"Last call is a fiction account of the final days of the exuberant and notorious Welsh poet Dylan Thomas as he sets out on a final poetry tour in New York, Desperate for money and with a wife and three children dependent on him, Thomas accepts the job believing it is beneath him. He spends his time in the city drinking at the White Horse Tavern and becoming increaingly ill between the poetry readings. Everything comes to a head when he goes on a...

Fifteen-year-old Rachel uses poetry and her Mormon faith to cope with grief over the loss of her father, the horrors of her brother's alcoholism, resentment of her new stepfather, and the awkwardness of having an attractive schoolmate as her stepbrother.

Drinking cost Helen her marriage and custody of her seven-year-old son, Ollie. Once an aspiring art photographer, she now makes ends meet taking portraits of school children and working for a caterer. When she meets Ava and Swift Havilland, the vulnerable Helen is instantly enchanted. Wealthy, connected philanthropists, their home is filled with fabulous friends, edgy art, and dazzling parties. Then Helen meets Elliott, a kind, quiet accountant who...

Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better....

Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.

A groundbreaking and inspiring book that challenges our relationship with alcohol by exploring the psychological factors behind alcohol use and the cultural influences that contribute to dependency.
 
Many people question whether drinking has become too big a part of their lives, and worry that it may even be affecting their health. But, they resist change because they fear losing the pleasure and stress-relief...

Describes a seven-week program for treating alcoholism through nutrition, designed to help alcoholics stop drinking, detoxify their bodies, put a permanent end to alcohol cravings, rebuild physical and emotional health, and abolish depression.

Having been cruelly abused by her mother until the age of sixteen, a young woman numbs the pain with drugs and loses herself until she finds God through the Mormon Church.