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19. Although statistics prove differently, one statement in the book referred to teens feeling like nothing bad will happen to them if they try alcohol or drugs. This seems to be true because of the fact that the adolescent brain is not developed enough to understand the consequences of life-threatening situations. How was this true with Lauren?
20. The genetic predisposition for addiction was highly visible in Karen and Lauren’s family. Do you feel that the recovery work this family has done may impact future generations? Is there a history of addiction in your own family that should be explored?
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ADDICTED LIKE ME
Copyright © 2009 by Karen Franklin and Lauren King
Published by
Seal Press
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
1700 Fourth Street
Berkeley, California
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Franklin, Karen, 1955
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-580-05318-1
HV4998.F73 2009
362.29092’273—dc22
[B]
2009004843
Distributed by Publishers Group West
To respect the privacy of individuals mentioned in the book, the authors have changed some names.