Ergebnis für "Heroine" in Sucht & Suchtprävention

Es ist spätabends, als es bei Kerstin Herrnkind an der Haustür klingelt. Zwei Polizisten stehen vor der Tür. Die Journalistin ahnt Schlimmes. Und richtig. Ihr Bruder Uwe ist tot aufgefunden worden. Gestorben an einem Mix aus Heroin, Alkohol und Medikamenten. Fast fünfundzwanzig Jahre war er drogensüchtig. Mutter, Schwester und Freunde haben alles versucht, um ihm zu helfen. Ihn aufgenommen, in der Therapie besucht, ihm Jobs besorgt und ihm doch immer wieder Geld gegeben, weil es nicht auszuhalten war, wie er litt, wenn er einen Affen schob.

Heroin is a Beast, and that Beast has infiltrated every town and city in America. The Beast has come for your sons and daughters. The Beast is hunting for your fathers and mothers. And that Beast has only one mission, to bury as many Americans as possible. I Am a Heroin Addict is the story of how Ritchie Farrell survived a ten-bag-a-day heroin habit to become a best-selling author, WGA screenwriter, and recipient of the prestigious du-Pont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism.

Jan Nargi, a single mother of two, is a registered nurse who worked in enough emergency rooms to know the signs of addiction, but failed to recognize them in her own family. Her son, Tommy, is a heroin addict. He started abusing Oxycontin when he was sixteen and graduated to mainlining heroin by age eighteen. This is their story.

The roles of faith, belief, and spirituality in Heroin Anonymous are covered, but mostly this audio book is about behavior motivating beliefs, like those of the cognitive model. The beliefs of using heroin addicts about their addiction, their life and heroin are what keeps them using. These beliefs are shaped by the addict’s mental obsession which excuses and justifies using at every turn. Obsessions of every kind function by excusing and justifying aberrant behavior.

Heroin addiction is quite possibly the worst of all drug addictions. The road to recovery is normally a very long and torturous one, not only for the user, but for everyone around them. However, with the right kind of treatment and care - and knowing what to expect along the way - it is actually quite possible to recover from heroin addiction and overcome the dependency altogether. That a heroin addict will seldom admit to their addiction doesn't make things any easier.