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Chapter 19
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Chapter 19

Smartphone

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood details many of the problems linked to cellphones, though specifically smartphones. Health afflictions, mental health, relationships, car crashes, as well as other unsettling statisitics. As … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 2

Miley

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

After feeling like a "grown up" after the Just for Laughs gig, Wood describes how he was "a boy again within weeks." Addiction and debt begins to interfere with his gigs and … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 3

Withdrawal

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his … 20 $2.00 Add
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4

Playing the Tape Out

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

After losing his wallet during a trip, Wood almost falls back into the alcohol spiral. "A test of resolve." However, following an endoscopy, Wood learns he can add stomach ulcers to a … 13 $1.30 Add
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Youth Homelessness
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Youth Homelessness

How to Prevent It

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

in this chapter author Cécile Arbaud looks at the many factors that lead to youth becoming homeless. Youth in care, youth experiencing mental health crises and their complex factors provide … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 5

Two Fighters

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood … 13 $1.30 Add
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Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness
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Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

Chapter 5 tackles mental illness as it relates to homelessness. Examining the complex ways in which individuals with mental illness fall into homelessness and barriers that nonlinear or rational … 113 $11.30 Add
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 6

Wish You Were Here

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood’s career trajectory begins to take stronger shape. However, two weeks after a farewell bash thrown in Uncle Noel’s honour, Wood relapses. Though staying strong for his family … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 7

April Fool

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Starting the segment "Alex Wood Quits Everything," Wood explains how he prepared for his podcast where he would quit the rest of his vices in one year. He describes his struggle through … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 8

Weed

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood discusses his journey with weed, and the dangerous situations he got into to acquire it. He talks about his interview with his recovery friend Marito. "The mental hold of weed" … 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 9

Caffeine

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Next is Wood’s journey with coffee, or more importantly, caffeine. Being "coffee-sick" was an ongoing cycle, and with news of his ulcers, Wood tries to sever ties with caffeine. … 27 $2.70 Add
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Chapter Five: We Are Not Going Anywhere

Chapter Five: We Are Not Going Anywhere

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 43 $5.16 Add
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Chapter Four: “I Breathe for Them”

Chapter Four: “I Breathe for Them”

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 56 $6.72 Add
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Chapter One: We Were Always Here

Chapter One: We Were Always Here

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 41 $4.92 Add
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Chapter Three: The Third Space

Chapter Three: The Third Space

From: All Our Relations

In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … 53 $6.36 Add