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House, Cindy Kennedy, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) Khar, Erin Poses, David Trejo, DannyKennedy, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)
Summary: "Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, PATRICK J KENPoses, David
Summary: "In his groundbreaking memoir, The weight of air, David chronicles his struggle to overcome mental illness and addiction. By age nineteen, he'd been through medical detox, inpatient rehab, twelve-step programs, and a halfway house. He saw his drug use as a symptom of depression, but the experts insisted that addiction was the problem. Over the next thirteen years, he went from one relapse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R PosesTrejo, Danny
Summary: Raised in an abusive home, Trejo struggled with heroin addiction and did stints in some of the country's most notorious state prisons. Here he takes us through the ups and downs of his life. He reveals how he managed the horrors of prison, rebuilt himself after finding sobriety and spirituality in solitary confinement, and draws inspiration from the adrenaline-fueled robbing heists of his past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TREJO, DANNY TRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TREJO TREKhar, Erin
Summary: Erin Khar's memoir is the story of her 15-year addiction to heroin, starting at age thirteen, and her eventual recovery. Khar explores the psychology of addiction and the reasons why she turned to opiods, the lies she told herself and others as an addict, the shame and stigma that prevented her from getting help for years, and her motivations for ultimately deciding to get clean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KHAR, ERIN KHAHouse, Cindy
Summary: Told in essays and graphic-narrative shorts, this memoir illustrates the author's struggles with addiction and motherhood and her ongoing efforts to reconcile the two, capturing the desire to look hopefully forward, while acknowledging the darkness of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books 2022