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"Let Me Count the Ways" is the memoir of a journey into obsessive-compulsive disorder, a mechanism to survive a childhood filled with pain, violence, and unpredictability. Tomás Morín's compulsions are a way to hold onto his love for his family in uncertain times, until OCD becomes a prison he will struggle to escape for decades"--
445) Cashing in
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In the three years since her father's death, Arizona eighteen-year-old Regina has loaned her mother thousands of dollars to cover her compulsive spending and gambling, while coping with her own stress by overeating, but when her mother wins the lottery, Reg hopes their troubles are over.
447) Teens and addiction
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Addictions is often about being emotionally dependent on a substance as it is about being chemically depending. The users see the dependence on drugs or alcohol as a way of coping, but when the high wears off the problems are still there, and the false sense of hope is gone. Gordon examines the negative impact addiction has on the body, and explains the types of treatment available as well as the varying chances for recovery. -- adapted from introduction...
450) Double Felix
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Eleven-year-old Felix Twain's life revolves around the number two. He skips every second step when he takes the stairs, taps door handles twice and positions objects in pairs. The problem has become so bad that Felix is on the verge of being expelled from school because the principal has had enough of trying to run the school around his very specific rules. Then Charlie Pye arrives and turns Felix's world upside down. She's grown up with very few...
452) Oreimo
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Oreimo. Kuroneko volume 1
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After discovering his fourteen-year-old sister Kirino's obsession with naughty video games and fantasy anime, seventeen-year-old Kyousuke suddenly finds himself forced to protect her secret.
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Korean edition of [Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence] by Anna Lembke. Instant New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller. Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain and what to do about it. Korean edition translated by Kim Du Wan.
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Admitting you're a drug addict or alcoholic can be difficult, but when it comes to pornography addiction, the pain of betrayal can hit the addict's partner worse than the addict himself. Difficult questions come rushing: Does he look at this stuff because I'm not enough? Was he like this when I first met him? Is this God trying to test me? What kind of help is available for him? Am I just supposed to stay here and deal with this? With He's a Porn...
456) Creep con
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"Cosplay is fun-- until it becomes an obsession. Feeling like an outsider in a new city and at a new school, Mariam is happy to meet another girl who loves comic-book superheroes as much as she does. Together, the girls plan their costumes for the big fan convention-- Mariam as the smart and practical schoolgirl Haruhi, and Tya in the more revealing costume of the superhero Black Rock Shooter. At the convention, Mariam meets Rick, who is playing the...
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Requiem for a dream: Harry and his best friend, Tyrone, are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY. Harry's girlfriend, Marion, is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Harry's mother, Sara, spends her days watching television and wants to lose weight to go on a game show. She visits a sleazy doctor who prescribes her amphetamines and soon Sara has a drug habit of her own.
[Pi]: A brilliant mathematician...
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