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“jocelyn patten”

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  • Love and Theft A Memoir of Mental Illness

    by Jocelyn Patten ...
    With Love and Theft: A Memoir of Mental Illness, I am joining others in tackling the stigma that surrounds mental illness. I write about depression, mania, psychosis, and anxiety—topics so many people understand, whether through the struggles of a friend or family member, or their own personal experience. My story begins innocently enough with a high school fear of public speaking, and picks up ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

    by Catherine Gray ...
    Series series The Unexpected Joy Of
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Not remotely preachy' - The Times'Jaunty, shrewd and convincing' - Sunday Telegraph'Admirably honest, light, bubbly and remarkably rarely annoying.' - Alice O'Keeffe, Guardian'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire</strong... ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Journal

    by Catherine Gray ...
    Series series The Unexpected Joy Of
    The guided sobriety journalEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th?Think there's 'no point' in just one drink?Welcome!Quitting drinking, whether for a month or for life, is enormously satisfying, but also fiendishly difficult.-There's the getting started ('But I have that party next week!')-There's the feeling clenched and socially anxious.-Throw in a sizeable ... Read more

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  • Anxiety for Beginners

    How It Feels to Live With Anxiety and How To Make The Best Of It

    by Eleanor Morgan ...
    When Eleanor Morgan published a first-person account of her struggles with anxiety as part of the online series the VICE Guide to Mental Health, the response was staggering. Within four days, the article was read by five million people in fifteen countries, prompted tens of thousands of reader responses and was endorsed by numerous high-profile celebrities, including Caitlin Moran.In Anxiety for ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Wasted

    An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System

    by Michael Pond, Maureen Palmer ...
    Psychotherapist Michael Pond is no stranger to the devastating consequences of alcoholism. He has helped hundreds of people conquer their addictions, but this knowledge did not prevent his own near-demise. In this riveting memoir, he recounts how he lost his practice, his home, and his family-all because of his drinking. After scores of visits to the ER, a tour of hellish recovery homes, a stint ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sunshine Warm Sober

    The unexpected joy of being sober – forever

    by Catherine Gray ...
    The long-awaited sequel to THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF BEING SOBER'Exquisite' - Fearne Cotton, Happy Place'A paean to the longer-term pleasures of staying booze-free' - The Guardian'The kind of book that changes lives, and very possibly saves them' - The Lancet Psychiatry'A reflective, raw and riveting read. A beautiful book on what it takes to... ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

    How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

    by Tania Glyde ...
    Imagine not drinking a bottle of wine before making a pass; not moving in like a starving cat when someone is at the bar; not apologising for something you don't remember doing. Once upon a time, Tania Glyde couldn't imagine living any other way. She wondered whether she had a problem, but so many people drank more and as a clock-watching 6pm-er who hardly ever threw up in public, by general ... Read more

    $13.29 CAD

  • Where Does it Hurt?

    The hilarious and moving sequel to the bestselling Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by the Daily Mail's 'Mind Doctor'

    by Max Pemberton ...
    The junior doctor is back. Now in his second year, he's working on the streets for the Phoenix Outreach Project. But has his first year in a hospital prepared him for it . . .?'Treats a grim subject with warmth and self-deprecating good humour . . . equally enlightening sequel' - Daily MailMax is into his second year of medicine, but this time he is out of the wards and onto the streets. Fuelled ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Growing Up Disabled in Australia

    Edited by Carly Findlay ...
    A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough‘My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it?’‘I didn’t grow up disabled; I grew up with a problem. A problem that those around me wanted to fix.’‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’‘The diagnosis helped but it ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Bipolar Journals

    by An Anonymous Sufferer ...
    Bipolar Journals is a series of journal entries from a girl with Bipolar Disorder II. The entries explain what it is like to face stigmas of mental illness and derogatory images that the media paint in the minds of her peers. It describes how Bipolar Disorder disrupts her emotions and her functionality.Bipolar Journals is published anonymously by a girl who might just be in your community. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Boy

    A Doctor's Journey with Addiction

    by Grant Matheson ...
    Before opioids destroyed Grant Matheson's career, he was a pillar of his community. Respected physician, loving husband, devoted father, and trusted friend. Grant was a straight-laced kid who grew up to be a clean-living adult. No drinking, no smoking, and certainly no drugs. It took everyone by surprise, most of all himself, when he became addicted to narcotics in his 30s. His story hit local ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • A Real Boy

    How Autism Shattered Our Lives - and Made a Family from the Pieces

    by Christopher Stevens, Nicola Stevens ...
    With raw honesty, Christopher and Nicola Stevens lay bare their experiences, which are by turns harrowing, hilarious, and inspirational.Autism is often depicted as a lonely affliction but, as David's story unfolds, his parents reveal how the condition has given them an unbreakable togetherness; an insight into prejudice, as well as kindness; an understanding of life without words or language; and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook