Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again|Putting Broken Lives Together Again: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic - Softcover

Drew Pinsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060096551 ISBN 13: 9780060096557

Publisher: HarperPaperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work. From the sexually compulsive model to the BMW-driving soccer mom, Cracked exposes, in fast-moving, powerful vignettes, the true scope and severity of addiction, a nationwide epidemic.

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Synopsis:

When he's not hosting his wildly successful shows on MTV and the radio, Dr. Drew Pinsky spends his workday in a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting account, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. His accounts read like ER in book form-from the sexually compulsive model who alters between throwing objects around her room and shyly befriending other patients, to the girlish opiate addict who seems strangely calm during her withdrawal period because, as Pinsky soon discovers, she has been sneaking sex with a predatory male patient. At the center of all these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work.In fast-moving, gripping vignettes, this book reveals the extraordinary human toll addiction and other behavioural and psychological dysfunctions can take on patient and doctor alike - but also the extraordinary, life-affirming magic that each side can encounter on the road to recovery.

About the Author:

One of the most listened-to doctors in America, Dr. Drew Pinsky is a practicing physician who is board certified in internal and addiction medicine. He is the executive producer and host of the hit VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, and Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. On radio he is the host of the nationally syndicated program Loveline. He is the author of Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again and When Painkillers Become Dangerous. Pinsky lives in Southern California with his wife, Susan, and their teenage triplets.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperPaperbacks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060096551
• ISBN 13: 9780060096557
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288