Survivors of addiction : narratives of recovery /

Survivors of addiction : narratives of recovery /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Addenbrooke, Mary, 1938-
Imprint:	Hove ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Description:	xiv, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies. Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Case studies. Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies. Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies. Addicts -- Rehabilitation. Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation. Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation. Substance abuse -- Treatment. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8384291

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ISBN:	9781583917244 (hardback : alk. paper) 1583917241 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781583917251 (pbk. : alk. paper) 158391725X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Setting the scene
Part 1. Lost in the labyrinth of addiction
2. A shameful secret
3. Down and out
4. Ambivalence second time round
5. Lost in the labyrinth of addiction
Part 2. The turning point
6. I did it my way
7. Time to stop drinking with the boys
8. I was able just to be me
9. The prize fighter
10. The turning point
Part 3. The new task
11. Starting from scratch
12. Putting away my crutches
13. What I learned after I stopped drinking
14. A most astonishing thing happened
15. The new task
Part 4. In the long term
16. A bleak picture: Hoping against hope
17. A very major change for me
18. Stepping out of co-dependence
19. This intense relationship with life itself
20. In the long term
References
Appendices
Index