Summary: "Tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's 100 Persons of the 20th Century. Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page 124 Productions 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BILBrown, Stephanie
Summary: A comprehensive resource for families of loved ones recovering from alcoholism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2000
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Summary: "Celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronicles her haphazard attempts at sobriety and the relentlessly challenging, surprisingly funny, and occasionally absurd cycle of addiction and recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WERTZ, JULIA WERContents: Bill's story -- There is a solution -- More about alcoholism -- We agnostics -- How it works -- Into action -- Working with others -- To wives -- The family afterward -- To employers -- A vision for you -- Personal stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R AlcoholicsChapple, Simon
Summary: Are you tired of thinking about drinking? Hands up if you believe any of the following about drinking alcohol to be true: I can't have fun without alcohol. Imagine going to a party without drinking! it makes me feel less anxious or depressed; it helps me sleep; I can't relax without it; it makes me entertaining to be around; it fits the lifestyle of my boozy friends; I like the taste of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elevator Digital Ltd. 2019
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Summary: Through compelling testimonials, along with the latest research and information on addiction and recovery, Conyers combines a personal and compassionate voice with one of authority. She takes a step even further revealing her own daughter's addiction and how she learned to lovingly detach herself and become more helpful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 CONWahlberg, Jim
Summary: 'The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family's healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R WahlbergContents: Pt. 1. The twelve steps -- Pt. 2. The Twelve traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. 2005
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Summary: The author explores his reactions to AA, sharing the history, vocabulary, and culture of the program and how it helped him on his own path to sobriety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 ADAWoititz, Lisa Sue
Summary: In Unwelcome Inheritance, Lisa Sue Woititz combines her own insights with the unpublished contributions of her late mother, the early leader in the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) movement, Dr. Janet Woititz, uncovering how multiple generations of people affected by addiction continue to enable their children’s substance abuse and how, without realizing it, they continue to model the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 WOISummary: A classic recovery text, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions outlines the core principles by which AA members recover and by which the AA fellowship functions. In addition, it clarifies each of the Twelve Steps that constitute the AA way of life and each of the Traditions by which AA maintains its unity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services 1953
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.292 TWESummary: The basic text of the Alcoholics Anonymous, which traces its roots, explores its precepts, and presents stories from participants that demonstrate the program's effectiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services 2005
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.292 ALC1 available in Reference, Call number: R 362.292 ALC
Jamison, Leslie
Summary: Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAMShumway, Sterling T.
Contents: Hope -- Healthy coping skills -- Achievement and accomplishment -- Capacity for meaningful relationships -- Unique identity development -- Reclamation of agency -- Conclusion: spirituality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 SHUJohnson, Vernon E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johnson Institute Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 JOHSummary: Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counsellor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOUGriffin, Dan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 GRICanfield, Jack
Summary: "Jack Canfield, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul; franchise and coauthor of The Success Principles, and Dave Andrews, a recovery expert, join forces to present a revolutionary program to help you cut back or quit drinking entirely--in the privacy of your own home. Alcohol kills one person every ten seconds worldwide, according to the World Health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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Contents: 12 steps for the rest of us -- The God problem -- Entering : get in where you fit in -- Internal transformation : you're a sick puppy -- External transformation : the world is big and scary -- Get off your drunk ass -- The artist and recovery -- What I learned from Joseph Campbell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2008