TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keegan,Kyle
AU  - Moss,Howard
ED  - Annenberg Public Policy Center.
TI  - Chasing the high: a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse 
T2  - The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
SN  - 9780195314717 (alk. paper)
U1  - 616.86092 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Keegan, Kyle,
KW  - Substance abuse
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Recovering addicts
KW  - Substance-Related Disorders
KW  - Personal Narratives
KW  - Adolescent
N1  - "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index; The history behind Chasing the high -- What to expect from this book -- Crash and rescue -- Above the city, steeped in misery -- Back from the edge -- Substance abuse and addiction defined -- Addiction is a disease -- A hellish journey -- The early days of using -- My not-so-shady past -- A forbidden sip -- One puff leads to another -- My uncertain future -- Heroin -- A rite of passage versus the slippery slope to addiction -- The ride down that slope -- Who becomes addicted, who does not, and why? -- The noose tightens -- A moment of truth, and then denial -- First shot at detoxification -- Learning the life of an addict -- Desperate moves -- Returning to an unfamiliar home -- "This is your brain on drugs" -- Different types of drugs of abuse -- Trying to get help -- Overconfidence and denial : do not mix -- A minor arrest -- A major arrest -- Up, down, up, down : the saga of addiction continues -- A crucial turning point -- Substance abuse treatment : what to expect -- Treatment of co-occurring mental disorders -- Recovery -- What does recovery mean for you? -- If a relapse occurs-- -- Looking back, looking ahead -- "Real" recovery is whatever works for us
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