Woman of Substances
The savage seduction of drugs and alcohol, and the art of walking away
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Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way.
Mining the expertise of leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity.
Drawing on neuroscience, she explains why other self-destructive behaviours - such as eating disorders and high-risk sex - are interchangeable with substance use. Valentish follows the pathways that women take into addiction - and out again. Woman of Substances is a rigorous and brutally honest listen.
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- De: David Sheff
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 104
Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science - not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking. These facts are the foundation of Clean, a myth-shattering look at drug abuse by the author of Beautiful Boy. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, Clean is a leap beyond the traditional approaches to prevention and treatment of addiction.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable narration
- De John en 09-10-14
De: David Sheff
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Unbroken Brain
- A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
- De: Maia Szalavitz
- Narrado por: Marisa Vitali
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 683
Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality", Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addiction is a learning disorder, and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention, and policy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- De Jennifer Sader en 08-28-16
De: Maia Szalavitz
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Recover to Live
- Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction: Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Hoarding, Smoking, Sex, and Porn
- De: Christopher Kennedy Lawford
- Narrado por: Seth Michael Donsky
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I didn't know I was a workaholic
- De wh en 06-17-13
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High Sobriety
- My Year Without Booze
- De: Jill Stark
- Narrado por: Vannessa Coffey
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
I'm the binge-drinking health reporter. During the week, I write about Australia's booze-soaked culture. At the weekends, I write myself off. Born and raised in Scotland, the home of whisky, Jill Stark had booze in the blood. Alcohol had dominated her social life ever since she had her first sip of lager, at 13. She thought nothing could curb her love of big nights. Then came the hangover that changed everything. In the shadow of her 35th year, Jill made a decision: she would give up alcohol.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, for the right audience
- De Karen K en 01-15-15
De: Jill Stark
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Glow Kids
- How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance
- De: Nicholas Kardaras PhD
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 263
In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology - more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity - has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fear Mongering - a modern day Mazes and Monsters
- De Veronica en 11-03-20
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The Psychopath Inside
- A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
- De: James Fallon
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 504
The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discovery, James Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either his family’s scans had been mixed up with those of felons or someone in his family was a psychopath.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining story with some quick neuroscience
- De smarmer en 09-21-14
De: James Fallon
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WHY Do They Act That Way?
- A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
- De: David Walsh, Nat Bennett
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Even smart kids do stupid things. It's a simple fact of life. No one makes it through the teenage years unscathed - not the teens and not their parents. But now there's expert help for both generations in this groundbreaking new guide for surviving the drama of adolescence. In WHY Do They Act That Way? nationally renowned, award-winning psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVE!!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-11-23
De: David Walsh, y otros
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Raising Girls
- De: Steve Biddulph
- Narrado por: Damien Warren-Smith
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today, things have changed. It's girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and universal deterioration in girls' mental health, starting in primary school and devastating the teen years. Steve Biddulph's Raising Girls is both a guidebook and a call to arms for parents.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst book ever and worst Narrator
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De: Steve Biddulph
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Sober Curious
- The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol
- De: Ruby Warrington
- Narrado por: Ruby Warrington
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 710
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 591
It’s the nagging question more and more of us are finding harder to ignore, whether we have a “problem” with alcohol or not. In the face of how we care for ourselves otherwise, it’s hard to avoid how alcohol really makes us feel: terrible. How different would our lives be if we stopped drinking on autopilot? If we stopped drinking altogether? Frank, funny, and always judgment-free, Sober Curious is a bold guide to choosing to live hangover-free, from Ruby Warrington, one of the leading voices of the new sobriety movement.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kinda confusing
- De Andrei en 01-06-20
De: Ruby Warrington
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The Molecule of More
- How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity - And Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
- De: Daniel Z. Lieberman MD, Michael E. Long
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,812
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,385
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,365
In The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and will Determine the Fate of the Human Race, George Washington University professor and psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, and Georgetown University lecturer Michael E. Long present a potentially life-changing proposal: Much of human life has an unconsidered component that explains an array of behaviors previously thought to be unrelated, including why winners cheat, why geniuses often suffer with mental illness, why nearly all diets fail, and more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Did you know conservatives have more orgasms?
- De Josh en 10-21-20
De: Daniel Z. Lieberman MD, y otros
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Danger to Self
- On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist
- De: Paul R. Linde
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 125
The psychiatric emergency room, a fast-paced combat zone with pressure to match, thrusts its medical providers into the outland of human experience where they must respond rapidly and decisively in spite of uncertainty and, very often, danger. In this lively first-person narrative, Paul R. Linde takes listeners behind the scenes at an urban psychiatric emergency room, with all its chaos and pathos, where we witness mental health professionals doing their best to alleviate suffering.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narration
- De Leah en 12-16-12
De: Paul R. Linde
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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- De: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,207
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10,291
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 10,200
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
- De LittleBeadsOfMercury en 04-07-21
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Capture
- Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
- De: David A. Kessler MD
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wish we did not? For decades, New York Times best-selling author Dr. David A. Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon - capture - is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside our control.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Confused
- De TS en 05-17-16
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Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety
- Raising Happy, Healthy Humans Ages 8 to 24
- De: Dr. John Duffy
- Narrado por: Anne Cross
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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No parent experienced their teen years the way that children do today. This guide provides strategies and tips for actively learning the world of our children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every parent should read this!!
- De Kitty Kitty en 10-20-19
De: Dr. John Duffy
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Alcohol Lied to Me - New Edition
- The Intelligent Escape from Alcohol Addiction
- De: Craig Beck
- Narrado por: Craig Beck
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,617
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,302
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,294
Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a nice home, and a successful media career; a director of several companies and at one time the trustee of a large children’s charity. Outwardly, Craig was a highly successful and functioning professional man in spite of a ‘two-bottles-of-wine-a-night" drinking habit. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he didn't believe he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This method worked for me
- De Kindle Customer en 07-07-17
De: Craig Beck
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This Naked Mind
- Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness, and Change Your Life
- De: Annie Grace
- Narrado por: Annie Grace
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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This Naked Mind offers a new, positive solution. Here, Annie Grace clearly presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence in all of us. Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink, this book will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture and how the stigma of alcoholism and recovery keeps people from getting the help they need.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not as Described
- De Sean en 07-01-18
De: Annie Grace
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Brenda Wilhelmson was like a lot of women in her neighborhood. She had a husband and two children. She was educated and made a good living as a writer. She had a vibrant social life with a tight circle of friends. She could party until dawn and take her children to school the next day. From the outside, she appeared to have it all together. But, in truth, alcohol was slowly taking over, turning her world on its side.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 334
This deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her 15-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction. Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother’s expired painkillers, Khar started using heroin when she was thirteen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Surface material
- De blythe mayfield en 03-06-20
De: Erin Khar
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This Side of Alcohol
- Random Thoughts and Candid Words of Pain, Hope, Humor, Love—and All That Is Possible in Sobriety
- De: Peggi Cooney
- Narrado por: Peggi Cooney
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
This Side of Alcohol is borne out of the cathartic journaling I did during the first two years following my break-up with alcohol. It tells the story of what I did to get and stay sober, allowing me to transform my shame, guilt, and anger into self-compassion, self-discovery, and forgiveness—of myself and others. From self-loathing isolation to a joyous community of support and rediscovered intimacy with my family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The pure emotion and story telling
- De Samantha hansen en 09-26-24
De: Peggi Cooney
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Guts
- The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
- De: Kristen Johnston
- Narrado por: Kristen Johnston
- Duración: 4 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,972
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,789
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,780
The two-time Emmy Award-winning actress has written her first book, a surprisingly raw and triumphant memoir that is outrageous, moving, sweet, tragic, and heartbreakingly honest. Guts is a true triumph - a memoir that manages to be as frank and revealing as Augusten Burroughs, yet as hilarious and witty as David Sedaris.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Whiskey and cigarettes have never sounded so good.
- De John Campbell en 05-14-12
De: Kristen Johnston
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Stash
- My Life in Hiding
- De: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Narrado por: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 179
After years of hiding her addiction from everyone—stockpiling pills in her Louboutins and elaborately scheduling her withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers, and tennis matches—Laura Cathcart Robbins is running out of places to hide. She has learned the hard way that even her high-profile marriage and Hollywood lifestyle can’t protect her from the pain she’s keeping bottled up inside. Facing divorce, the possibility of a custody battle, and the insistent voice of internalized racism that nags at her as a Black woman in a white world, Laura wonders just how much more she can take.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Mom/wife alcoholism memoir I’ve read
- De Allison M. Billet en 04-06-23
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Don't Count Me Out
- A Baltimore Dope Fiend's Miraculous Recovery
- De: Rafael Alvarez
- Narrado por: Lee Osorio
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I must read for the recovering addict, the struggling addict, and the family of an addict 
- De Helen Osborn en 02-10-24
De: Rafael Alvarez
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One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery
- De: Jordan P. Barnes
- Narrado por: Ryan Haugen
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a lifeless body, rifled through his dead friends’ pockets for any remaining heroin, and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the opioid crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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thank you
- De Melanie Alexandra en 03-05-21
De: Jordan P. Barnes
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Damaged Goods
- A Memoir
- De: Shelley Louise
- Narrado por: Jeanne Scurek
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
This is a deeply personal story of a young woman’s journey through addiction; the loss of her child’s father through an overdose, her mother’s suicide, and the tragic consequences that those lifestyle choices bring. At 15, Shelley was submerged into the seedy world of the red-light district of Honolulu. As the warm-up act for the strippers, she became a topless dancer only to discover she was not emotionally prepared for the lewd attention. Pills and heroin helped her to cope with a lifestyle that was beyond her years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best memoir I’ve read in many years.
- De Janeo en 12-13-24
De: Shelley Louise
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In My Skin
- A Memoir of Addiction
- De: Kate Holden
- Narrado por: Christy Lynn
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 415
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 365
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 360
A shy, bookish college graduate from a solid middle-class home, Kate Holden was uncertain of her way in life. When she decided to try her first hit of heroin, she did not anticipate that the drug would take over. Desperation drove her first to offer her body on the streets and then in high-class brothels, where she discovered hidden strengths as well as parts of herself that frightened her. With the acceptance and unyielding love of a family that never abandoned her, Kate Holden ultimately defeated the drug and left her netherworld behind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING...
- De Margaret en 10-02-13
De: Kate Holden
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- Tiffany Dee
- 02-23-25
What women have needed on their recovery journey!
Loved this as a woman in recovery. Excellent research and delivery laced with personal stories. Highly recommend whether you are a woman in recovery, thinking about it or have someone close to you.
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