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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On her own since the age of eighteen, Cass Macklin dated brilliant, troubled Ben McGreavy.They partied their way through their twenties ... Now Ben is dead, and Cass is broke, homeless, scared, and pregnant. Determined to have a healthy pregnancy and raise Ben's baby ... Cass turns to the only person with the means to help her: Ben's brother Scott, third basemen for the Boston Red Sox, a man with a temper and problems of his own"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.--
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 233 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unflinching and hilarious memoir about recovery as a mother of young kids, Bottled explains the perils moms face with drinking and chronicles the author's path to recovery, from hitting bottom to the months of early sobriety--a blur of pain and chaos--to her now (in)frequent moments of peace. Punctuated by potent, laugh-out-loud sarcasm, Bottled offers practical suggestions on how to be a sober, present-in-the-moment mom, one day at a time, and...
66) Crazy heart
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The powerful story of a country music star's rocky road to redemption. Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer who reaches for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music. But will Bad's hard-livin' ways and crazy heart cost him his last chance at a comeback?
68) Grapevine
Publisher
A.A. Grapevine, Inc
Pub. Date
2009-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Formats
70) Barfly
Publisher
DVD Top
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Quasi-autobiography of writer-alcoholic Charles Bukowski shows life on the skids in L.A.'s bars and flophouses.
71) Mending fences
Author
Series
Deacon's family volume 1
Language
English
Description
Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him. He has been allowed to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, he must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to describe the damage he caused. Simple, Luke thinks. Offering apologies is easy. But discovering...
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
A drunken homeless man in Paris is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to; the film depicts the man's constant frustrations as he attempts to do so.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go, an imprpint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Not Drinking Tonight is a book that helps women explore their relationship with alcohol in a new way and create a sober life they love. This guide blends research from evolutionary psychology with easy-to-digest clinical tools and practices to help women assess then heal their relationship with alcohol from the inside out. The narrative threads are based on therapist Amanda White's three archetypal clients, following their journey in reevaluating...
Author
Language
English
Description
This story is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who hated anything to do with domesticity. The Walls children learned to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jesse O'Hara is profane, introverted, and not frequently sober - and has just lost another job. "A million-dollar brain and a ten-cent personality," her last employer said. With nothing better to do, Jesse reluctantly accepts the gift of a luxury cruise around the Iberian Peninsula. She's not sure she can drink enough to keep her boredom at bay, but that's the least of her problems. From the very first moment of the cruise, it's clear to Jesse that...
79) Sal
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Just *wonderful*. A breath of fresh air in a book. Sal is a story with incredible heart, told so beautifully and with such clarity and grace I can hardly believe it's a debut! I loved it' JOANNA CANNON, author of THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP AN OBSERVER 'NEW FACE OF FICTION 2018' This is a story of something like survival. Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey map from the school library. She bought a...
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Language
None
Description
Diana is outwardly the hit of the party but inwardly virtuous and idealistic. Her friend Ann is thoroughly selfish and amoral. Both are attracted to Ben Black, soon-to-be millionaire. He takes Diana's flirtations with other boys as a sign of disinterest in him and marries Ann. Big mistake. Ben and Diana begin to realize their true love for each other and plan a new life together as drunken Ann falls down the stairs to her death--Imdb.com.
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