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Heroin, living and dying with an addict you love : how to survive when everyone dies, Robert L. Hobbs Jr. ; [foreword by Gerald Rhett]

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Heroin

Robert L. Hobbs Jr. ; [foreword by Gerald Rhett]

living and dying with an addict you love : how to survive when everyone dies

Heroin is powerful. It can kill you and people you love, even if you have never laid eyes on it. Discover how the epidemic of heroin addiction kills our children, destroys their parents, and shatters families, from an American father's firsthand account of his experiences battling his son's addiction. Author Robert Hobbs candidly shares his personal tragedy and emotional journey while developing a comprehensive how-to guide that all parents, loved ones, and members of the affected community must read... Readers will learn about heroin and how to navigate the uncharted waters of the heroin addiction recovery process. Readers will learn to prepare for overdose, detoxification, rehabilitation, intensive outpatient programming (IOP), and the recovering addict's return from living in hopeless infatuation with heroin's never-ceasing seduction to a normal, yet clean and sober life.--, Publisher description

Why this is important -- Why I wrote this book -- Crashing into reality -- Heroin -- What I didn't know when I needed to -- And just like that--putting a recently dead addict back in the street -- Withdrawal and detox--dying might be better -- Don't mortgage the house -- After tangu: there and back again -- Intensive outpatient program -- It's not over, 'til it's over -- Relapse- - Living while your addict is dying -- Living well -- Learning to break out of the cycle -- A proposed addiction lifecycle--something for parents to think about -- The valedictorian and the addict -- Is my kid on opiates? -- Your other children -- Parents of addicts -- Friends -- My recurring nightmares -- Terms you might need to know