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Loss of innocence : a family's journey with meth / Ronald B. Clem and Carren LeAnn Clem.
Van Pelt Library HV5805.C5155 C59 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clem, Ronald B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clem, Ronald B--Family.
- Clem, Ronald B.
- Clem, Carren LeAnn--Health.
- Clem, Carren LeAnn.
- Drug addicts--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Drug addicts.
- Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--California--Los Angeles.
- Parents of drug addicts--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Parents of drug addicts.
- Drug addicts--Rehabilitation.
- Health.
- Families.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Virgin, 2007.
- Summary:
- The Clems were a family living the American dream until their fifteen-year old daughter, Carren became addicted to Meth. Within two months of first taking the highly addictive drug, Carren had moved out of the family home, spent her entire savings on Meth and resorted to stealing, dealing and prostitution to pay for her habit."Loss of Innocence" is told both from Carren's perspective and from the perspective of her father Ron. A former LA police officer, Rob describes how he went back to being a cop to try to rescue his daughter. Having sold their home and cars to pay for a $100,000 treatment and recovery program for Carren, the Clems' daughter is alive, clean and sober and "Loss of Innocence" is the family's opportunity to prove that there is life after drug addiction.
- Contents:
- 1 The Preamble to Parenting 1
- 2 Move to Paradise 13
- 3 My Family, My Life, the Growing Years 19
- 4 New Found Independence 27
- 5 The Big Kids' School 33
- 6 Second Chance 39
- 7 My New Best Friend 45
- 8 Meth in Our Home 53
- 9 Jane Doe 61
- 10 Family Effects 67
- 11 What's a Mother To Do? 75
- 12 Red 83
- 13 Hitting Bottom 87
- 14 Death: Her Only Choice 99
- 15 The Road to Recovery 105
- 16 Life After Meth 109
- 17 A Trip Too Far 121
- 18 The Making of a Whole and Healthy Family 127
- 19 Treatment: Life in Jamaica 133
- 20 Family Reunion 149
- 21 In Waiting 153
- 22 Teens in Crisis: For Parents Only 157
- 23 For Kids Only 167
- 24 Meth Back in Our Home: The Dower factor 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212).
- ISBN:
- 9780753511596
- 0753511592
- 9781822273569
- 9781852273569
- 1852273569
- OCLC:
- 76851886
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