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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Alcoholism

On The Rocks - Memoir Of A High-Functioning Alcoholic (Paperback): Thando Pato On The Rocks - Memoir Of A High-Functioning Alcoholic (Paperback)
Thando Pato 1
R300 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R42 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Thirty-nine-year-old Thando is living in total denial about her drinking. On the surface her life looks aspirational – great job, apartment, snazzy car. But behind the façade she harbours a shameful secret – she can’t control her drinking.

To the outside world she's just having fun, but alone at home, she’s knocking back a bottle or two a night to ‘unwind’. It’s not until she takes a sabbatical from booze, that she's forced to confront her crippling anxiety.

Intimate, brave and inspiring.

AA to Z - Addictionary of the 12-step Culture (Paperback, 1st ed): Christopher Cavanaugh AA to Z - Addictionary of the 12-step Culture (Paperback, 1st ed)
Christopher Cavanaugh
R405 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R48 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What does a codependent say to his mate when he wakes up?  
"Good  morning, how am I?"
--Overheard at a Codependents Anonymous meeting

Throughout the world today, more than two million alcoholics and hundreds of thousands of drug addicts, compulsive overeaters, sex addicts, compulsive gamblers, codependents, and other addicts abstain from their addiction, having found a new life by practicing the 12-step program of recovery developed by Alcoholics Anonymous.  Over the years, their practices have evolved into a way of life--the 12-Step Culture.

"I don't remember my first meeting, but I've been told that I talked for a really long time."
--Mary, a member of Narcotics Anonymous

AA to Z is the first book to document the richness and diversity of the lives of recovering people and to provide an encyclopedic look at this unique subculture.  Less self-help than enlightenment and entertainment, AA to Z is comprised of real-life stories of recovering addicts as well as an "addictionary" of recovery terminology.  Everything from the well-known slogan "One Day at a Time" to more esoteric terms like "pigeon" (a lovingly insulting term for a newcomer to the program) and "Wharf Rats" (sober Deadheads) is explained with clarity, insight, and humor.  

"How it works, you ask--slowly and well."
--Cooper, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous

Conversational, witty, and engaging, AA to Z is a must-have for all 12-step participants and their loved ones, and it offers the uninitiated a fascinating firsthand look at one of the most influential yet least-documented cultural movements of our time.

Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems (Paperback, 1997 Ed.): Marja Holmila Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems (Paperback, 1997 Ed.)
Marja Holmila
R1,125 Discovery Miles 11 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is an action research study of a community at work. The community prevention project set the system in motion, revealing its character and internal dynamics. This process and its context are analyzed from a sociological point of view. It is shown that the type of community prevention that really works and creates sustainable changes, is neither value neutral nor given from above: it adheres to reason, rituals and emotions alike, and requires subjective involvement of the people in the community.

Cigarettes - What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You (Paperback, New ed): American Council on Science and Health Cigarettes - What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You (Paperback, New ed)
American Council on Science and Health
R618 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From impotence to diabetes, cataracts to psoriasis, the proven dangers of smoking go well beyond heart and lung disease. Here, for the first time in one complete volume, noted experts detail all the known health threats of smoking. Each day thousands of people decide to smoke. This book offers the cold, hard facts about smoking so that the decision can be an informed one. The health experts urge consumers to look beyond the headlines, the politics, the propaganda, and opinion polls to learn what research has proven about the dangers of smoking, the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Twenty eye-opening chapters all carefully reviewed by independent health experts explain clearly and honestly how cigarette smoking can effect the body from head to toe.They go far beyond the obvious risks of heart disease, lung cancer and emphysema, stroke, and concerns over second-hand smoke. Probed in depth are conditions few would even associate with smoking risks to which moderate to light smokers are susceptible: blood vessel disease, skin disease and wrinkles, risks during surgery, joint and bone problems, paediatric illness, male infertility and impotence, nerve disorders, numerous types of cancer, depression, hearing loss, eye disorders, Crohn's disease, and more.

Deadly Medicine - Indians and Alcohol in Early America (Hardcover): Peter C. Mancall Deadly Medicine - Indians and Alcohol in Early America (Hardcover)
Peter C. Mancall
R1,726 Discovery Miles 17 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Stronger Than Death - When Suicide Touches Your Life (Hardcover): Chance, Sue, M.D. Stronger Than Death - When Suicide Touches Your Life (Hardcover)
Chance, Sue, M.D.
R1,106 R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Save R180 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The mother of a suicide victim shares her pain, guilt, anger, and psychiatric expertise to offer methods for healing, weaving her personal grief, pain, and anger with practical information on the "normal" reactions to suicide.

Danger: Alcohol (Hardcover, Library binding): Ruth Chier Danger: Alcohol (Hardcover, Library binding)
Ruth Chier
R287 R67 Discovery Miles 670 Save R220 (77%) Out of stock

Introduces the nature and effects of alcohol and describes what happens when it is abused.

Cure, Care or Control - Alcoholism Treatment in Sixteen Countries (Hardcover): Harald Klingemann Cure, Care or Control - Alcoholism Treatment in Sixteen Countries (Hardcover)
Harald Klingemann
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Out of stock
Alcohol in the USSR - A Statistical Study (Hardcover): Vladimir G Treml Alcohol in the USSR - A Statistical Study (Hardcover)
Vladimir G Treml
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Out of stock
Heroin Addiction and Drug Policy - The British System (Hardcover): John Strang, Michael Gossop Heroin Addiction and Drug Policy - The British System (Hardcover)
John Strang, Michael Gossop
R2,942 Discovery Miles 29 420 Out of stock

The "British System" is known world-wide as a highly effective means of managing heroin addiction. Drs. Strang and Gossop have for many years been actively involved in research into clinical practice. In this book, they present an overview of British drug policy set in the context of< br> international activities, with contributions from key figures in the field, covering both historical and contemporary aspects of the evolving "British System." Several contributors give previously unrecorded accounts of events during critical phases in the evolution of the UK response to illicit< br> drug use, while others outline the critical issues within today's policy reviews.

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