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April is Alcohol Awareness Month |
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This Naked Mindby Annie GraceAims to help alcoholics change their relationship with drinking, showing the psychological and cultural aspects of alcoholism. |
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We Are the Luckiest : The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life by Laura MckowenSharing personal stories and struggles with sobriety, the author, through straight-talking chapters, addresses addiction, facing facts, the question of AA and other people’s drinking, while emphasizing the many blessings of an honest life. |
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by George S. McGovern
The former U.S. senator describes how, in 1994, his daughter was found dead in a parking lot after passing out drunk and freezing to death, offering an intensely personal account of one woman's addictions and a family's struggle to help her while not ruining themselves in the process. |
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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Manby Bill CleggThe author chronicles the dark secret life he led when, despite building for himself a respectable career as a literary agent, he embraced crack cocaine; went on a two-month binge; and lost his job, his home, and all his money. |
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Gutsby Kristen JohnstonThe two-time Emmy Award-winning actress best known for her appearances on 3rd Rock from the Sun traces the story of her career and the personal difficulties that challenged her life after 3rd Rock ended.
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A Million Little Pieces by James FreyA memoir of drug and alcohol abuse and the rehabilitation experience examines addiction and recovery through the eyes of a man who had taken his addictions to deadly extremes, describing the battle to confront the consequences of his life. |
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Hookedby Chloe Shantz-HilkesA collection of true stories about growing up with a family member suffering from an addiction.
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by Caroline Knapp
A journalist describes her twenty years as a functioning alcoholic, explaining how she used alcohol to escape the realities of life and personal relationships, until a series of personal crises forced her to confront her problem. |
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Blackoutby Sarah HepolaIn an unflinchingly honest memoir that is both hilarious and heartbreaking, the author shares her journey to sobriety, a new adventure she never wanted, after her drinking--which she once believed gave her confidence, intimacy and creativity--led to blackouts that drained her spirit and destroyed her life.
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