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Book Review: Alive! By Eileen P. DeClemente

This is a powerful book, and also a very sad
one.Eventually Eileen, as every addict does,
crashed hard. One last seizure, one last
I run a Computer Lab, we offer free classes,abuse of her position as mother and wife, and
and we offer free internet access. It isone last realization that she had taken the
based in a large homeless shelter, probablywrong  path.
the largest shelter in North America, we
offer beds to over 1,100 people every night.Recovery is not easy, physical dependency
Who are these people? Well some recentcreates physical and mental problems. We
surveys show that approximately 1/3 areglibly refer to 'withdrawal symptoms,' they
addicts, booze, drugs, or gambling. Another 1are not just symptoms, they are facts, they
3 suffer from some kind of mental healthare  a  bone  crushing  reality.
issue, and the vast majority of all of the
people involved have some kind of anti socialIt is estimated that 30% of people living in
tendencies.the US either are addicts, or know an addict.
Alive! should be on every high schools
I was intrigued by Eileen DeClemente's book,reading curriculum, it reveals the story from
it hit close to home. Yesterday, I had athe  inside  out.
client go into seizure in the lab, while it
is not an everyday occurrence, it is notEileen was one of the lucky ones, at age 34
something that is rare. The first time Ishe woke up, but years of addiction have
witnessed a seizure I was horrified. Thetaken their toll. She is now 55 and diagnosed
brain short circuits, the victim literallywith Alzheimer's, and she freely admits that
freezes, crashes to the floor, and oftenit  is  likely  a  result  of her addictions.
twitches and convulses. It is not a pretty
sight.This book is written from the heart, and
includes letters from Eileen's two daughters
In Alive! A Courageous Story Of Addiction,and her pharmacist as well as facts about
True Love, and Forgiveness Eileen DeClementeaddiction and recovery - for addicts and
tells her life story of addiction andtheir families. Topics include: growing up in
recovery. It is not a pretty story. Eileena dysfunctional home; coping mechanisms;
started with booze at the tender age of 11,making better choices; relationships,
as an adult she added prescription drugs, andfriendship, significant others and family
street drugs. At one point her daily intakedynamics; parenting, healing, forgiving and
was in the region of 90 pills, a bottleloving unconditionally; seeking help and not
vodka,  and  a  couple  of  cases  of  beer.being  afraid.
The problem is, the more you do, the harderThis is a book that I plan on recommending to
it is to get the high, and Eileen was themy co-workers, and a book that I recommend
expert. The highs became less and less, ineveryone should read. You can get your own
fact the highs went away, she needed to "use"copy from Amazon, and you can also get more
just  to  maintain.information from Eileen's web site.



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