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Stable recovery : how horses transform homeless men into horsemen / Ken Snyder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snyder, Ken, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horses--Therapeutic use.
- Horses.
- Homeless persons--Mental health services.
- Homeless persons.
- Drug addicts--Rehabilitation.
- Drug addicts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 184 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 2026.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: The story of stable recovery
- The legacy of Joe Taylor
- Horses and the "it factor"
- Basement epiphanies and giving back
- Homelessness and nights on a riverbank
- "Going terrible" and the turning point
- Hummingbird Lane and Preston House
- Nobody's leaving
- The few. The proud. The desperate.
- And then there are the heroes
- The spiritual and the science
- Part 2: From homeless to horsemen
- "A hand of cards that I could finally play"
- "Stay right vertically and everything horizontally will be okay"
- The gift of desperation
- A kind eye
- "Are you out?"
- Horses and a higher power
- Re-up or rehab
- Five deaths plus his own
- Suspended. Surviving. Sober.
- A perfect storm and survival
- Kisses and connections
- The end of "everlasting"
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Where are they now?
- About the author
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781626712270 (electronic bk.)
- 1626712271 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033255568
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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