5.80 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 12Red Meat |
Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() From i-Kids to i-BrainsFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
In this chapter, I would like to speak to my greater concern. Not changes in temporary brain state(s), or vulnerabilities that leave us all somewhat liable, not even the differences in … | Mari K Swingle | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 13Dairy |
Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar … | Alex Wood | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() Childhood Trauma and the Science of AddictionFrom: Fighting For Space |
In 1998, Dr. Gabor Mate placed a lucrative career on hold and joined hands with Liz Evans, treating addicts in the Downtown Eastside. Mate’s eight years with the Portland Hotel meant … | Travis Lupick | 26 | 2017 | $0.52 Add |
From ![]() Learning, Play, and ParentingConflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … | Mari K Swingle | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 14Porn |
Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and … | Alex Wood | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |