Iwant : my journey from addiction and overconsumption to a simpler, honest life / Jane Velez-Mitchell.
By: Velez-Mitchell, Jane.
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BookPublisher: Deerfield Beach, FL : Health Communications, c2009Description: xx, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780757313714 (trade); 075731371X (trade).Other title: I want.Subject(s): Velez-Mitchell, Jane | Velez-Mitchell, Jane -- Philosophy | Women television journalists -- United States -- Biography | Television journalists -- United States -- Biography | Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography | Conduct of life | Lifestyles -- United States -- Case studies | Alcoholism -- United States -- Case studies | Compulsive behavior -- United States -- Case studies | Velez-Mitchell, Jane | Women television journalists -- Biography | Television journalists -- Biography | Recovering addicts -- Biography | Conduct of life | Lifestyles -- United States -- Case studies | Alcoholism -- United States -- Case studies | Compulsive behavior -- Case studiesDDC classification: 070/.92 The author relates how her experiences trying to overcome addictions has helped her be more self-aware, embrace her ethnic identity, and accept her sexual orientation.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : I want my experiences to serve a purpose -- Growing up : I want to fit in -- Career : I want to be somebody -- Therapy : I want to be myself -- Sobriety : I want to stop boozing -- Veganism/animal activism : I want tomake a difference -- Coming out as gay : I want to be in love -- Workaholism : I want to stop being a slave -- Addiction hopping : I want to stop eating compulsively -- Codependency : I want to be enough -- Overconsumption : I want to stop buying -- Environmentalism : I want to save my world -- Into action : I want you to join me.
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