Voices of Recovery from the Campus: Stories of and by College Students in Recovery from Addiction
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1514659123 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is currently working on Beyond the Bottle: Women and Men Who Thought They Couldn’t Stop Drinking. Linda Lederman, Ph.D., is professor of communication and health at Arizona State University and Director of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. She specializes in the role of communication in college drinking, addicti
It is a book of stories, told in the words of each person who lived the experience. What is it like for people in their early teens and twenties to try to achieve sobriety? What are the life situations that they face that are different than if they began their journeys to sobriety later in life? And what happens as their lives unfold over the years? To answer these and other questions, the editors of Voices of Recovery from the Campus put together a collection of 12 stories written by college students and alumni of Rutgers University who began their recovery in college. On the outside, he looked like what every college student should be. They get to read what it was like for the man who admits he was lonely and drank to feel better. For her, college was a time of good grades and lots of drinking until she found AA and what she calls a “new happiness and new freedom.” They meet t
"Great case studies edited by passionate faculty and beautifully written" according to Molly McGinn. Great case studies edited by passionate faculty and beautifully written by students who turned around a life of "using" while in college. Imagine that! This is a great "text" for anyone teaching or working with students in a context that explores substance use and misuse and social anxiety.. "Five Stars" according to Linda L.. Real people
She is a Senior Researcher with the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies. Lederman was a professor at Rutgers for twenty-five years before being recruited to Arizona State University as Dean of Social Sciences at Arizona State, 2007-2012. From 2002-2013, Lisa served as a founding member and board member for the Association of Recovery Schools (ARS). Author of 12 academic books, 223 journal articles, book chapters and conference papers, she received the Rutgers University Distinguished Graduate in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Award, 2010. She specializes in the role of communicat