Clean, David Sheff
Clean, David Sheff
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Clean
Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy

Author: David Sheff

Narrator: Jeff Cummings

Unabridged: 13 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2013

Synopsis

These facts are the foundation of Clean, a myth-shattering look at drug abuse by the author of Beautiful Boy. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, Clean is a leap beyond the traditional approaches to prevention and treatment of addiction and the mental illnesses that usually accompany it. The existing treatment system, including Twelve Step programs and rehabs, has helped some, but it has failed to help many more, and David Sheff explains why. He spent time with scores of scientists, doctors, counselors, and addicts and their families to learn how addiction works and what can effectively treat it. Clean offers clear, cogent counsel for parents and others who want to prevent drug problems and for addicts and their loved ones no matter what stage of the illness they’re in. But it is also a book for all of us — a powerful rethinking of the greatest public health challenge of our time.

About David Sheff

David Sheff is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy, an account of his struggle to save his son Nic from addiction. Sheff’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Playboy, Fortune, Rolling Stone, Outside, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and elsewhere. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on June 25, 2013

This was definitely one of the hardest books I've read this year, not because it was badly written but because the subject matter was very personal and not at all comforting like I hoped it would be. I'm not going to go into details in this book review but those of you who know me, know why I find t......more

Goodreads review by Lorianne on July 22, 2013

I’ve recently finished David Sheff’s Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy, which I found a bit disappointing. My expectations were probably too high, as Sheff’s Beautiful Boy—a memoir of his son’s meth addiction—was both heartbreaking and hauntingly human. It’s clear tha......more

Goodreads review by Larry on February 06, 2017

If you're looking for a good book with an overview of drug and alcohol addiction you should probably keep on looking because I don't think this is the book. What do you will get from this book is that addiction is a disease not a moral deficiency. If you Artie think that read no further. The other t......more

Goodreads review by Kalem on October 30, 2014

"Clean" is David Sheff's prescription for ending the addiction crisis in America. He explores the state of the research through interviews with recovering and active addicts, family members, researchers and service providers and explores failings in the system in educating consumers and providers, a......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on July 15, 2013

It was so refreshing to read a very well-written book that actually agrees with my specific thoughts on substance abuse. I have been constantly told that people who do substance abuse are just selfish and could stop if they really wanted to or that we should just legalize every drug that there is. P......more

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