RESOURCES:
The Big Book, online version (AA)
Baby on Bored (Stefanie Wilder-Taylor’s blog)
The Fix: Addiction & Recovery, Straight Up
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Psychology Today blog: The High-Functioning Alcoholic
MEMOIRS:
At Home in the World, by Joyce Maynard
Drinking: A Love Story, by Caroline Knapp
Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America, by Carolyn See
Hungry Hill: A Memoir, by Carole O’Malley Gaunt
Mommy Doesn’t Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety, by Rachel Brownell
Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey From Grape to Glass, by Natalie MacLean
Slow Motion, by Dani Shapiro
Smashed, by Koren Zailckas
NONFICTION:
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times, edited by Sara Nickles, with Bob Shacochis
It Will Never Happen to Me, by Claudia Black
Love on the Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post World War II America, by Lori Rotskoff
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Professional Views and Personal Insights, by Sarah Allen Benton
NOVELS:
Rosie, by Anne Lamott
YOUNG ADULT NOVELS:
Love You, Hate You, Miss You, by Elizabeth Scott
A Room on Lorelei Street, by Mary Pearson
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Good Sunday Afternoon,
My publishing company just released a title called “Good Morning, Mr. Shappi”
It’s available as an iBook on iTunes, and as an eBook on Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com. The website for the book is GoodMorningMrShappi.com. Print books will be available on Amazon within a few weeks. And a nation wide release of Hardcover and Trade paperback will happen in early spring of 2012. The book is about a young woman, who, because of her addictions, is descending into darkness. Her friend keeps her connected to reality by asking her to send him an email every day, or as often as she can. His hope is that in doing so, she will remain linked to at least one person that loves her and is trying to support her, and also that documenting her addiction might help to reinforce how damaging her life is. She is prompted to start the emailing to her friend because of 9/11. She realized that her life is a wreck, and she doesn’t want to die with her life in such chaos. So she is willing to try anything to get to sobriety. Again, the books site is http://www.GoodMorningMrShappi.com. We would be happy to send you a print copy if you are interested.
Thanks, Erick Riley
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