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Why Sports Parents Sometimes Behave So Badly

By Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi — 2018

Youth sports organizations are increasingly reporting scenarios in which parents yell, threaten or physically assault coaches, referees, players or other parents.

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Nowhere to Run: Discovering Your True Self in the Midst of an Addiction

Nowhere to Run is a daring memoir illustrating the wonderful highs of Wisconsin Badger football coupled with the dreadful depths of addiction. This classic tale of man’s internal struggle leads Montee Ball down a path where he is met with an undeniable and heartbreaking truth.

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Montee Ball
2021
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Athlete on Oxy: One Woman’s Journey Through Chronic Pain, Depression, Addiction and Back Again

For the first thirty-five years of my life, I thought I was unstoppable, believing that my hard work, focus and passion could carry me through anything. I had an amazing, flexible job, a loving husband, a powerful, strong body and lived in one of the most beautiful places in the world.

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Erin Johnson
2021
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From Drug Addiction to Grocery Store Clerk to NFL Star: Darren Waller’s Incredible Journey

Darren Waller is one of the NFL’s best tight ends. His “cheat code” to playing at a high level? Sobriety. He’s a survivor of an addiction that nearly cost him everything.

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2020
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The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery

In this revelatory and original book, award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.

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Thad Ziolkowski
2025
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Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear

In Changing Course, the best-selling sequel to It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black extends a helping hand to individuals working their way through the painful experience of being raised with addiction.

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Claudia Black
2025
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Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction

“What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?” Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery.

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David Sheff
2009
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Holidays & Addiction Recovery: How to Handle a Relapse

Recovery from addiction is tough, but can be even tougher during the holidays. In this MedCircle discussion, host Kyle Kittleson interviews certified ICF life coach Andrea Arlington on how to handle a relapse during the holidays.

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2019
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Parenting through Your Adult Child's Addiction: Making Sense of Treatment, Aftercare, and Recovery Recommendations

A resource for anyone dealing with family members or friends who are going through the process of addiction recovery. No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks.

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Ginny H. Mills
2019
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How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food

Parents are the first to know when their child starts behaving differently.

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Casey Crosbie, Wendy Sterling
2018
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