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Addicted : notes from the belly of the beast / edited by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane.

Crozier, Lorna, 1948- (editor.). Lane, Patrick, 1939- (editor.).

Summary:

"Is addiction a disease, a sin, a sign of hypersensitivity, a personal failing, or a unique resource for the creative mind? However it is defined, it can have devastating consequences, often shattering lives, ruining families, wrecking livelihoods, and even triggering suicide. Yet it can also be a source of inspiration. In this updated edition featuring three new essays, on addiction to marijuana, video games, and sex, leading American and Canadian writers explore their surprisingly diverse personal experiences with this complex phenomenon, and candidly reveal what happened when their compulsions took over their lives."-- Page [4] of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771641869
ISBN: 177164186X
Physical Description: xii, 287 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: [Updated edition]
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Greystone Books, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Featuring new essays and a revised introduction.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Counting the bones / Patrick Lane -- My father, myself / Marnie Woodrow -- Grand thefts / Tom Bissell -- 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 -- Lost in a cosmic smoke show / Elianna Lev -- Drinking / David Adams Richards -- Blackout / Sheri-D Wilson -- Molested child, so-called sexual savage / LesLIE -- Not swimming, but drowning / John Newlove -- One more last chance / Rick Whitaker -- Junkie / Stephen Reid.