books by Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis (slaying disease america)

books by Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis

books:

The Addiction Monster and the Square Cat

1 review
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis

Dadivan Books, 2008

Finally! A book about addiction geared toward Tweens
This book is geared toward children ages 10 and up. Sadly, we need to reach our children at younger and younger ages, to try to get to them and educate them about drugs and addiction before they fall victim to what I call the Addiction Monster. This book is easy to read and is a fictionalized version of the death of a wonderful young man and others who succumbed to the disease of addiction. ...

I Am Your Disease: The Many Faces of Addiction

31 reviews
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis, Heiko Ganzer

Outskirts Press, 2006

As valuable as any clinical text.
As a Clinical Social Worker, I recommend this book be mandatory for any professional in the field. This book goes beyond a scientific understanding of substance abuse, beyond treatment methods and beyond clinical strategy. It explores substance abuse from the viewpoint of the mother or the family member who has lost a loved one. It reminds us that a life lost to substance abuse is a life ...

Slaying the Addiction Monster: An All-Inclusive Look at Drug Addiction in America Today

1 review
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis

BookSurge Publishing, 2008

Living with an addicted person? Then this book is for you.
Slaying the Addiction Monster is filled with information including the latest scientific research by leading addiction researchers, information on how to perform an intervention, information on the teen brain (yes they really are different from us)how to tell if you're an enabler, signs to look for if you suspect your child is using drugs. There is also heartfelt advice from parents who have been ...