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1) 28 days
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When Gwen borrows her sister's wedding limo and subsequently crashes into someone's property, she must face her alcohol and drug addiction and enter rehabilitation.
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Meet Arlene Santana, a vibrant wife and young grandmother whose life suddenly takes a confusing and often laughable turn into a new reality framed by a severe brain injury. As one holiday after another speeds by, Arlene takes comfort in the amusing old people who surround her in the rehabilitation center and one special friend who relates well to Arlene. But when will her husband, whose love is more real to her than anything, come to visit her? Treasure...
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Presents the author's first-hand account of his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, beginning with his enrollment in a Minnesota rehabilitation center after a two-week blackout and ending with his rejection of all Twelve Step programs.
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A pediatric occupational therapist with a specialty in treating children on the autism spectrum and with sensory disorders presents 101 fun games, activities and adventures that parents and teachers can use to foster behavioral development and improvement in children--all while having tons of fun!
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On the morning of December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind completely deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.
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"This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its instincts within the context of this never-ending fight."-- Provided by publisher.
9) The diabetes breakthrough: based on a scientifically proven plan to lose weight and cut medications
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Hamdy, a diabetes and weight management expert, reveals a usable and doable step-by-step 12-week plan based on the successful Why WAIT (Weight Achievement and Intensive Treatment) program he conducts at Joslin Diabetes Center. Colberg, an exercise physiologist, provides exercise plans that will help you get results-- and keep them. Together they show you how to stop fearing the scale, and provide checklists and worksheets that will keep you motivated....
10) Four good days
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[2021]
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Emerging from a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while living with her long-estranged mother for the next four days.
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Author David Sheff offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with--and triumphs over--drug abuse.
"Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science -- not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking. These facts are the foundation of Clean, a myth-shattering...
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As she worries about her mother who is entering a rehab facility for alcoholism, eleven-year-old Veronica struggles with secrets, her favorite sport - softball -, and what she really wants to do with her life.
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"A hilarious and moving chronicle of a wildly flawed family that comes together--in rehab, of all places--even as each member is on the verge of falling apart Introducing the Kesslers: Marty, a retired LA film producer whose self-worth has been eroded by age and a late-in-life passion for opioids; his daughter Janine, former child star suffering the aftereffects of a life in the public eye; and granddaughter Hailey, the "less-than" twin sister, whose...
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Who was Bill Sands? By his nineteenth birthday he was doing three consecutive life terms in San Quentin. He admitted that he was on his way to committing murder if he hadn't been stopped. Thirty years later he was a successful businessman, a famous speaker and the author of a bestselling book. Along the way he had been a pilot, a boxer, a comedian and a diamond miner. Bill Sands died in 1969, but he left behind as his legacy this exciting story of...
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When there's an addict in the family, you may find yourself in a codependent role: trying so hard to keep your loved one alive, out of jail, or emotionally appeased that you actually prevent them from realizing they need help. Barnett offers a step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved one's addiction, coping with the emotional hurdles of having an addicted family member, and making informed decisions on how to best help them-- and yourself.
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""This is the book that would've saved me nine different therapists, decades of self-analysis, thousands of pounds, twelve different doctors and untold amounts of pain, frustration and trauma - in spending a lifetime looking for the right answers in the wrong places I've become an accidental expert." In this candid, witty and insightful exploration into therapy, Steph Jones uses her professional and lived experiences as a late diagnosed autistic woman...
17) Flaming tree
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While visiting her aunt in Carmel, California, Kelsey Stewart is coaxed into helping a little boy, Jody, recover from his injuries but she soon begins to suspect that Jody's accident may not have been so accidental, leading her to suspect a dangerous cult.
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Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts: hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked them a simple question: how did you do it? The result is the first completely unbiased guide for problem drinkers, one that shatters long-held assumptions about alcohol recovery.
Myth: AA is the only way to get sober.
Reality: More than half the people Fletcher surveyed recovered without...
19) The seventh step
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This book, which describes the author's one-man crusade for a new penal rehabilitation program, known as The Seventh Step, takes you right into the drama of prison life. In 1963, Bill Sands, an ex-convict, and the Reverend James Post formulated a self- help group in the Kansas State Prison. This first pre-release program adopted a slogan and guidelines that are the basis of The Seventh Step programs today.
This was a danger-charged mission of an ex-inmate...
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Whether it's an unhealthy consumption of junk foods or involvement in toxic relationships, it's undeniable we all struggle with destructive behaviors. Lawford takes a fresh look at addiction, and gives the coping and wellness skills necessary to overcome obstacles.
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