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Why Can't They Just Stop?
Rodale
March 2007
On Sale: March 6, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 1594867151
EAN: 9781594867156
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
This companion book to the HBO documentary of the same name
sheds light on the hidden American epidemic of addiction.
Blending compelling personal narratives with statistics and
expert opinion, all gleaned from over two years of research
and reporting, ADDICTION offers a comprehensive and
provocative look at the impact of chemical dependency on
addicts, their loved ones, society, and the economy.
Breaking the stigma that addicts are simply weak and
immoral, it delves into new brain research proving that
drugs and alcohol change the chemical composition of
addicts' brains, making it veritably impossible for them to
quit. The nation's top experts persuasively argue that the
time has come for the blame to stop and the healing to begin. ADDICTION also features material not included in the
documentary: testimonials, original graphics and images,
additional elaboration on theories and treatments of
addiction, and more. Featuring a foreword by Sheila Nevins,
the president of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO,
an afterward by the best-selling author Susan Cheever, and
the writing of David Sheff, this book is essential reading
for anyone who has been impacted by what is now realized to
be a very real and widespread disease.
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