Newsgroups: alt.recovery
Subject: Recovery Books, Movies, etc.
Date: 28 Dec 1994 04:54:27 GMT
The following is a list of books, shows, tape sources and movies dealing
with recovery. If you know of anything that should be added to this list
please e-mail: bill@casti.com.
NOVELS
1. _Hearts of Glass_, by Nicole Jeffords
2. _Dirt Bike_, by Paul Kropp
3. _The Much-adored Sandy Shore_, by Angela Hunt, Tyndale House, 1992
4. _The Invisible Enemy_, Graywolf Press 1989
5. _With Westie and the Tin Man_, by Carole S. Adler NY, Macmillan 1985
6. _Postcards from the Edge_, by Carrie Fisher
7. _The Cracker Factory_, & _Triplets_, by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
8. _Go Ask Alice_
9. _The Lost Weekend_
10. a series of mystery novels by James Lee Burke
11. a series of mysteries by Lawrence Block, the main character Matt
Scudder
12. a series of mysteries by J.A.Jance, main character J. P. Beaumont
13. _Man With A Golden Arm_
14. _Junkie_ by William R. Burroughs (and _Naked Lunch_, etc)
15. mysteries by John Greenleaf, character=Marshall Tanner
16. _A Fan's Notes_ by Frederick Exley. First of a trilogy (_Pages
From a Cold Island_, _Last Notes from Home_)
YOUNG ADULT
1. _Binge_, by Charles Ferry 1992
2. _You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone_, by Stephen Roos, Delacorte 1988
3. _We All Fall Down_, by Robert Couvier
BIOGRAPHY
1. _Where Did Everybody Go?_ by Paul Malloy, Doubleday 1981
2. _Take the Long Way Home, Memoirs of a Survivor_, by Susan Gordon
3. _Pass It On_, the AA written biography of Bill W.
4. _Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers_
5. _Operating Instructions_ by Annie Lamott
6. _And So It Goes_ by Linda Ellerbee
POETRY
1. _Whiskey's Song_, by Mitzi Chandler ISBN 0932194427
JUVENILE FICTION
1. _No Kidding_, by Bruce Brooks
2. _My Dad's Definitely Not a Drunk_, by Elisa Lynn Carbone
3. _No Place for Me_, by Barthe DeClements
4. _The Moonlight Man_, by Paula Fox
5. _Some Glad Morning_, by Fave Gibbons
6. _Shadow Man_, by Cynthia D. Grant
7. _Sometimes My Mom Drinks Too Much_, by Kevin Kenny
8. _I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much_, by Judith Viona
RECOVERY
1. _Serenity: A Companion for 12 Step Recovery_, Thomas Nelson Publishers
2. _Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)_, from Alcoholics Anonymous
3. _A Skeptic's Guide to the 12 Steps_ by Phillip Z.
4. _Physician, Heal Thyself_ by Dr. Earle M., [wrote the story by that
name in the Big Book], subtitled "35 Years of Adventures in Sobriety
by an AA 'Old-Timer'"
5. _AA Comes of Age_, AA
6. _12 X 12_, AA
7. _Came To Believe_, AA
8. _Living Sober_, AA
9. _Learning To Live Again_, by Gorski
10. _White Knuckles and Wishful Thinking_, by Du Wors
11. _As Bill Sees It_, AA
12. _Many Roads, One Journey_, by Kasl
13. _Goodby Hangovers, Hello Life_, by Kirkpatrick
14. _Turnabout_, by Kirkpatrick
15. _How To Stay Sober_, by Christopher
16. _Young People's Guide to the 12 Steps_
17. _Staying Sober Exercise Manual_, by Gorski, Miller
18. _Staying Sober_, by Gorski
19. _Staying Sober Work Book_, by Gorski
MOVIES
1. A Woman Under the Influence
2. Man With The Golden Arm (stars Frank Sinatra)
3. The Days of Wine and Roses (stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick)
4. Go Ask Alice
5. I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
6. Lost Weekend (stars Ray Milland)
7. A Passionate, Sensitive Man
8. Clean & Sober (starring Michael Keaton)
9. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (alcoholic insanity at its finest)
10. On Thin Ice (Tai Babilonia's story)
11. My Name is Bill W.
12. Under the Volcano (stars Micahel Caine)
13. Ed Wood (stars Johnny Depp)
14. Shakes the Clown
15. When a Man Loves a Woman
TV SHOWS
1. Cheers
2. John Larroquette show
3. Blossom
4. Sisters
5. Murphy Brown
SOURCES FOR TAPES
Encore Cassettes
P.O. Box 231340
San Diego, CA 92194
1-800-878-1308
1-619-271-1858
They even have a tape of the month club. Tapes are from current
conventions and they have all the oldies but goodies too.
The Kelly Foundation
2500 Broadway
Little Rock, Arkansas 72206
(501) 371-0960
This is where Joe McQ tapes start from. Joe is the Joe of the Joe and
Charlie Big Book Seminars.
They have a catalog which includes The Big Book Seminars, and a 12 tape
set of Joe's Step Talks. Usually about $5 per tape.
T-MAR Tapes
P.O. Box 14944
Portland, OR 97214
1-800-657-8218