Rock Addiction

Molly Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her childhood and made her the focus of the media's harsh spotlight, she vowed to live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary Fox, a tattooed bad-boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin and a touch that could become an addiction.

Sarah Booth Delaney knows the perfect way to begin recovering from both the recent attack on Scott Hampton's blues club and her broken heart. She's going to host a Thanksgiving feast for all of her friends at her ancestral home in Zinnia, Mississippi. But one bitterly cold night, with the holiday just around the corner, Sarah Booth awakens to the insistent ring of her doorbell. She opens the door to find a newborn baby in a basket sitting on her front porch - and a pool of blood slowly seeping out from the basket.

Before We Treat, We Must Understand Staying Sober Is Hard Millions of people suffer from alcoholism, and most of them don't even know it. Or perhaps, they just can't admit it. If you or somebody you know is suffering from alcoholism, it is important to act immediately. The effect of alcohol on the body and mind is significant. Alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction are serious, potentially lethal conditions. When it comes to overcoming alcoholism and alcohol dependence, the hardest part is understanding why. Maybe we've heard the personal drug stories, maybe we've read the personal memoirs, ...

"Elvis Presley's Demonic Obsession: The Terrifying Truth About the King's Love of the Occult" is a fascinating and deeply researched exploration of the darker aspects of one of the most iconic figures in American popular culture. Authoritative and engaging, this book offers a unique glimpse into the mind of a man who was driven by a lifelong fascination with the supernatural and the occult. The book begins with a detailed exploration of Elvis's childhood and family background, including his early exposure to the Pentecostal church and its fiery preaching style. It then moves on to examine ...

Based on the principles behind "Steps Six and Seven", Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help listeners move forward in recovery.

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 ...

"Suspicious Minds: The Sinister Side of Elvis Presley" is a gripping exploration of the darker side of the King of Rock and Roll. From his tumultuous relationships with women to his fascination with the paranormal and the occult, this book exposes the untold story of Elvis Presley. Throughout the pages of this book, readers are taken on a journey into the underbelly of Elvis' life and legacy, exploring the rumors and controversies that have surrounded him for decades. Starting with his connections to organized crime and the mafia, the book delves into the FBI's investigation into Elvis' ...

"Elvis and the Revolution: A Cultural Icon in the 1960s" is a comprehensive exploration of Elvis Presley's impact on American society during one of the most transformative decades in history. The book examines Elvis's early life and rise to fame, his influence on music and fashion, his political activism, his film career, his relationships with women, and his legacy. The author delves into the cultural and political climate of the 1960s and how Elvis, as a figurehead of the counterculture movement, challenged social norms and contributed to civil rights causes. The book also highlights the ...

Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning mental health campaigner. She is also an alcoholic. In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic 20-year relationship with alcohol and drugs and explains exactly why hitting rock bottom - for her, a traumatic event and the abrupt realisation that she was putting herself in danger, time and again - saved her life.

"Janis: A Rock and Roll Soul" is a comprehensive and detailed biography of one of the most iconic and influential musicians of the 20th century. Through a combination of extensive research and interviews with friends, family members, and musical collaborators, the book offers a comprehensive and intimate portrait of Janis Joplin's life, career, and enduring legacy. The book is divided into 14 chapters that explore Janis's life from her early childhood in Texas to her untimely death at the age of 27. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of Janis's life, including her rise to fame with...

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 ...

Dr. Woititz, in her first, breakthrough book addresses the spouses of alcoholics who feel overwhelmed and desperate in their marriages. Her focus is to show that the boundaries of isolationism and depression that living with an alcoholic brings does not necessarily mean one cannot eventually find piece of mind - whether or not the alcoholic continues drinking. Marriage on the Rocks can show you the coping skills you deserve to have when alcoholism impacts your life.

Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery is the beginning of a wonderful change in your life. It is the pinnacle of change, and it will spark a whole new era that will make your life better. In any kind of recovery program for drug addiction and alcoholism, the first step is always about realization and acceptance. When you realize that you have a problem and accept the fact that you need help, you are more likely to recover from your addiction.

Sandy Beach of Washington DC. June 1976 at Palm Desert Roundup. Drop the Rock talk. Prefaced with Sandy Beach reading How it Works. Sandy Beach and the classic Drop the Rock talk. A very good AA talk that has been popular for decades. This talk was given at the same Roundup as Chuck Chamberlains New Pair of Glasses. This is a really good AA talk.

The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demons with a golf club. It started one day when Cooper was watching a Star Trek rerun between concerts, bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day habit. A friend dragged the rocker out of his room and suggested a round of golf. Cooper has been a self-confessed golf addict ever since.

Are you regularly using any type of opiate medication? Did your painkillers medication are consuming your life? Are you looking for the best way out of your opiate addiction? Discover in this book a step-by-step method to overcoming opiate addiction forever. Opiate addiction and dependence is one of the widespread problems that exists in today's society. It begins with the use of painkillers, whether illegal or legal, and then it leads toward serious consequences, which include death by overdose.

In the nineties, Ryan Dusick and his friends Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael dreamed about making it big . . . and against all odds, they did. This inside story recounts Maroon 5's founding and their road to becoming Grammy-winning megastars, told through the eyes of former drummer Ryan Dusick. He takes listeners behind the scenes of the band's meteoric rise to success—and the grueling demands that came with it—as well as his personal struggles with anxiety and addiction after his departure from the band.

Crack explains why, in a de-industrializing America in which market forces ruled and entrepreneurial risk-taking was celebrated, the crack industry was a lucrative enterprise for the "Horatio Alger boys" of their place and time. These young, predominately African American entrepreneurs were profit-sharing partners in a deviant, criminal form of economic globalization. Hip Hop artists often celebrated their exploits but overwhelmingly, Americans - across racial lines - did not. Crack takes a hard look at the dark side of late 20th-century capitalism.

Author Brandon Lee is a two-time Emmy winning journalist for his reporting on the opioid crisis. The irony is that Brandon was also a drug addict. Brandon’s trauma, however, started as a child when he was sexually abused by his piano teacher and youth soccer coach...It wasn’t until the age of 37 when he finally got the courage to break his silence about being a sex victim and how that trauma led him down a dark path of sex and drug addiction. Brandon’s mission is to give other addicts hope that they can build a new life they never thought possible.

Aspen Quick has never really worried about how he's affecting people when he steals from them. But this summer he'll discover just how strong the Quick family magic is - and how far they'll go to keep their secrets safe. With a smart, arrogant protagonist, a sinister family tradition, and an ending you won't see coming, this is a fast-paced, twisty story about power, addiction, and deciding what kind of person you want to be in a family that has the ability to control everything you are.