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Alcohol Addiction

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Leaving Las Vegas

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

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1995
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Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery

Everyone suffers when there’s an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one’s recovery, and learn how to cope with relapses.

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Robin Barnett
2016
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The Lost Weekend

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

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1945
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After the Tears: Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma

Adult children of alcoholics have learned how to “survive,” but often have difficulty “living” their lives. The trauma and grief of childhood losses affect every aspect of the life of an adult child of an alcoholic (ACoA).

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Jane Middelton-Moz, Lorie L. Dwinell
2010
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The Country Girl

A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.

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1954
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What You Can Change and What You Can’t: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

Martin Seligman has meticulously analyzed the most authoritative scientific research on treatments for alcoholism, anxiety, weight loss, anger, depression, and a range of phobias and obsessions to discover what is the most effective way to address each condition.

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Martin E. P. Seligman
2007
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My Name Is Joe

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

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1998
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The Freshman Survival Guide: Soulful Advice for Studying, Socializing, and Everything In Between

A completely revised and updated values-based guide to navigating the first year of college that speaks to college students in their own language and offers practical tools that readers need to keep from drinking, sleeping, or skipping their way out of college.

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Nora Bradbury-Haehl, Bill McGarvey
2016
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A Star Is Born

A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

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2018
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Walk the Line

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

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2005
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