David and Nic Sheff, the father and son authors, relate Nic's struggle with addiction and how he became sober. Features factual information on various drugs, alcohol, and addiction, discusses the risks of experimenting, and includes the latest research, interviews, and real-life testimonials that show what drug and alcohol use really looks like. Also discusses the steps of treatment, relapse, and recovery. Includes an addiction self-test for teens,...

A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.

Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain's capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success. But his dream life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as the drug's brutal side effects take their toll and Eddie finds himself entangled with a cunning Wall Street power broker who wants everything Eddie has, and more....

"A deep and troubling examination of the dark corners of working-class America, where unemployment and the loss of traditional jobs have produced an epidemic of drug abuse, bigotry, and even suicide, coupled with an urgent plea to rearrange our priorities to address the ills of middle America and emphasize the common good"-- Provided by publisher.

This workshop presentation by Tim Titus, National Liaison, Fairview Deaconess Adolescent Chemical Dependency Program, focuses on training professionals who work with deaf and hard of hearing clients who may be chemically dependent. The lecture introduces professionals to the technical and historical concepts of chemical dependency, why people use, what they use, and what services are needed to help them in their treatment and recovery. Definitions...

The second part of a workshop presented by Cynthia Weitzel that focuses first on aftercare as it relates to vocational rehabiltiation and then a discussion about denial that is prevalent in people who are chemically dependent.

"A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil"--Provided by publisher.