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Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book 4th Edition
AA Services
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2002
This book has saved hundreds of thousands of liveslives!
This book tells exactly how hundreds of thousands of real alcoholics have been saved from alcoholism. How can anyone be critical of that if it works? Only the stupid, or ignorant can criticize a book which has literally saved so many people from certain death (not to ...
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Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
Funny, strange, disturbing, good
This is the first Palahniuk book I've read, and I look forward to reading more of his books.
Based upon the description of the book, this isn't one that I'd likely pick up to read...the redemption/recovery/whatever you call it of a sex addict just didn't seem that ...
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
David Sheff
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
A beautiful boy
The author is wonderfully expresses his pain about his loving son. I also have a daughter the same age whose drug of choice is heroin. The book opened my eyes to go to Hazeleden to joint the parents program and to go to Al-Anon.
In short I thank the author so much ...
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The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method
Allen Carr
Sterling, 2005
The BEST solution to quitting forever!
I had tried the patch, gum, cold turkey & even some online quit smoking support groups, and still went back to smoking when my life was impacted with high stress.
It wasn't until I read Alan Carr's book that I finally understood the reasons of addiction to nicotine ...
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The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series)
Melody Beattie
Hazelden, 1990
Taking Care of Ourselves
A decade or so ago a friend who was going through a rough patch in her life had a therapist who highly recommended this book of meditations. I happened to be in Barnes and Noble with her when she bought Melody Beattie's book, and after perusing a few of the passages, I ...
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The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
Chris Prentiss
Power Press, 2005
Great perspective
This book helped to give me a different perspective of my husband's issues with alcohol. This book gave me hope that a cure to alcoholism is possible if someone is willing. The chapter that helped me personally the most is the one that talks about nothing that ...
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Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2006
Great even if you don't get everything
I didn't, like one reviewer here suggested, look up every word I didn't know in the dictionary (and there were a lot. Antinomy?) I didn't even read all the footnotes, because after a while this was, even though it was a great book, one of those books where you start ...
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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Nic Sheff
Ginee Seo Books, 2008
great book
This is one of a kind book. It is the kind where you really cannot read too long , but you cannot stay away from reading too long either.
It shows you the scary reality of our young generation who can easily get hooked to bad lifestyle and refuses to know how or when ...
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Melody Beattie
Hazelden, 1992
Codependent No More
I haven't finished reading it yet but just by reading introduction and couple of chapters, I knew that book was what I was searching for... It is just what I need to get through difficult time...
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Identical
Ellen Hopkins
Margaret K. McElderry, 2008
Emotional, moving...strong writing about disturbing things...
My daughter has been an Ellen Hopkins fan for some time. I researched her online when my daughter began asking me for a book called CUT...I just couldn't imagine that this would be good reading for my 15 yr. old. I found on Hopkin's website that she actually is very ...
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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of ...
Mira Kirshenbaum
Plume, 1997
Everyone Should Read This Book
Last summer I found out my husband was having an affair with a woman I considered my best friend. We've been trying to put our marriage back together, but as you can imagine it has not been an easy process. I love my husband deeply despite the affair, and I know he ...
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Go Ask Alice
Anonymous
Simon Pulse, 2005
Go Ask Alice
I loved this book. The emotion that the protagonist conveys throughout the book is clearly relatable from generation to generation. I recommend this book for every teenager out there.
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Crank
Ellen Hopkins
Simon Pulse, 2004
Life with the Monster
Life with the Monster
While visiting her good for nothing father, 17-year-old Kristina meets the guy she thinks is the love of her life and is introduced to the "MONSTER". It's taking over Kristina and turning her into Bree, who is her negative alter ego. Switching ...
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Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
Patrick J. Carnes
Hazelden, 2001
Enlightening
Carnes does a great job of not only showing how destructive sexual addiction can be, but also how slippery the slope is so that the addict can easily fall into the illegal and extremely shameful without realization or intent.
Along with this dire warning, he also ...
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe
Picador, 2008
Interesting and well-written
Tom Wolfe takes us through part of the acid-movement of the 60's with Ken Kesey (author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and company as they embark on their journey across America to popularize acid. Wolfe writes in a way that sort of makes you feel that you are ...
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