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    Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment
    Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment
    Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment
    Audiobook8 hours

    Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment

    Written by Jenny Valentish

    Narrated by Imogen Wilde

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    About this audiobook

    Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Mining the expertise of leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity. Drawing on neuroscience, she explains why other self-destructive behaviours – such as eating disorders and high-risk sex – are interchangeable with substance use. Valentish follows the pathways that women take into addiction – and out again. Woman of Substances is a rigorous and brutally honest read.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJun 1, 2017
    ISBN9781510069848
    Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment
    Author

    Jenny Valentish

    Jenny Valentish is an author and journalist who has written for The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Paper, Vice, and Rolling Stone. She is the author of Cherry Bomb, a novel set in the music industry, and the research-memoir Woman of Substances, the coeditor of the anthology Your Mother Would Be Proud, and the creator of two blogs, New Age Guinea Pig and Hey Man, Now You're Really Living. Valentish is a board director of SMART Recovery Australia and has acted in consultancy and ambassador roles in the drug and alcohol field. Previously, she served as editor of Time Out (Melbourne) and Triple J's Jmag, worked as a music publicist and freelance writer, interviewing rock stars from Jack White to Joan Jett, and was a board member for The Push, a nonprofit music organization that connects young people to the music industry. She has taught memoir and nonfiction writing at universities, to drug and alcohol workers, and to writing organizations. Raised in the outskirts of London, England, Jenny currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.

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