Download or read book The Recovering written by Leslie Jamison and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction -- both her own and others' -- and examines what we want these stories to do and what happens when they fail us. All the while, she offers a fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of who is criminal and who is ill. At the heart of the book is Jamison's ongoing conversation with literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Billie Holiday, Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace, as well as brilliant lesser-known figures such as George Cain, lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. Through its unvarnished relation of Jamison's own ordeals, The Recovering also becomes a book about a different kind of dependency: the way our desires can make us all, as she puts it, "broken spigots of need." It's about the particular loneliness of the human experience-the craving for love that both devours us and shapes who we are. For her striking language and piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come.

Download or read book The Recovery written by Suzanne Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realm hopes that with each past he helps to recover, he’ll be able to reclaim a small bit of his own in this spinoff story to Suzanne Young’s bestselling duology, The Program and The Treatment. Six months after the fall of The Program, ex-handler Michael Realm is struggling with his guilt. After all, he was instrumental in erasing the memories of several patients—including one he claimed to love. With a lifetime of regret stretched before him, Realm vows to set things right. Along with his friend (yes, friend) James Murphy, Realm will track down those he’s hurt in an attempt to give them back their lives—starting with Dallas Stone. He’s not looking for forgiveness or redemption; he’s not a hero. But helping others may be the only way to save himself.

Download or read book Recovery written by John Berryman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the author's words, Recovery is a novel about "the disease called alcoholism, recognized by the American Medical Association only in 1964."

Download or read book Strengthen What Remains written by Jeremy Stevens and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Christopher Dildy is in prison, repaying his debt to society for an alcohol-related tragedy that shocked a community. His multilayered challengeresuming his program of recovery, fending off the demons surrounding his crime, surviving prison lifecauses feelings of resentment, bitterness, and fear that see Brian withdrawing into himself, somewhat brainwashed by his bunkmate into not only abandoning the idea of God, but condemning it. Upon his release, Brian is an angry young man, and he very soon finds himself traveling down the darkest path he has ever known, alone and unarmed. It is only through the unconditional love of a friend, and Brians absolute letting go, that he is able to begin a rebuilding, a strengthening of what remains. This third installment of The Devil Speaks Louder trilogy is a gripping story of one mans rags-to-spiritual-riches journey, a testimony that there is a better life, after alcohol, or any debilitating stronghold.

Download or read book Trauma and Recovery in the Twenty First Century Irish Novel written by Kathleen Costello-Sullivan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desire to engage and confront traumatic subjects was a facet of Irish literature for much of the twentieth century. Yet, just as Irish society has adopted a more direct and open approach to the past, so too have Irish authors evolved in their response to, and literary uses of, trauma. In Trauma and Recovery in the Twenty-First-Century Irish Novel, Costello-Sullivan considers the ways in which the Irish canon not only represents an ongoing awareness of trauma as a literary and cultural force, but also how this representation has shifted since the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century. While earlier trauma narratives center predominantly on the role of silence and the individual and/or societal suffering that traumas induce, twenty-first-century Irish narratives increasingly turn from just the recognition of traumatic experiences toward exploring and representing the process of healing and recovery both structurally and narratively. Through a series of keenly observed close readings, Costello-Sullivan explores the work of Colm Tóibín, John Banville, Anne Enright, Emma Donohue, Colum McCann, and Sebastian Barry. In highlighting the power of narrative to amend and address memory and trauma, Costello-Sullivan argues that these works reflect a movement beyond merely representing trauma toward also representing the possibility of recovery from it.

Download or read book The Lost Chapters written by Leslie Schwartz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leslie Schwartz's powerful, skillfully woven memoir of redemption and reading, as told through the list of books she read as she served a 90 day jail sentence In 2014, novelist Leslie Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for a DUI and battery of an officer. It was the most harrowing and holy experience of her life. Following a 414-day relapse into alcohol and drug addiction after more than a decade clean and sober, Schwartz was sentenced and served her time with only six months' sobriety. The damage she inflicted that year upon her friends, her husband, her teenage daughter, and herself was nearly impossible to fathom. Incarceration might have ruined her altogether, if not for the stories that sustained her while she was behind bars--both the artful tales in the books she read while there, and, more immediately, the stories of her fellow inmates. With classics like Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome to contemporary accounts like Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken, Schwartz's reading list is woven together with visceral recollections of both her daily humiliations and small triumphs within the county jail system. Through the stories of others--whether rendered on the page or whispered in a jail cell--she learned powerful lessons about how to banish shame, use guilt for good, level her grief, and find the lost joy and magic of her astonishing life. Told in vivid, unforgettable prose, The Lost Chapters uncovers the nature of shame, rage, and love, and how instruments of change and redemption come from the unlikeliest of places.

Download or read book Novel Approaches Towards Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies written by Arvind Kumar Mungray and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel Approaches towards Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies discusses various cost-efficient aspects of wastewater treatment along with resource recovery options. The book covers biological wastewater treatment, the application of membranes and their modifications, advanced oxidation techniques, and the application of nanoparticles for the enhancement of performance as well as various integrated technologies for resource recovery along with pilot scale potentials. The book covers both domestic and industrial wastewaters and provides resources for sustainable solutions. It provides the basic fundamentals and recent updated data. Case studies are included to give the glimpse of the real-world application. Similarly, pilot scale studies are considered for real life implementation of the concept. Covers sustainable, bio-electrochemical recovery of nutrients and other value-added products from wastewater Discusses advanced oxidation processes and membranes processes enabling treatment of complex wastewaters for final reuse Treats domestic/industrial operation and scale-up challenges of wastewater treatment for resource recovery Includes case studies and pilot scale studies for covering and providing all data and information to the readers in a systematic manner for their easy implementation

Download or read book My Story to Yours written by Karen Casey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully written guided memoir, best-selling author Karen Casey invites us to write down our stories while engaging in hers. Reflecting on and telling our stories is a time-honored tradition in recovery circles--whether in silent meditation, speaking out at meetings, or between sponsors and their sponsees. Recounting our experience of moving from a life of addiction to one of sobriety helps us realize how far we've come and how grateful we are to the people and events that led us there.In this beautifully written guided memoir, best-selling author Karen Casey invites us to write down our stories while engaging in hers. We follow Casey from her childhood to a life of addiction. We struggle with her through the depths of destruction and despair, then experience her rebirth as she pulled herself out of the darkness and into the light of recovery. At key turning points in her narrative, Casey pauses her story to encourage us to face difficult memories, verbalize our feelings, or express our own stories through practical exercises, thought-provoking questions, and inspiring ideas.

Download or read book The Will to Heal written by Felicia Lynne Fahey and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How six Latina authors, whose works combine autobiography and fiction, use this technique to heal from personal and political trauma.

Download or read book Larry A Novel of Church Recovery written by Brian Boley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teaching novel: How does a small, dying church turn itself around? What are some concrete steps that a church with little money and no energetic young members can take that will grow the church? Perhaps the answer lies in the wise mysterious visitor's advice...

Download or read book The Morning After written by Jack B. Weiner and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recovery Man written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and published by Wmg Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sixth novel of Ruschs series, retrieval artist Miles Flint uncovers a long-held secret to his past linked to the Aleyd Corporation and a kidnapping by the mysterious Recovery Man, in a case that threatens the entire Earth Alliance legal system. Original.

Download or read book How to Grow an Addict written by J.A. Wright and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS - WINNER IN ADDICTION & RECOVERY 2016 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (NIEA)- WINNER IN ADDICTION & RECOVERY 2016 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS (IPPY)- BRONZE MEDAL — LITERARY FICTION 2015 FOREWARD REVIEWS INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION FOR GENERAL FICTION 2015 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS FINALIST FOR GENERAL FICTION Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment center and she doesn’t know why. She’s not a party hound like the others in her therapy group—but then again, she knows she can’t live without pills or booze. Raised by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She’s awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she’s twenty-three years old, she’s a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have—and she’s in more trouble than she’s ever known was possible.

Download or read book Nice Recovery written by Susan Juby and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Alice, I Think comes a riveting memoir of addiction and recovery. Susan Juby started out as a bright and creative student with an innate ability to write incredible stories. At the age of thirteen her life began to unravel, and like many teens, she turned to alcohol to get her through the awkward stages of trying to find her own unique identity and fit in with her peers at school. In this revealing memoir, she details the painful and sometimes funny experiences of trying to be clean and sober at a time when most young adults are just starting their drinking careers. Juby also looks into how the situation has changed for young people washing up on the shores of addiction today through a series of interviews with recovering addicts and alcoholics. Told with honesty and Juby’s wry wit, Nice Recovery is a candid memoir from one of Canada’s most beloved writers.

Download or read book Sweet Recovery written by Jessie Lane and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He broke her heart... now he has to pick up the pieces. Lucas Young met the woman meant for him when they were just children. He spent years pushing the sweet, innocent Ginny away for one reason or another instead of claiming what was his, breaking her heart in the process. Five years later, he runs into Ginny, only he no longer recognizes the person she has become. The good-hearted, free-spirited girl he loved is now a shell of who she used to be, living the sort of life she never wanted. And Lucas is driven to find out why. However, uncovering Ginny's secrets will prove to be dangerous for them both. Will he be able to piece back the broken woman who used to love him with every fiber of her being? Or did he push her away for good? Warning: This is the second book (50,000+ word novel) in a three-part serial spin-off from the Ex Ops Series. Each of the three books will feature a piece of Lucas & Ginny's story and leads directly into the next installment. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS STORY ENDS ON A CLIFFHANGER. Also, be forewarned this story will make you laugh, cry, and possibly throw your e-reader at the wall... AGAIN.

Download or read book Long Road to Recovery written by Lisa Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why don't Christians go and get help? This was one thing Lisa would find out the hard way. From 1990-1993, while attending the Warm Place, a center in Fort Worth Texas for children and adults who have experienced a lost, Lisa thought the counselling sessions were only for her girls. She never processed anything regarding herself; she just wanted her children to be healed. Unfortunately, she did not realize she was in need of help as well. It took the death of her mother-in-law to bring to a head an embedded pimple called grief. Even so, it still took some years to pop! Once out of recovery, you slowly pick up with your everyday routine. God has given Lisa the message of if you don't deal with your IT, IT will deal with you. Lisa has written this book not only to bring healing to her own life, but to encourage others to seek out and get the help they need and also to encourage the power of journaling.

Download or read book Kickstart Your Recovery The Road Less Traveled to Freedom from Addiction written by Taite Adams and published by Rapid Response Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you or a loved one unable to stop drinking or using drugs, yet tired of the endless cycle of pain and consequences? Recovery is possible and it's not as frightening as most make it out to be. Addiction is a cruel and subtle disease that robs it's victims of so much. Those suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction are often baffled by its affects on their lives and the devastation that can be wrought in such a short period of time. Loved ones feel helpless and hopeless as they are forced to stand by and watch as someone they care about erodes before their eyes, clear that they cannot stop drinking or using drugs. Luckily, many people are able to reach some sort of "bottom", or a jumping off place, where they are finally willing and able to ask for help and begin the process of getting sober. Kickstart Your Recovery offers a powerful message to those who are looking for a way out from an endless cycle of pain and loss and for tools for avoiding relapse. With a clear approach, and drawing on her own history of addiction recovery, author Taite Adams is able to give the new person in recovery answers to a lot of Frequently Asked Questions about getting sober and allay a lot of fears. Some of the areas that are addressed in detail are: What is a "Bottom"? Should I Go to Treatment? What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? 12 Step Programs Sponsorship Families and Relationships The Job and Career in Sobriety About the Consequences of Addiction Living Life and Having Fun Sober Addressing Other Issues and Much More Whether brand new in sobriety, considering going to treatment or just coming to grips with the fact that there may be a "problem", alcoholism and addiction help is available in many forms and Kickstart Your Recovery is an invaluable tool to get your questions answered about getting sober, staying sober, avoiding relapse and helping you move one step closer to a better way of life free of alcohol and drugs.