The classic New York Times bestseller: Real-life stories from prominent people talking about their experiences as alcoholics.As an alcoholic himself, PBS host Dennis Wholey set out to collect the powerful stories of well-known people who have struggled with this disease. Included in this volume are personal accounts by Jason Robards, Grace Slick, Sid Caesar, Pete Townshend, Don Newcombe, Bob Welch, Graham Chapman, Elmore Leonard, and many more. Whether the...

In Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life, the first book on recovery specifically for women, Jean Kirkpatrick tells how she achieved sobriety. She explains the special problems of the woman alcoholic, and challenges some of the premises of Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization founded by and for men that she believes fails to address the specific needs of women. Instead of harping on past problems and behavior, the Women For Sobriety program focuses on the future, showing women how to build up the...

Through Kirkpatrick's own Thirteen Empowering Statements of Acceptance, women will undergo a journey of acceptance and awakening, leading them toward a fulfilling and addiction-free existence.

A.A.’s how-to manual for staying sober in everyday situations, this widely read booklet demonstrates through simple examples how A.A. members throughout the world live their lives to the fullest while staying sober one day at a time. From the foreword: “Living sober turns out to be not at all grim, boring and uncomfortable, as we had feared, but rather something we begin to enjoy and find much more exciting than our drinking days.”Responding to commonly asked questions such as “Shou...

Defies the myth that parents must sacrific themselves. Instead, shows them how to reclaim their power, balance, happiness...and lives. When kids turn to substance abuse, parents also become vicims as they watch their children transform into irrational and antisocial individuals. This harrowing scenario finds parents buckling beneath the stress--often with catastrophoric consequences: Divorce, career upsets, breakdowns and worse. "Don't Let Your Kids Kill You" is a landmark work that dares ...

Heartfelt contributions to Grapevine magazine that speak to emotional sobriety—a powerful concept first described by AA co-founder Bill W.Powerful and uplifting, the book Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier features stories of sober women and men that depict the personal transformations that sobriety can bring when sober alcoholics practice the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous in all aspects of their lives.In a 1958 article for Gra...

Hypnotism has been viewed as a supernatural phenomenon throughout the years. It has been portrayed as a technique that can only be done by a few selected individuals. Yet, that is not the case. In the real world, supernatural phenomenon does not exist.In truth, what we will be learning is simply the branch of how hypnotism works. Hypnotism is not any form phenomenon. Rather, it is the process of influencing others without their knowledge through the eloquence of words. It is becaus...

How learning to deal with unresolved emotions leads to true healing—and authentic emotional recovery from addiction.Just as one needs to hit bottom with drinking or using in order to begin recovery, eventually one will also hit an emotional "bottom" of fear, anger, and grief. And recovery can only start by first understanding how, when, and where those emotions took control.Barb Rogers challenges readers in recovery to investigate the unresolved grief and los...

In Alcoholics Anonymous there is an important part of the program called "Sponsorship".Even though this aspect of recovery is only generally covered in the "Big Book" of AA, it is almost the only way to find recovery from Alcoholism and its related disorders. To have another person guide a newcomer through the 12 Steps of recovery is the backbone of finding contented sobriety. This can be lightly compared to the "Buddy System" suggested to new swimmers when attempting to swim in mo...

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.It was love at first sight. The...

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This book has all Twelve Steps of Recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous fully explained in today's language. With the book being written in 1936, their way of writing is a bit different than today's way of communicating. With each step explained in an easy way to understand, the process of doing the 12 steps become that much easier.The 12 Steps of Recovery with Alcoholics Anonymous are responsible for the restoration of families, jobs, homes and relationships. Not to mention the ability...