PAINKILLER ADDICT

Book ID/图书代码： 07980012B57930

English Summary/英文概要： Cathryn Kemp was a successful travel journalist who was struck down by a life-threatening illness. After four years of operations and mis-diagnoses she left hospital with a repeat prescription for fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times stronger than heroin. Within two years she was taking more than ten times the NHS maximum, all on prescription. Her family struggled to understand; her boyfriend left her, she hit rock bottom. Discovering she had only six months to live if she didn’t give up the drugs she sold everything she owned and checked into rehab. In the treatment centre she was told that she was unlikely to recover from ’the highest level of opiate-abuse in the clinic’s history’. To everyone’s amazement, she proved them wrong. This is an extraordinarily poignant, vivid and honest memoir. Based on the twenty-four diaries that the author kept during this period, we travel with Cathryn through her hospital agony, descend with her into the hell of addiction and cheer her as she pulls herself out and upwards. It is a love story, a horror story, a survival story, and one that shows only too clearly the very real dangers of the over-prescription of painkillers and tranquillisers. There will also be a resource section for sufferers and their loved ones. Show More Show Less

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 凯瑟琳-坎普曾是一位疾病缠身的名记。经过四年的手术和误诊，她为了镇痛寻求芬太尼，一种比海洛因药性还要强上100倍的止疼药，往返于医院不停地开着处方药剂。在两年之内她所有的处方，是最大剂量的英国国民健康保险制度规定的NHS十倍以上。她的家人无法理解她；男友弃她而去，她的生活也因此跌入了谷底。如果不是她放弃这些止疼药片，住进戒毒疗养中心，她不会被检查出只有6个月的生命期限。在治疗中心，她被告知不可能恢复到正常值，也就是‘诊所历史上滥用阿片类药物的最够高水平’。但让每个人感到惊奇的是，这位毅力坚强的名记用自身的实际行动向外界证明他们都错了。这是一部令人震撼的，生动的真实回忆录。源自作者本人在这段艰难戒毒过程中的24篇日记，读者仿佛与凯瑟琳一同经历了戒毒的痛苦过程，目睹着她挣扎于地狱般毒瘾发作的痛苦经历，最终为她终于能摆脱药瘾而感到庆幸。这是一个关于爱、恐惧、和生存的故事，凯瑟琳清楚地向受众群体显示了这类处方止疼药和镇静剂的真正危害。这个真实的故事也是给那些沉沦于止疼片患者们极其家属们的一份最好的参考读物。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Seeringly honest and courageous, an absolutely brilliantly written book about the descent into painkiller addiction that can so easily occur when someone is dealing with unbearable physical and emotional pain. This book should be read by every doctor and mental health practitioner for its unwavering insights into the psychology of addiction. A brave, heartfelt and extraordinary book (Corinne Sweet, author of Overcoming Addiction, psychologist and broadcaster )

A brilliantly written book . . . It’s not only an inspirational addiction recovery story but also a deeply moving book about recovering from loss on many levels - health, love, independence, career, dignity, trust, optimism . . . Cathryn’s story gripped me at gut level from page one (Gael Lindenfield )

Compelling and highly topical (Bookseller )

Frankly written, Kemp’s courageous memior will help those dealing with an addict, or with addiction itself. (Big Issue (North) )

About the Author/作者介绍： Cathryn Kemp is a journalist and travel writer. She was a journalist for The People, News of the World, The Sunday Mirror and the Mirror for seven years before falling ill practically overnight in 2004. She has written several Lonely Planet books, including Romania and Moldov; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; Eastern Europe and Europe on a Shoestring.

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