Best Teen & Young Adult Substance Abuse Nonfiction eBooks

As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Paul Michael Garcia is the perfect choice for narrator; his stern and entirely believable voice captures the desolation in Sheff's tale. -- Armistead Maupin, author of The Night Listener and Michael Tolliver Lives "Difficult to read and impossible to put down."

Memoir Synopsis. “That evening I wanted to go to a teenage party, and I wanted to drink alcohol, the grownup beverage of choice, the potion glamorized on TV and in movies, the stuff the older cool kids were drinking every weekend. Getting drunk becomes her rite of passage as she careens through junior and senior high school caving in to peer pressure for her need to feel accepted. Quicker than she can take a tequila shot in a Mexican café, change her lovers weekly, and party with the dregs of society, as well as the socialites and future executives – Nancy finds a lifestyle that seems to work for her. She continues on and drinks and uses cocaine through the snows of Aspen, the desert heat of Scottsdale, the California coast and her Pennsylvania homelands, only to find herself alone and desperate in her quest for love and her own identity. “I am sitting on my couch finishing up a second bottle of Two Buck Chuck, watching Sarah Jessica Parker on “Sex and the City,” crying and wondering why I’m still single. What glares back at her is over twenty-four years of living life in the fast lane, zooming by all the red flags. Compelled by a judge, Nancy walks into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and begins the hellacious journey of rethinking her life to finally find what she’d been searching for – her true self. Now sober for over ten years, married and with a thriving career, Nancy wants to tell other young women what she wishes someone had told her.

A fast-paced memoir that gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." By age fourteen, she had escaped from her violent home, only to be reported as a runaway and sent to a "drug rehabilitation" facility that changed her world. In her raw and fearless memoir, Cyndy Etler recounts her sixteen months in the living nightmare that Straight Inc. considered "healing." "Etler's story is both inspiring and completely shocking; this is a memoir unlike anything else on the shelves today." - GERM magazine "Etler channels her younger self's voice with pitch-perfect verisimilitude as Cyndy goes from wide-eyed disbelief to acquiescence, having finally found a place where she feels like she belongs.

And it is even more common to feel anxious during adolescence, because so many changes are taking place in your body, your mind, and your emotions. The good news is that there are a lot of effective techniques you can use, both on your own and with the help of a counselor, to reduce your feelings of anxiety and learn how to keep them from taking over your life. If you ready to change your life for the better and get your anxiety under control, this workbook can help you start today. About one in four teens suffers from mild to serious problems with anxiety, and many of them get little or no help.

This conversation will encourage you as Tracy Levinson shares grace infused insight, wisdom, laughter and liberating truth. Tracy Levinson: My hope is to help as many women and girls as possible by empowering them to choose wisdom, love and peace, as opposed to making decisions from fear, shame or condemnation. This book is an incredible reminder about how we can be unashamed in Christ’s light!”. JOE WHITE, President of Kanakuk Camps, author of Pure Excitement. Tracy takes the truths of God's word and applies them to the very real and raw issues in our culture today. Fun, uplifting and engaging - the message of unashamed reaches into the heart and points to the cross.”. KAROL LADD, www.PositiveLifePrinciples.com, author of Positive Life Principles for Women. “Tracy Levinson offers women grace-filled answers to important life questions about dating, love, and sex. “If you are daring enough to finally have those difficult but vital conversations about relationships, sex, faith and intimacy with someone you can trust, choose Tracy and unashamed. In a style that reminds me of a challenging, focus-commanding workout that is both breath taking and invigorating, Tracy shares what I want my daughters to know, but I don’t have the guts to tell them.”. RALPH HARRIS, author of God’s Astounding Opinion of You, and President of LifeCourse.org. "unashamed - candid conversations about dating, love, nakedness and faith is a book that touches hearts and challenges lifestyles. JOE WHITE. President of Kanakuk Camps,author of Pure Excitement --kanakuk.com. "Where in the world was Tracy Levinson when I was in college? Tracy takes the truths of God's word and applies them to the very real and raw issues in our culture today. "If you are daring enough to finally have those difficult but vital conversations about relationships, sex, faith and intimacy with someone you can trust, choose Tracy and unashamed. I was surprisingly and refreshingly reassured that I am not the only one that desperately seeks companionship, has dabbled in sin, and often questions where I stand with Jesus. Tracy offers an authentic voice, sharing her own journey out of shame, to a fully redeemed and loved woman of God. Tracy has taken the issues with which every member of the human race must face, draws us in and empowers us to, through the power of the Holy Spirit, win! President and Founder of Liberty Christian School, Argyle, Texas, author of Called to the Principal's Office and The Diary of Eli. My hope is to help as many women and girls as possible by empowering them to choose wisdom, love and peace, as opposed to making decisions from fear, shame or condemnation.

Jim Stoppani’s Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength, Second Edition, is a comprehensive training guide and reference that provides. • definitions of key terms and concepts; • evaluations of equipment options, including TRX, BOSU, and kettlebells; • explanations of the role and importance of each muscle group; • latest nutrition information for losing fat and increasing muscle mass; • presentations of the best exercises, including body weight, for adding strength and mass; and. • descriptions and examples of many types of workouts and programs and their effects. He is also coauthor of the chapter "Nutritional Needs of Strength/Power Athletes" in the textbook Essentials of Sports Nutrition and Supplements (Humana Press, 2008). Dr. Stoppani is the creator of the popular training and nutrition programs Shortcut to Size and Shortcut to Shred, Dr. Stoppani has been the personal nutrition and health consultant for numerous celebrity clients, such as LL Cool J, Dr. Dre, Mario Lopez, and Chris Pine.

But when the fever begins to strike closer to home, Mattie's struggle to build a new life must give way to a new fight-the fight to stay alive. Later, after much hardship and terror, they return to the deserted town to find their former cook, a freed slave, working with the African Free Society, an actual group who undertook to visit and assist the sick and saved many lives. As first frost arrives and the epidemic ends, Mattie's sufferings have changed her from a willful child to a strong, capable young woman able to manage her family's business on her own. The opening scene of Anderson's ambitious novel about the yellow fever epidemic that ravaged Philadelphia in the late 18th century shows a hint of the gallows humor and insight of her previous novel, Speak. Sixteen-year-old Matilda "Mattie" Cook awakens in the sweltering summer heat on August 16th, 1793, to her mother's command to rouse and with a mosquito buzzing in her ear.

This thoughtful advice book will guide girls through the next steps of growing up. Dr. Cara Natterson , a graduate of Harvard University and the John Hopkins School of Medicine, is a respected pediatrician.