Chasing the high
Subtitle: a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse
By: Kyle Keegan ; with Howard B. Moss
Contributors: Moss, Howard; Annenberg Public Policy Center
Series: The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative; Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780195314717; 9780195314724
Subjects: Adolescent; Substance-Related Disorders; Personal Narratives; Recovering addicts; Biography; Substance abuse
Description: A recovering heroin addict tells of how his early days of alcohol and drug use nearly destroyed his life and recounts his decline into a life of crime and homelessness and his successful recovery.
Notes: "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history behind Chasing the high; title: What to expect from this book; title: Crash and rescue; title: Above the city, steeped in misery; title: Back from the edge; title: Substance abuse and addiction defined; title: Addiction is a disease; title: A hellish journey; title: The early days of using; title: My not-so-shady past; title: A forbidden sip; title: One puff leads to another; title: My uncertain future; title: Heroin; title: A rite of passage versus the slippery slope to addiction; title: The ride down that slope; title: Who becomes addicted, who does not, and why?; title: The noose tightens; title: A moment of truth, and then denial; title: First shot at detoxification; title: Learning the life of an addict; title: Desperate moves; title: Returning to an unfamiliar home; title: "This is your brain on drugs"; title: Different types of drugs of abuse; title: Trying to get help; title: Overconfidence and denial : do not mix; title: A minor arrest; title: A major arrest; title: Up, down, up, down : the saga of addiction continues; title: A crucial turning point; title: Substance abuse treatment : what to expect; title: Treatment of co-occurring mental disorders; title: Recovery; title: What does recovery mean for you?; title: If a relapse occurs; title: Looking back, looking ahead; title: "Real" recovery is whatever works for us.