Coming Clean: Diary of a painkiller addict
Autor Cathryn Kempen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 sep 2012
Cathryn Kemp was a successful travel journalist who was struck down by a life-threatening illness, pancreatitis. After four years of operations and mis-diagnoses she left hospital with a repeat prescription for fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times stronger than heroin. Within two years she was taking more than ten times the NHS maximum, all on prescription. Her family struggled to understand; her boyfriend left her, she hit rock bottom. Discovering she had only six months to live if she didn't give up the drugs she sold everything she owned and checked into rehab. In the addiction treatment centre she was told that she was unlikely to recover from 'the highest level of opiate-abuse in the clinic's history'. To everyone's amazement, she proved them wrong.
This is an extraordinarily poignant, vivid and honest memoir. Based on the twenty-four diaries that the author kept during this period, we travel with Cathryn through her hospital agony, descend with her into the hell of addiction and cheer her as she pulls herself out and upwards. It is a love story, a horror story, a survival story, and one that shows only too clearly the very real dangers of the over-prescription of painkillers and tranquillisers.
There is also a resource section for sufferers and their loved ones.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780749958060
ISBN-10: 0749958065
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 155 x 233 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0749958065
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 155 x 233 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Seeringly honest and courageous, an absolutely brilliantly written book about the descent into painkiller addiction that can so easily occur when someone is dealing with unbearable physical and emotional pain. This book should be read by every doctor and mental health practitioner for its unwavering insights into the psychology of addiction. A brave, heartfelt and extraordinary book
A brilliantly written book . . . It's not only an inspirational addiction recovery story but also a deeply moving book about recovering from loss on many levels - health, love, independence, career, dignity, trust, optimism . . . Cathryn's story gripped me at gut level from page one
Compelling and highly topical
Frankly written, Kemp's courageous memior will help those dealing with an addict, or with addiction itself.
'I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I become one.'
Cathryn Kemp was a successful travel journalist who fell ill with a life-threatening illness. After four years of painful operations and misdiagnoses she was discharged from hospital with a repeat prescription for fentanyl, a painkiller one hundred times stronger than heroin. Within two years she was taking more than ten times the NHS maximum dosage, all on prescription.
Painkiller Addict is a story of our times, as each year more and more prescriptions are written for strong painkillers or tranquillisers. In this extraordinarily poignant, vivid and honest memoir, Cathryn describes her horrifying descent into addiction and her fight for freedom from the medication which saved her life -- then almost destroyed it. It is a love story, a horror story and one of the bravest survival stories you will ever read.
A brilliantly written book . . . It's not only an inspirational addiction recovery story but also a deeply moving book about recovering from loss on many levels - health, love, independence, career, dignity, trust, optimism . . . Cathryn's story gripped me at gut level from page one
Compelling and highly topical
Frankly written, Kemp's courageous memior will help those dealing with an addict, or with addiction itself.
'I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I become one.'
Cathryn Kemp was a successful travel journalist who fell ill with a life-threatening illness. After four years of painful operations and misdiagnoses she was discharged from hospital with a repeat prescription for fentanyl, a painkiller one hundred times stronger than heroin. Within two years she was taking more than ten times the NHS maximum dosage, all on prescription.
Painkiller Addict is a story of our times, as each year more and more prescriptions are written for strong painkillers or tranquillisers. In this extraordinarily poignant, vivid and honest memoir, Cathryn describes her horrifying descent into addiction and her fight for freedom from the medication which saved her life -- then almost destroyed it. It is a love story, a horror story and one of the bravest survival stories you will ever read.