Clean: A New Generation in Recovery Speaks OutA former cast member of MTV's Real World: Chicago, Chris Beckman recounts his journey from addiction to recovery, speaking directly to the concerns of today's youth: how to go out, have fun, and be productive while in recovery, and how to turn away from social pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol. Clean: A New Generation in Recovery Speaks Out also gives parents a realistic look at what's really going on in schools and at the mall - anywhere kids get together. |
Contents
Elite Player Extreme User | 10 |
A Teenagers Tears of Hope | 19 |
Chapter | 22 |
Risk Factors | 23 |
Good Catholic Girl | 36 |
Side Effects | 40 |
Chapter | 51 |
Night of the Living Dead | 66 |
Praying for Water | 84 |
Chapter | 95 |
The Devils Drug | 103 |
Continuing Care | 114 |
Chapter | 117 |
Two Ways I Stay Sober | 124 |
Resources | 137 |
Chapter | 75 |
Common terms and phrases
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