Addiction / Wyatt Schaefer, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2007. - 122 p. ; 24 cm. - Social issues firsthand. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.

Life as an addict -- Celebrity discusses his addiction / Mike Sager -- College student grapples with accepting she is an alcoholic / Moving from alcholol to crack / Crack takes over / Relationships and addiction -- Son regrets his drug addiction / Daughter resents her father's gambling addiction / Dad lives in fear for his son's life / Loving a drunk / Recovery and beyond -- Healing addiction with a powerful plant / Moving beyond alcoholism to a brighter life / 12-step programs are not the only option / Anonymous -- William Cope Moyers with Katherine Ketcham -- Leyla (pseudonym) -- Seth Mnookin -- Jennifer -- David Sheff -- Donna Steiner -- Sebastian Horsley -- Richard Carriero -- Mike Breen. Chapter 1 A A Chapter 2 A A A Chapter 3

ISBN: 0737724943 9780737724943

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Substance abuse.
Compulsive gambling.

LC Class. No.: RC564 / .A23 2007