To hell and back: Excessive drug use, Addiction, and the process of recovery in mainstream rock autobiographies

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-154

  Oksanen, Atte ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Excessive appetites; Narrative theory; Narratives; Popular culture; Recovery; Rock music

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CULTURE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84855505599     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.637441     Document Type: Article

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