Act Addiction

It was a Friday evening in May when seventeen-year-old Robin Xavier left his childhood home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with nothing but a guitar, a stolen credit card, fifty-two ounces of beer, $67.42, fourteen cigarettes, two disposable lighters, two grams of cocaine, one photograph, and a tooth. A raw and unapologetic coming-of-age story, BirdSong follows the journey of seventeen-year-old Robin Xavier from world-class nobody to world-famous rock star. Coming from an abusive childhood home, Robin’s mental and physical scars haunt him incessantly, and the only relief he can find is in a ...

This "blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) paints a riveting, cathartic story about love addiction and what it does to us.Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him? In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic...

The term' spiritual malady,' currently used in addiction circles, refers to an inability to regulate emotions, feelings of emptiness and unworthiness, unstable self-image, self-destructive behaviors, self-harm, anxiety, depression, anger, and isolation. The spiritual malady is precisely what the Buddha referred to as Dukkha or the human condition of suffering twenty-five centuries ago. The spiritual malady also refers to the same human condition that poets, priests, and philosophers have called attention to throughout recorded history. Ignorance or not seeing that we are caught in the human...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE Winner of the 2025 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction “The rarest of things, an authentically tender portrait...

Reclaim your joy and thrive through the storms of life when you find your strength in God. The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life is so easily lost in the pace and demands of modern life. Join New York Times bestselling author...

God can use you to change the world…right where you are. Join Jeannie Marie, bestselling author and advocate for global outreach, as she teaches you how to follow Jesus to the nations in your neighborhood and around the world. In the middle of diapers, dishes, papers, or presentations, deep...

If you want to live free from the shackles of your thoughts and emotions but feel constantly overwhelmed by negativity and stress, keep reading. Are you tired of feeling trapped by your own mind? Have you tried endless solutions with no lasting success? Do you want to break the cycle of emotional suffering and find a path that truly works for you? If so, you’re in the right place. Achieving mental freedom and emotional resilience doesn’t have to be difficult, even if other therapy techniques, self-help books, or wellness strategies have failed.

This is not a bisexual romance. This is not a coming-of-age story. This is not a family drama. This is not a cautionary tale. This is Jake’s Nightmare. When 16-year-old Jacob “Chubby Cubby” Nightingale runs away from his upper-middle-class home in Terrace Park, he thinks he’s fled his worst demons. What he doesn’t know is he hasn’t even faced them yet. Follow Jacob from teen runaway to teen heartthrob fronting a successful metal band, and the subsequent rise and fall of alter ego Jake Nightmare. You fell for him in Cayman Island. You felt for him in Nightingale. Now, fear for ...

Your favorite angsty rock star anti hero is back. Raven Xerces is getting married! As soon as something goes bad for you, you’ll be right back to using. I know you. When the going gets tough, Raven Xerces gets wasted. Raven Xerces is getting married. Finally clean after a lifetime of substance abuse, Raven is quickly learning that perhaps he was better off on the drugs. Meet the Parents meets Welcome to my Panic, Hell’s Bells is the story within the story, the missing piece between where Raven Song ended and its epilogue. How did Raven and Stanzie go from newly reunited soulmates to a ...

In CJ Tate's captivating novel, "The Hilton Sisters: Heartstrings and Husbands," the Hilton sisters, Kamry, Kathryn, Kayenne, and Kailey, embark on a remarkable journey of self-discovery, love, and empowerment. Born into a dysfunctional family, each sister faces unique challenges as they strive to break free from their troubled pasts. Kamry's misguided marriage sets the stage for a rollercoaster of emotions, as she navigates the complexities of love and self-worth. Kathryn's escape from an abusive marriage leads her to Marcel, a man who helps her find true love and the courage to heal her ...

How a Nineteenth Century Georgia Farm Boy Because a Manhattan based National Authority on Alcohol and Drug Treatment. Charles B. Towns founded a hospital named after him in 1909 facing Central Park in New York City. His hospital specialized the medical treatment of alcohol and drug addiction using a methodology that was thought of as state of the art in those times. It catered to the rich and famous and featured privacy and confidentiality. In the hospital's 25th year Bill Wilson was to experience a "white light experience," which changed his life and led him to be a co-founder of ...

Do you feel that your social networks occupy all your time? Do you want to get your real life back? Do you want to learn how to use your social networks profitably? You will find the solution to these questions in this book. NO LONGER LIKE ME is an effective and precise manual on what you have to do to make social networks stop managing your life. To be able to use them in a productive, profitable and healthy way for your mind and your pocket. SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION is a diary in which the author tells you the real feelings during the six months that he was disconnected from all social ...

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, and requires covered employers provide health plans to cover mental health services and substance abuse on the same basis as physical conditions.