Ergebnis für "White" in Sucht & Suchtprävention

You're not weak, you’re wired. Cigarettes weren’t just a habit. They were engineered to hook you. But now, you’ve found something different. Something that actually works. In the U.S., over 28 million adults still smoke (CDC, 2024), with most starting before age 18. The pull of nicotine is both psychological and physical, said to be as addictive as heroin or cocaine (Usman, 2024). Yet behind that cigarette is a carefully crafted lie—one that corporations sold through media, science, and even culture (Ling & Glantz, 2018).

One day, at the age of 31, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed? Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, and, as she says, "It had something to do with Georgia.

Everything Changes assuages fears and uncertainty by teaching loved ones of newly recovering addicts how to navigate the often-tumultuous early months of recovery. Beverly Conyers, author of the acclaimed Addict in the Family, again shares the hope and knowledge that she gained as a parent of a recovering addict by focusing on the aftermath of addiction. She outlines the physical and psychological changes that recovering addicts go through and offers practical tools to help family members and friends.