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    Do dead people write to Genevieve?When a teenaged cancer patient relapses, she starts journaling to cope. But she’s not the only one. Musicians, scientists, athletes, politicians, activists - even a saint - give her courage based on their life and death experiences. Full of whimsy and hope: Magic Diary is a one-of-a-kind 21st century history book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie John. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229306/bk_acx0_229306_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My writing enables me to reach beyond the limitations of my multiple sclerosis. I have suffered this illness for over 30 years, having many relapses during that time.But when I write I am transported from the mundane into the realms of delight and wonder be it poetry or novel, I'm far too busy to be ill. Please listen and enjoy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendy Wolfson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123001/bk_acx0_123001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Burroughs' first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures, and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through time spent kicking and time spent dealing, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, Junky is a field report from the American post-war drug underground. It has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse and unapologetic tone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: T. Rider Smith, Andrew Garman, Mark Nelson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/006751/bk_reco_006751_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Burroughs’ first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures, and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through time spent kicking and time spent dealing, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, Junky is a field report from the American postwar drug underground. A cult classic, it has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse, and unapologetic tone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Garman, Mark Nelson, T. Ryder Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001459/bk_howe_001459_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ligeia is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. An unnamed narrator’s beautiful and gifted wife Ligeia, falls ill and dies. After her death, the narrator marries Lady Rowena Trevanion, to whom the same thing happens. As the grief-stricken narrator keeps vigil overnight, he sees Rowena showing signs of life, in a sequence of violent revivals and relapses. When the shrouded Rowena gets up, he recognizes Ligeia, his strange and brilliant first wife. There is, however, a possibility that the narrator experienced a hallucination induced by opium. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle Carson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/001596/bk_yurt_001596_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Multiple Sclerosis - Smiling & Hurting is the story of Dorothy M. Mitchell. Born in a small Yorkshire village just before World War II, she remembers vividly being in the air raid shelter as enemy bombs rained down on nearby Bradford and Leeds, the night sky red from fires burning below in the cities, and the sound of aircraft above very frightening.  She started work in a cotton mill at the age of 14 before moving to Evesham in Worcestershire at the age of 16 with her parents. She married at 18, has two sons and seven grandchildren. Dorothy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 37, suffering many relapses, and a few near nervous breakdowns. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: June Entwisle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112973/bk_acx0_112973_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In 2016, Isabel Hardman's mind, in her own words, 'stopped working' as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite several relapses has returned to work in much better health. She has since become one of the country's most prominent public voices on mental health issues.She credits her recovery to her passion for exercise, nature and the great outdoors - from horse-riding and botany to cold-water swimming and running. In The Natural Health Service, she will draw on her own personal experience, interviews with mental illness sufferers and psychologists, and the latest research to examine what role wildlife and fresh air can play in helping anyone cope with mental illness. Straight-talking, thoroughly-researched, and compassionate, this important and often funny book will be fascinate anyone touched by a mental health condition, whether themselves or through the experiences of a loved-one.
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    One young man, after the medical system fails him, suffers alone, bedridden for 10 years, then solves his own medical mystery. In Revolution From Your Bed: Regain Control of Your Life as a Patient, Roi Shternin offers a wakeup call to doctors and a call to action for chronically ill patients. Rejecting the doctor's dire pronouncement he would never walk again, nor marry or have children, Shternin regains full control of his life. A real-life medical mystery, turned into a medical wonder, he diagnosed himself with a not-so-rare condition (POTS Syndrome). At 27, Shternin taught himself to walk and talk again, then persevered through the following five years of periodic relapses. Fully rehabilitated, on reintegrating back into society, he discovered his mission: patients need a revolution. He founded The Patient School, where people learn self-advocacy to take charge of their medical journey, and discover how to gamify and baby step their way to increased health and vitality.
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    Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage. At 17, Lori Schiller was the perfect child - the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the streets of New York City dressed in ragged clothes, tormenting voices crying out in her mind. Lori Schiller had entered the horrifying world of full-blown schizophrenia. She began an ordeal of hospitalizations, halfway houses, relapses, more suicide attempts, and constant, withering despair. But against all odds, she survived.   In this personal account, she tells how she did it, taking us not only into her own shattered world, but drawing on the words of the doctors who treated her and family members who suffered with her.   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Gregory Abbey, Cheryl Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004413/bk_hach_004413_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans un­der the age of 50, claiming more lives than the AIDS epidemic did at its peak. Opioid abuse accounts for two-thirds of these overdoses, with over 100 Americans dying from opioid overdoses every day.  Now Overcoming Opioid Addiction provides a comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. Here is expertly presented, urgently needed in­formation and guidance, including:  Why treating OUD is unlike treating any other form of drug dependency  The science that underlies addiction to opioids, and a clear analysis of why this epidemic has become so deadly  The different stages and effective methods of treatment, including detoxification vs. maintenance medications, as well as behavioral therapies  How to deal with relapses and how to thrive despite OUD  Plus a chapter tailored to families with crucial, potentially life-saving information, such as how to select the best treatment program, manage medications, and reverse an overdose ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Liz Maxwell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/003601/bk_drms_003601_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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