Bibliography

The following is a list of books that may be helpful in learning more about issues related to alcohol and youth, prevention and recovery.

General

Under The Influence: Guide To The Myths And Realities of Alcoholism by James R. Milam, Ph.D and Katherine Ketchum (New York: Bantam, 1983).

Teens under the Influence: The Truth About Kids, Alcohol and Other Drugs- How to Recognize the Problem and What to Do About It. Katherine Ketchum and Nicholas A. Pace, M.D. (New York: Ballantine Books 2003)

Alcohol and the Addictive Brain by Kenneth Blum (New York; The Free Press, 1991).

I’ll Quit Tomorrow by Vernon E. Johnson, (New York: Harper and Row, 1973)

Twelve Steps
AA literature is not available through bookstores but can be purchased through local AA. Offices or ordered from General Services Board of AA, 468 park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016. Or can be ordered through: Hazelden Publishing at www.hazelden.org

Alcoholics Anonymous
The basic Text of Alcoholics Anonymous. Otherwise known as “The Big Book”, it outlines the basic program of recovery and the steps and includes old and updated personal stories of recovery.

The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
This book further outlines the basic guidelines and principals of the A.A. Program. Living Sober. This practical book is full of tips and methods that AA. Members used for not drinking and living a joyful sober life.

Parenting Books

The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids by Barbara Strauch (New York: Doubleday, 2003)

Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind by Michael J. Bradley (Gig Harbor, Wash.: Harbor Press, 2003)

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional life of Boys by Daniel Kindlon and Michael Thompson (New York: Ballentine, 2000)

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher (New York: Ballentine, 1995)

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony Wolf (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002)

Recovery Books and Personal Accounts

A Place Called Self, Women, Sobriety & Radical Transformation by Stephanie Brown, PhD. (Center City, Minn.: Hazelden)

The Spirituality of Imperfection; Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Katherine Ketchum & Ernest Kurtz (New York: Bantam, 1992).

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