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'This book could save your life' John Crace 'An unblinking account
of living with - and more importantly, beyond - addiction. Brave,
clear-eyed and inspiring' John Niven 'A rich, uplifting memoir:
Hoskyns portrays how painful inadequacy, masked by drugs, can be
replaced by the messiness of ordinary life' Oliver James A few
months after graduating with a 1st class honours degree from Oxford
University, Barney Hoskyns sat in a damp Clapham basement and asked
his best friend to inject him with heroin. From that moment on, for
the next three years, Hoskyns is hopelessly hooked. This is the
searingly honest story of what brought him to this place - and how
he got himself out of it. Barney Hoskyns is one of the leading
music writers of our time: his books have ranged the musical
landscape from Led Zeppelin to Tom Waits, from Laurel Canyon to
Woodstock. His articles have appeared in NME, Melody Maker, Rolling
Stone and Vogue, and in 2000 he founded Rock's Backpages. Hoskyns
beautifully describes the relationship between music and addiction,
between love and infatuation. Never Enough is Hoskyns's raw,
uncompromising and utterly compelling account of the highs and lows
of life under the needle. Interspersed with photos and diary
entries, Hosykns examines why he so willingly gave himself up to
the death-grip of heroin, and what it took to finally free himself
from it.
"If anyone you know is struggling with addiction-or if you think
you might have a problem-you want to read this book."-GARTH STEIN,
bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain "a proven,
comprehensive program that compassionately guides the reader to a
place of resolution"-DAVID PERLMUTTER, MD, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Grain Brain, and, Brain Maker "a massive
achievement and a giant step forward for addiction medicine"-ANNIE
GRACE, author of This Naked Mind Drug overdose is now the leading
cause of death for Americans under fifty. Even as opiate addiction
skyrockets, more people than ever before are hooked on alcohol,
sedatives, cigarettes, and even screens. The face and prevalence of
addiction has changed and evolved, but our solutions to addiction
are stuck in the past. We've been treating addiction as a black or
white issue, a disease you either suffer from or will never suffer
from. The problem with this model is that it doesn't account for
the incredible forces working against all of us, pushing all of us
toward addiction: stress, undernourishment, sleep-deprivation,
vitamin D deficiency, and isolation, not to mention a flawed
medical system and corrupt pharmaceutical companies doling out
prescriptions at every turn. The truth: Addiction is a disease
that, like many others, exists on a spectrum. We are more
vulnerable to becoming addicted to substances at certain points in
our lives and based on the evidence provided in The Addiction
Spectrum, most effective at kicking addiction when we take a
holistic approach. With the help of the 13-point plan and
individual protocols detailed in this book, you have the power to
change your destiny. No one understands this more than Dr. Paul
Thomas, who recovered from alcohol addiction early in his career
and founded one of the most effective rehabilitation centers for
teens and young adults in his hometown of Portland, OR. Named one
of the top family doctors and one of the top pediatricians in the
country, Dr. Paul is also board-certified in both integrative
medicine and addiction medicine. This unique combination of
specialties is intentional: Dr. Paul has devoted his entire life
and career to saving lives. Using the best conventional medicine
alongside the new science of alternative health, Dr. Paul has
treated thousands of patients with the life-saving solutions
provided in The Addiction Spectrum. Addiction is a compendium of
often devastating circumstances that have gone unchecked by society
for far too long. This book is a positive light and guide to
overcoming not only addiction but the challenges and obstacles that
affect us all.
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