It is 1936, and on the East side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge.-Back cover.

"This is a work for the couple that drinks too much-a guide to getting sober, strengthening relationships, and living a life of mindful sobriety"--

Chronicles the emotional war between Irene America, a beautiful, introspective woman of Native American ancestry, struggling to finish her dissertation while raising three children, and her husband Gil, a painter whose reputation is built on a series of now iconic portraits of Irene.

"It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans. Their reunion sets her own life down a startling path. Vivid, tender, darkly funny, and beautifully rendered, The Five Wounds spans the...

"The New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day and After Her returns with a poignant story about the true meaning, and the true price, of friendship. Drinking cost Helen her marriage and custody of her seven-year-old son, Ollie. Once an aspiring art photographer, she now makes ends meet taking portraits of school children and working for a caterer. Recovering from her addiction, she spends lonely evenings checking out profiles on an online dating...

"This is the second edition of a book written by a psychologist with many years' experience in counseling patients with alcohol problems. The author dispenses practical advice for those wanting help in moderating their drinking or in learning how to abstain permanently. The second edition has two new chapters, and the other chapters are updated with new self-diagnostic questionnaires and summaries of recent research into substance abuse." --

Mujeres en AA es una colección de 44 historias tomadas de las páginas de Grapevine y La Viña, juntas reconocidas como la revista internacional de Alcohólicos Anónimos. El libro comienza con una serie de artículos por o sobre las mujeres que contribuyeron al desarrollo de AA en su comienzo. De ahí, los siguientes capítulos se enfocan en temas tales como la espiritualidad, la sobriedad emocional, la familia, el servicio y la recuperación. Las...

Offers instructions and guidance for individuals in recovery for addiction who also suffer from a mental illness, providing real-life stories, and describing an approach to the Twelve Steps program of recovery.

Challenge your thinking, find clarity, and form new habits with a 30-day alcohol-free experiment from the author of This Naked Mind . Changing your habits can be hard without the right tools. This is especially true for alcohol because habits are, by definition, subconscious thought processes. Through her methodical research of the latest neuroscience and her own journey, Annie Grace has cracked the code on habit change by addressing the specific...