substance abuse

In the wake of her cousin's suicide, overweight and introverted seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in her relationships with her mother and father, her best friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin's father, while gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative.

Photographs and text discuss solvent and substance abuse in the form of inhalants.

Offers an overview of chemical dependency, explaining what it is, why people become dependent on chemicals, the effects of chemical dependency, and how to avoid it.

Presents a radical approach to understanding and harnessing the emotional forces that drive addictions, describing the factors all addictions share and suggesting a new way of treating the addict's disease.

Dr. Drew Pinsky, host of the syndicated radio program "Loveline, " describes his experiences treating patients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation and the ways that this work has shaped his understanding of abuse victims, addiction, and human nature.

Leading authorities on drugs discuss the use, abuse, and the effects of marijuana, alcohol, LSD, heroin, cocaine, PCP, and other drugs and the alternatives to drug use.

Discusses the nature of drug addiction, how addiction to one substance can be transferred to another, and how to recover from addiction.

Discusses perfectionism and its causes, the possibility of its leading to drug abuse, and ways to cope with both problems.

Discusses the importance of sleep, various sleep disorders, the dangers of taking drugs to induce sleep, and healthy alternative methods to getting good rest.