The following list contains print resources available throughout the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) about addiction. The titles listed here are either Adult or Young Adult titles. Juvenile titles dealing with drugs and addiction are not included in this list. Please see a librarian for further resources.
Opiate Addiction - The Painkiller Addiction Epidemic, Heroin Addiction and the Way Out
Taite Adams
This text provides facts and personal experiences about opiate addiction and recovery. The resource provides answers to questions, helps allay fears and provides direction for help, treatment and recovery.
View in CatalogOvercoming Opioid Addiction
Adam Bisaga, Karen Chernyaev
From a leading addiction expert, a desperately needed medical guide to understanding, treating, and finally defeating opioid use disorder Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, claiming more lives than th
Read More View in CatalogOff the Rails
Susan Burrowes
In this eye-opening book about treating teen addiction, fifteen-year-old Hannah and her mother, Susan, share in their own words the raw and honest realities of their family's struggles, the controversial treatment programs they tried, and their
Read More View in CatalogSaving Jake
D'Anne Burwell
D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son-raised in a loving and prosperous home-begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fe
Read More View in CatalogCauses of Drug Use
Michael Centore
Humans have been using various drugs to alter their moods and thoughts for thousands of years. Why do we do it? And what makes a particular person vulnerable to addiction? What can be done to stop problems with drug use before they start? Causes of D
Read More View in CatalogDrug Use and the Family
Michael Centore
We often think of drug addiction as something that happens to an individual. That's true, but addiction is also something that happens to an entire family. Sometimes it's parents who are emotionally and financially drained by looking after
Read More View in CatalogThe East Side of Addiction
James DiReda, Henry Grosse, Jack Maroney
The East Side of Addiction is an altogether real and gritty depiction of a middle class neighborhood's descent into addiction and the collateral damage suffered by their families and the community at large. The book narrates an "Against All
Read More View in CatalogAddiction and Overdose
Connie Goldsmith
Drug overdosing and death from prescription painkillers and heroin are at epidemic levels in the United States. How do people become addicted and why? Discover the social and economic costs of overdosing and about research and efforts to decrease it.
View in CatalogThis Is Your Country on Drugs
Ryan Grim
Everything we know about drugs-from acid to epidemics to DARE and salvia-turns out to be wrong Stock up on munchies and line up your water bottles: journalist Ryan Grim will take you on a cross-country tour of illicit drug use in the U.S.-from the ag
Read More View in CatalogNever Enough
Judith Grisel
From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, this is the authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction that we've been waiting for: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories combine t
Read More View in CatalogBeing Sober
Harry Haroutunian
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-t
Read More View in CatalogNot As Prescribed
Harry Haroutunian
The leading clinical expert on substance misuse and abuse, Dr. Harry Haroutunian of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, provides caregivers and loved ones with vital information needed to understand and address addiction issues in older adults. Drug
Read More View in CatalogAddiction
Gene M. Heyman
Argues that drug addiction is not a disease but a voluntary choice of an individual.
View in CatalogMarijuana
Kevin P Hill
The leading clinical expert on marijuana sifts through the myths about the drug to deliver an unbiased, comprehensive guide backed by scientific facts to give you the information you need to make informed decisions about marijuana. Marijuana--or weed
Read More View in CatalogDrugs
Les Iversen
The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral co
Read More View in CatalogNo More Letting Go
Debra Jay
Offers ways that families and friends of drug addicts can take action, bringing together spiritual wisdom, research into the effects of addiction on the brain and body, and anecdotes to emphasize the need for intervention.
View in CatalogA Common Struggle
Patrick J. Kennedy, Stephen Fried
Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, opens up about his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction for the first time. This candid memoir focuses on the years from his 'coming
Read More View in CatalogDrug Dealer, MD
Anna Lembke
Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription op
Read More View in CatalogMastering the Addicted Brain
Walter Ling
For anyone trying to overcome an addiction, living with someone with an addiction, or helping someone with an addiction As most drug and alcohol addicts eventually realize, good intentions alone aren?t enough to break destructive habits. However, add
Read More View in CatalogFighting for Space
Travis Lupick
North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic. While deaths across the continent soar, Travis Lupick's Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of a city's response to the drug crisis. It tells the
Read More View in CatalogPill Head
Joshua Lyon
This compelling, honest book investigates the growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse among today's Generation Rx. Through gripping profiles and heartbreaking confessions, this memoir dares to uncover the reality--the addiction, the wi
Read More View in CatalogAlcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs
Stephen Meyer
This volume focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs.
View in CatalogMarijuana and Synthetics
John Perritano
Marijuana has been controversial for a long time. Some point out that marijuana is safer than other legal drugs and even has medical benefits for particular illnesses. Others worry about the drug's "gateway" potential and the potential
Read More View in CatalogOpioids
John Perritano
Drugs that are derived from (or mimic the effects of) the poppy are some of humanity's oldest and most powerful. In fact, opiate drugs were the main tools of doctors for centuries. Unfortunately, misuse of opiates has reached epidemic levels, de
Read More View in CatalogDreamland
Sam Quinones
An explosive true account of addiction, marketing and the making of an epidemic weaves together the story of Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, while, at the same time, a massive influx of black tar heroin took the county by storm thr
Read More View in CatalogPrescription Narcotics
Paul R. Sanberg, Michael D. Bunsey
Explores the use of prescription narcotics, the risks and consequences of addiction, and current treatments.
View in CatalogThinking Simply About Addiction
Richard Sandor
This profound yet practical guide by a veteran recovery professional goes further than any other book in pinpointing why addictions are so tenacious, how we all suffer from them to a greater or lesser extent, and the true, time-tested steps toward fr
Read More View in CatalogThe Addiction Solution
Lloyd Sederer
A groundbreaking, “timely and well-written” (Booklist, starred review) guide to addiction from a psychiatrist and public health doctor, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and
Read More View in CatalogRewired
Erica Spiegelman
Rewired is a new, breakthrough approach to fighting addiction and self-damaging behavior by acknowledging our personal power to bring ourselves back from the brink. Centered on the concept of self-actualization, Rewired will guide you towards not onl
Read More View in CatalogThe Addiction Spectrum
Paul Thomas, M.D., Jennifer Margulis, PhD
Opiate addiction is the single greatest public health crisis facing Americans—it affects over 2 million people and kills 115 of them every single day. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under fifty. Even as opiate addicti
Read More View in CatalogPainkillers: Prescription Dependency
Ida Walker
Statistics on drug use show that abuse is decreasing. That's the good news. But there's bad news as well: the abuse of prescription drugs is increasing. Among the most abused prescription medications are painkillers, something many people h
Read More View in CatalogAddiction Treatment: Escaping the Trap
Ida Walker
In the United States and Canada, millions of individuals have problems with substance abuse. In some cases the problems are relatively minor, but in others, that abuse leads to addiction. Addiction is a serious and costly disease. In Addiction Treatm
Read More View in CatalogOut of It
Stuart Walton
“Who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica? It is almost the history of ‘culture,’ of our so-called higher culture.” —Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 With Nietzsche’s question as his objective, Stuart Walton begins Out of It: A Cultur
Read More View in CatalogA Parent's Guide to Teen Addiction
Westreich, Laurence M.
From Berkeley to the Bronx, teenage addiction has reached epidemic levels. Parents may suspect their teen’s substance use, but often don’t know if their teen is addicted or what to do about it. Dr. Laurence Westreich, an addiction expert and the
Read More View in CatalogEverything Is Horrible and Wonderful
Stephanie Wittels Wachs
A memoir of family, addiction, and grief from the sister of Harris Wittels, the Parks and Recreation writer whose death shocked the comedy world. Now in paperback! One phone call. That's all it took to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs's life
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