Posts Tagged ‘Memoir’

Alcoholism: Darrell Hammond Reveals He Drank, Did Crack, Cut Himself in New Memoir – Huffingtonpost.com

Alcoholism: Darrell Hammond Reveals He Drank, Did Crack, Cut Himself In New Memoir – Huffingtonpost.com
Renowned for his impressions of other people, Darrell Hammond spent his off-hours doing everything he could to keep from feeling the deep pain of his own life. The former “Saturday Night Live” star, who spent years on the show impersonating the …
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Alcoholism: Healing the Addicted Brain: The Revolutionary, Science-Based Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Program – Zimbio
“New, scientifically-based approaches that recognize the biological basis of addiction have brought major advances in the treatment of addiction. Dr. Urschel is at the forefront of this treatment paradigm.” Dr. Larry Hanselka, Psychologist The Proven …
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Alcoholism: Marisa Pasquini Named Development Director of Casa Serena – Santa Barbara Independent
Founded in 1959, Casa Serena provides effective treatment services and a safe, sober living environment to women seeking recovery from the diseases of alcoholism and drug addiction. Previously with Alpha Resource Center, Pasquini brings 8 years …
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Alcoholism: DEA Outlaws ‘Bath Salts’ in U.S. – About – News & Issues
Following the lead of several states, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has declared the stimulant drugs marketed as “bath salts” illegal throughout the United States. The DEA is asking individuals and stores currently in possession of …
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Alcoholism: Maple Shade council sets holiday event days – southjerseylocalnews.com
Seth Loomis, a 10-year-old Maple Shade student and athlete, was awarded Municipal Alliance Volunteer of the Year for Burlington County, by the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Typically, Mayor Claire Volpe said a professional …
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Closing Time: A Memoir

Closing Time: A Memoir


Used – By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, “Closing Time” recounts Joe Queenan’s Irish Catholic upbringing in a family dominated by his erratic father, a violent yet oddly charming emotional terrorist whose alcoholism fuels a limitless torrent of self-pity, railing, destruction, and late-night chats with the Lord Himself. With the help of a series of mentors and surrogate fathers, and armed with his own furious love of books and music, Joe begins the long flight away from the dismal confines o

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One More Time: A Memoir

One More Time: A Memoir


Used – Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent wit

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White Elephants – a Memoir

White Elephants – a memoir

Elephant in the middle of the living room. That is one way of explaining how a family walks around the invisible presence of huge problems. Hindsight is what brings the elephant into focus. Somehow, Chynna T. Laird began to see at age five the bulky creature crowding her family. And from that time as the child, Tammy, she took on a sense of responsibility to her mother far beyond expectation for her age. Her mother was different than other mothers. Family life in their household was not pretty.

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One More Time: A Memoir

One More Time: A Memoir


Used – Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent wit

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Finding Happy: A Memoir

Finding Happy: A Memoir


Used – Tina Marie experiences a life-altering premonition on the eve of her fiftieth birthday and travels the road to her past to find happiness in the here and now. Confronting her innermost demons, she revisits her childhood, shares poignant and comical moments from highs of dealing with hilarious episodes of sibling rivalry, fashion debacles, baton twirling lessons, and an unfortunate encounter with a monkey, to lows of living with her abusive, alcoholic father. Finding Happy is set in Cincin

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