Bibliograph

Addicted, notes from the belly of the beast, edited by Lorna Crozier & Patrick Lane

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Addicted, notes from the belly of the beast, edited by Lorna Crozier & Patrick Lane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Addicted

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

701109189

Responsibility statement

edited by Lorna Crozier & Patrick Lane

Review

"These first-person accounts describe battles with alcohol, heroin, smoking, food, gambling, and sex

Sub title

notes from the belly of the beast

Summary

Some contributors still struggle with their habits; others have managed to defeat them; two lost their lives to addiction's ravages."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Counting the bones / Patrick Lane -- My father, myself / Marnie Woodrow -- Junkie grows up / Molly Jong-Fast -- An open letter to Laura / Lois Simmie -- How to quit smoking in fifty years or less / Peter Gzowski -- More and more / Evelyn Lau -- Breathing under ice / Lorna Crozier -- The edge of doom / Susan Cheever -- Drinking / David Adams Richards -- Blackout / Sheri-D Wilson -- Not swimming, but drowning / John Newlove -- One more last chance / Rick Whitaker -- Junkie / Stephen Reid

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