The Four Contemplations of the Semde: Transcription of the Oral Teachings Given in Nea Macri (Greece), December 1986

Transcription of the oral teachings given by Chogyal Nakhai Norbu. Description of meditative states of mind in in the tibetan buddhist tradition . Rachael Keogh was catapulted into the public consciousness when a shocking image of her needle-ravaged arms – skin burnt from injecting heroin into her wasted veins – made front pages around the country. Desperate for help, she made a public appeal to secure one of just 27 detox beds in Ireland so that she could reclaim her life from the drugs that had consumed it. What followed was an extraordinary story of grit and determination as she embarked on her recovery journey. Dying to Survive is Rachael's classic, bestselling addiction memoir, now with a new introduction reflecting on her struggles with relapse and what has changed about the drugs culture in Ireland.'The best book by far about the drugs explosion in Dublin'Irish Independent'This book should be on the school curriculum'Evening Echo'This is an incredible story, told completely straight – no sensationalism, no self-pity and plenty of wicked humour thrown in. Gripping, extraordinary and so shocking you have to keep reminding yourself that this really happens – this is one all teenagers and parents should read.'Evening Echo'Through sheer grit and determination, Rachael pulled herself out of the hell she was living in ... what an achievement. She is an inspiration.'Alison O'Reilly, Mail on Sunday Her addiction to the drug took her to a place about as low as a person can go. She had grown up in Ballymun and had, like many others, succumbed to the lure of drugs during her teenage years. This is Rachael Keogh's own story written in her own words. She is now thirty, a student of psychotherapy, and an attractive and optimistic young woman. Her story is a remarkable account of recovery from the very edge of personal destruction. It is a heart-lifting story of human redemption In her early twenties, Rachael Keogh was a desperate heroin addict.Her addiction to the drug took her to a place about as low as a person can go. She had grown up in Ballymun in difficult family circumstances and had, like many others, succumbed to the lure of drugs during her teenage years. Heroin nearly killed her. Rachael Keogh grew up a resident of Ballymun in Dublin, Ireland. In her teens, she succumbed to the lure of drugs, eventually becoming a heroin addict. This memoir recounts the horrors of her addiction and her eventual rehabilitation and recovery