Inventing the Addict
| Author | : Susan Marjorie Zieger |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Reconstructs the literary and cultural history of addiction from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
Inventing The Addict
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Junky
| Author | : William S. Burroughs |
| Publisher | : Penguin Books, Limited (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : American fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780141045405 |
'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment in life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' Burrough's cult classic is a raw, semi-autobiographical account of drug addiction, which outraged America and influenced generations of writers to come. He relates with unflinching realism the highs and lows of dependency- euphoria, hallucinations, ghostly nocturnal wanderings and strange sexual encounters. Junkyis a dark, powerful and mesmerizing account of one man's challenge to turn self-destruction into art.
Blitzed
| Author | : Norman Ohler |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2017-03-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1328664090 |
A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich” (Washington Post). The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, which were consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to German soldiers. In fact, troops were encouraged, and in some cases ordered, to take rations of a form of crystal meth—the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to account for the breakneck invasion that sealed the fall of France in 1940, as well as other German military victories. Hitler himself became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs—ultimately including Eukodal, a cousin of heroin—administered by his personal doctor. Thoroughly researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. “Delightfully nuts.”—The New Yorker
The Book of Drugs
| Author | : Mike Doughty |
| Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2012-01-10 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0306818779 |
Recounts the addiction and recovery of the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing.
Being Sober
| Author | : Harry Haroutunian |
| Publisher | : Rodale |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2013-08-27 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1623360056 |
The disease of addiction affects 1 out of 10 people in the United States, and is a devastating—often, fatal—illness. Now, from the physician director of the renowned Betty Ford Center, comes a step-by-step plan with a realistic “one-day-at-a-time” approach to a disease that so often seems insurmountable. With a focus on reclaiming the power that comes from a life free of dependency, Being Sober walks readers through the many phases of addiction and recovery without judgment or the overly "cultish" language of traditional 12-step plans. It also addresses the latest face of this disease: the "highly functioning" addict, or someone who is still able to achieve personal and professional success even as they battle a drug or alcohol problem. Dr. Haroutunian tackles this provocative issue head-on, offering new insight into why you don’t have to “bottom out” to get help. Dr. Haroutunian is himself a recovering alcoholic and knows firsthand the challenges of sobriety. His background and expertise in the field of alcohol and drug treatment give him a powerful edge and perspective that is unparalleled in his field. Using clear, straightforward language, Being Sober offers a proven path toward an emotional sobriety and a rewarding new life based on gratitude, dignity, and self-respect. Including a Foreword written by Steven Tyler.
Chasing the Scream
| Author | : Johann Hari |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2015-01-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1620408929 |
The New York Times Bestseller What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix. One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction--and what really solves it. He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories--of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their own war on drugs--with extraordinary results. Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally--and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.
Addiction Literature’s Past and Present
| Author | : Mark Ronan |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 323 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 3031654269 |
Addiction, Representation and the Experimental Novel, 19852015
| Author | : Heath A. Diehl |
| Publisher | : Anthem Press |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2020-12-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 178527614X |
Since the nineteenth century, the Western realistic novel has persistently represented the addict as a morally toxic force bent on destroying the institutions, practices, and ideologies that historically have connoted reason, order, civilization. Addiction, Representation undertakes an investigation into an alternative literary tradition that unsettles this limited portrayal of the addict. The book analyzes the practices and politics of reading the experimental addiction novel, and outlines both a practice and an ethics of reading that advocates for a more compassionate response to both diegetic and extra-diegetic addicts—an approach that, at its core, is focused on understanding.
The Roots of Addiction
| Author | : Emil Howthorn |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2020-02-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Aren't we too familiar with the word 'addiction'?'You are an addict, ' this is the most common phrase said by the generation today. But do we know the meaning of being an addict?How is addiction being embedded in our roots, and how is it destroying our lives?Is addiction only related to drugs and alcohol? These are some of the questions which should be known to us in this digital era.In this book, you will get knowledge aboutEtiology of Addiction, and its environmental, social, psychological and other impactsSystem of pain and pleasure in addiction and how do different personalities respond to addictionPathways of addiction and discovering yourselfInternet and other electronic media as an active agent of addictionRole of Therapies such as meditation and music How the teaching of Buddha is relevant to the recovery processThere is a desperate need to educate our generation about addiction. And for this, we all have to join hands and take steps in combatting this disease and eradication it from our society. But before that, let's understand what it is.Get your copy now
The Mediated Mind
| Author | : Susan Zieger |
| Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2018-06-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0823279847 |
How did we arrive at our contemporary consumer media economy? Why are we now fixated on screens, imbibing information that constantly expires, and longing for more direct or authentic kinds of experience? The Mediated Mind answers these questions by revisiting a previous media revolution, the nineteenth-century explosion of mass print. Like our own smartphone screens, printed paper and imprinted objects touched the most intimate regions of nineteenth-century life. The rise of this printed ephemera, and its new information economy, generated modern consumer experiences such as voracious collecting and curating, fantasies of disembodied mental travel, and information addiction. Susan Zieger demonstrates how the nineteenth century established affective, psychological, social, and cultural habits of media consumption that we still experience, even as pixels supersede paper. Revealing the history of our own moment, The Mediated Mind challenges the commonplace assumption that our own new media lack a past, or that our own experiences are unprecedented.
