Alcoholism category: 580 books
Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through The First Year Of Sobriety
Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Part recovery, part self-help, and all real, raw stories of waking up for the sake of your self and your children, Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore follows one mother's journey from cocktail mama to sober mama. The loving mother of twins and a newborn, Brownell used alcohol to maintain a sense of...
Wake Up, Mummy
The heartbreaking true story of an abused little girl whose mother was too drunk to notice
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be swigging from a bottle? Or should I run upstairs and try to find somewhere to hide? It was a choice I didn't really need...
by Michelle Lisa Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Happiness, peace and joy if he gets sober or not. Top 25 questions answered for women who love an alcoholic or substance abuser.
Dry
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the New York Times bestselling book that has sold over half a million copies in paperback.
"I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the First. When he'd come home from work and Samantha would say, ‘Darren, would you like...
The Language of Letting Go
Daily Meditations on Codependency
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2009
Written for those of us who struggle with codependency, these daily meditations offer growth and renewal, and remind us that the best thing we can do is take responsibility for our own self-care.
Melody Beattie integrates her own life experiences and fundamental recovery reflections in this...
Blackout
Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century...
by Devin Nerison
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
What happens when you are diagnosed with a brain tumor at twelve years old? How to escape a Mexican shoot-out on a hot tin roof? And how does one rescue a fish from a Bangkok wet market? Find out in Devin Nerison's "A Search for Life." Follow the author through exotic locations and share...
by Dan Griffin, M.A.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
A fresh interpretation of the healing process established by the Twelve Steps, with an eye toward the social, cultural, and psychological factors that affect men--and thus their recovery from addiction.
In A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps, author Dan Griffin uses interviews with men in...
Bad Dog
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
(A true story.)
Meet Hola. She’s a nightmare, but it’s not her fault if she tackles strangers and chews on furniture, or if she runs after buses and fried chicken containers and drug dealers. No one ever told her not to. Worse yet, she scares her family. Hola may be the most beautiful Bernese...
Writers On The Edge
22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Writers On The Edge offers a range of essays, memoirs and poetry written by major contemporary authors who bring fresh insight into the dark world of addiction, from drugs and alcohol, to sex, gambling and food. Editors Diana Raab and James Brown have assembled an array of talented and courageous...
Guts
The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The New York Times bestseller—a harrowing and hysterical memoir by the two-time Emmy Award-winning actress from the hit television show 3rd Rock from the Sun.
“It felt like I was speeding on the Autobahn toward hell, trapped inside a DeLorean with no brakes. And even if I couldsomehow stop,...
Still Standing
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
The long-awaited, inspiring autobiography from Kerry Katona. Updated for the paperback.
Kerry Katona has been one of the most talked about celebrities of the last 12 years. Since bursting on the scene in 2000 with girl-band Atomic Kitten, her turbulent life has made her the subject of thousands...
Second Chances : Top Executives Share Their Stories of Addiction & Recovery: Top Executives Share Their Stories of Addiction & Recovery
Top Executives Share Their Stories of Addiction & Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2009
Inspiring true stories of recovery from the high-pressure world of business
They reached the pinnacle of their careers in spite of-or sometimes because of-substance abuse. They struggled with sobriety while striving for success, often risking their professional lives on the road to recovery....
by Frank J. Alessi
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
The only reason this book was possible is due to Amherst Drug Court, Horizon Village and the support from my family. I would like to thank the drug court staff, judge Mark Farrell, all my counselors, Resident Assistants, family and peers from Horizon Village. To start, Amherst Drug Court for not just...