Author: James Hendrickson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 166240221X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Dear reader: In this riveting true story, you will be amazed at the devastation, dysfunction, addiction, and finally, success in the life of the author! He has reinvented himself several times in his seventy-five years on this earth. Living his first four years in a city near Trenton, New Jersey, he moved to a small tenant house on a farm in New Egypt, New Jersey, where the dysfunction began. He lived there with his parents and siblings—always feeling poor, hungry, and abandoned! When he was ten years old, he began doing anything he wanted to do and became a juvenile delinquent.His father passed away when he was twelve, and his mother moved the family to Bordentown, New Jersey, where he felt lost and alone. To ease the pain, he began drinking and hanging out with older teenagers because it made him feel older. He was restless most of the time and began to look for adventure in the wrong ways. Drinking was not an adventure anymore, but stealing cars was! Three court appearances later, he had to reinvent himself for the first time.Now fifteen years old, it was time for another reinvention. He thought he would settle down and change his ways if he had a girlfriend. The first girlfriend didn't work, and girlfriends became another addiction over a period of three years. Alcohol and women weren't working either. The early dysfunction was still there!The chaos went on for nine more years before the redemption started; all those in recovery know what the chaos is, but the author lets you know how it works after redemption.Forty-eight years sober, with twenty-five as a licensed addiction counselor, his story will amaze you with hope and inspiration.

Author: Ted Adamson
Publisher: Ted Adamson
ISBN: 1449725015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Up from Down is not a book about gloom and doom, but an inspirational book that offers hope to all who have faltered. Strung out on heroin, Ted Adamson began his journey with a SWAT team descending on a pharmacy to stop his wild rampage in search of drugs. From the cruelty in the county jail to race riots in state prison, the hard, gritty life of a drug addict is portrayed in all its real-world ugliness and despair. Join Ted as he gives us a picture of what the life of a junkie is really like. Look inside the dark side of drug treatment programs. From the bizarre therapies of the Synanon-like Family to the modern twelve-step programs, you will see what passes as treatment in the modern recovery movement. Up from Down takes readers to the depths of human degradation then brings them back through a journey of redemption.

Author: Jim Wahlberg
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
ISBN: 1681926040
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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When Jim Wahlberg went to prison the second time at 22 years old, he was sentenced to six to nine years for breaking and entering, bargained down from life for home invasion. He had staggered into a Boston cop’s apartment, helping himself to the sellable stuff and all the beer in the fridge. The cop came home, found Jim passed out at the kitchen table, beat the hell out of him, and arrested him. But Wahlberg, a 130-pound kid from Dorchester, had learned some things from his life on the street and his first prison sentence. He knew how to survive. And he knew that if he wanted to avoid serving the full sentence, he would have to do something. He did what he was best at: He hustled. He would create the illusion that he was trying to change, that he’d become the model prisoner, not a guy hell-bent on getting out while he was still young enough to drink more, steal more, and do more drugs. He didn’t know, though, that the Catholic priest he was trying to hustle was actually hustling him. The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family’s healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got out, and he got the girl. Jim dedicated his new life as a former addict to working with addicts, and for years has spread the word that recovery is possible. But nothing could have prepared him for what came next. His discovery that his own son was an addict threw Jim into a crisis—one that led him deeper into his faith and led to healing he never thought possible. This book is a testament to God’s power and an invitation to all of us to hope in the darkest places. About the Author Jim is the fifth oldest Wahlberg. Like his brothers Donny and Mark, Jim recovered from his tough upbringing in the streets of Dorchester to become producer, writer, and director of films, including The Circle of Addiction, What About the Kids?, and The Lookalike. Jim is the executive director of the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, created to improve the quality of life for inner city youth through a working partnership with other youth organizations. Jim and his wife live in South Florida and have three children.

Author: Nikki Ridley
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1770222626
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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‘When I saw Lee cook up the paregoric, strap the tourniquet around her arm and put the needle into her vein, I was instantly captivated by a ritual that would eventually come to dominate my existence. But of course I didn’t know that then. I just wanted to try it.’ - Paul Bateman ‘I will never forget that little teaspoon. It was the only remaining item left in Paul’s flat in Durban when I went there with my wife to see what Paul had done. The only thing left. Not even a fork, or a knife or a cup to go with it. A teaspoon. Other than the clothes on his back, it was the only material thing that Paul had left in the world.’ - Mark Bateman ‘When we visited, we could hear him screaming even before we got out of the car. He was going through withdrawal, even in his comatose state, and that is when we first knew for certain that he could never have got clean if this hadn’t happened. He could never have got through that fully awake and aware and in control of himself. He wouldn’t have been able to.’ - Val Bateman This is the true story of Paul Bateman’s journey from experimentation to drug addiction and beyond. It is also an account of the experiences of the people around him, in their attempts to cope with him, before and after the overdose that almost killed him. The events are told from multiple points of view, with different chapters narrated by Paul, his girlfriend, his mother and other members of his family. The Million-Rand Teaspoon gives a complete, insightful, honest picture of the effect of drugs on the addict and his loved ones.

Author: Brian O. Mohika
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781585020454
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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The dramatic and inspiring true story of a former drug addict called to win the lost and challenge others to do the same... Ever heard of someone hitting rock bottom before they finally have a come-to-Jesus moment? Well, Brian will be the first to admit he couldn't tell you which rock bottom finally did the trick! In this riveting account of his personal testimony, he tells the story of how he went from a life in ruins from the consequences of his addictions to sober, clean, and studying for the ministry, as well as inventor of several medical devices already beginning to change countless lives. The Lord Jesus is a God of restoration. He has the ability to create something from nothing, which is where Brian's life story goes to and comes back from: the very bottom. This book is for if you are or have been bound to drugs and alcohol and can't imagine a way out, or you know someone who has and would be encouraged by this powerful and encouraging story of redemption and radical transformation. "I wrote an intentionally short book because I wanted to make it a quick and easy read for as many people as possible. I know many have not gone as far into drugs and alcohol as I have while I also know many have and are currently stuck in their bondage. It's my prayer this book can be placed in their hands as an encouragement and a lifeline. If God can do it for me, He can do it for you as well!" - Brian Mohika

Author: Suede Frunchak
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1629984809
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 63

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Youth and young adults struggling with substance abuse, correctional circumstances, addictions, or just life itself can find freedom in this open, honest testimonial of recovery from drugs and alcohol! A true story of redemption through a higher power, Life Is...shares the author's downfall into addiction and lessons experienced in his own passage from drug addiction. The author's testimony gives the reader insight to change negative circumstances that have been passed down from generation to generation. The account of Suede Frunchak's journey through struggles and life lessons propels the reader into a state of hope and self-assurance. Life Is... is a clear translation of divine, forthright, standing courage, and biblical truth.

Author: Daniel Hood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351533940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Addiction Treatment is an ethnography that compares two types of residential drug-free treatment programs-religious, faith-based programs and science-based, secular programs. Although these programs have originated from significantly different ideological bases, in examining the day-to-day operations of each, Daniel E. Hood concludes that they are far more alike than they are different. Drug-free treatment today, whether in secular or religious form, is little more than a remnant of the temperance movement. It is a warning to stop using drugs. At its best, treatment provides practical advice and support for complete abstinence. At its worst, it demeans users for a form of behavior that is not well understood and threatens death if they do not stop. Hood argues that there is no universal agreement on what addiction is and that drug abuse is little more than a catch-all term of no specific meaning used to condemn behavior that is socially unacceptable. Through extensive participatory observations, intimate life history interviews, and informal conversations with residents and staff, Hood shows how both programs use the same basic techniques of ideological persuasion (mutual witnessing), methods of social control (discourse deprivation), and the same proposed zero tolerance, abstinent lifestyle (Christian living vs. Right living) as they endeavor to transform clients from addicts to citizens or from sinners to disciples.

Author: Amy Atwater
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
ISBN: 9781622954520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Where there is hope, there is healing. Jesus in My Face is a raw and painfully honest account of a young girl, turned woman, while trapped in the torment of alcoholism and drug addiction. Raised in the church, Amy grew up with Dad's depictions of Christ crucified in her family home. She appreciated his artwork but never grasped the significance. Traumatized by family dysfunction, she chose a path of rebellion plagued with reckless abuse of mind altering substances spanning over three decades. Amy, in search of the ultimate high, lands in rehab at age forty-one. So begins the battle for her soul, no longer resigned to her plight, and attempting to feel worthy of a love she's never known. Be prepared for this awe inspiring true story filled with shocking realities, tragedy, humor, perseverance, encouragement and insight. If you or a loved one is struggling with any addiction, let the healing begin.

Author: Amanda Dinello
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781692322762
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Amanda's autobiography takes readers on her explicit life journey through her addiction during her adolescent years. She exposes the darkness of drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes and the bondages that came with that lifestyle. Her addiction to heroin left her at rock bottom after nearly 20 overdoes by the age of 21. She elaborates how it was divine intervention that saved her.But her story doesn't stop there.In her pursuit of the truth, she was manipulated and abused by someone who claimed to be God's chosen prophet. When Amanda was finally set free from this situation she was left with only a few items to her name.Her story is vulnerable, authentic, heart wrenching, yet inspiring. Journey with her as she details the events from her heroin addiction to her captivity to her redemption from both rock bottoms.

Author: Lesley A. Victoria
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098065220
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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This book depicts the story of LesleyaEUR(tm)s journey from the depths of darkness and into the light of a forgiving and gracious God. This is not intended to be a self-help book, but rather a story of hope and forgiveness; hope for better days beyond addiction, and forgiveness to oneself for past mistakes and missteps. The reader will learn of LesleyaEUR(tm)s struggles from a raging drug addiction to the shock of a cancer diagnosis, followed by a massive stroke which resulted in the paralysis of her left side. This book depicts the on-going physical struggles Lesley experiences daily, but it also illustrates the numerous and awe-inspiring epiphanies which have brought her back into GodaEUR(tm)s grace. aEURoeThe Journey BackaEUR is a triumph over the demons that have always remained one step behind, sometimes appearing perilously close. LesleyaEUR(tm)s story has been written to help others who are living inside the black hole of addiction, know that there is healing Light waiting on the other side.