Frank Carlson Library

A harrowing tale of an ad executive and his wife whose social drinking spirals out of control. Their lives and marriage degenerate as their alcoholism progresses.

Examines alcohol abuse and alcoholism, a disease many feel cannot be cured, only arrested.

When her father disappears mysteriously on a trucking job, eleven-year-old Buddy moves in with relatives she hardly knows and finds herself in a dysfunctional family with secrets about the past.

An overview of the psychological damage that alcoholism can cause if left untreated.

It's October 1964, and young Cee regrets coming home from school. She could have spent the afternoon with her best friend, Mo, who has perfect parents and no siblings. Instead, she walks in on an argument about her father's drinking. It is becoming more of a problem for the family, and Cee dreads his mood swings and anger. As the days go by, Cee and her sisters begin realizing the true extent of their father's alcoholism and its devastating effect...

Father Joseph C. Martin, an educator in alcohol and alcoholism, makes comments on the twelve principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.

STARTING OVER… Brave. Bold. Brainy. One woman reached for the gold, one for the law, one for the university, and one ran as far from home as possible. But often, the best laid plans fall apart, and Starting Over is the only thing to do. Heather Marshall, wants to save the world. She rides in her van at night helping runaway teenagers. In her jeans and sneakers, she looks like a kid herself. But looks can be deceiving. Heather grew up with two alcoholic...

Sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease.