Hey YAs, April is (among other things) Alcohol Awareness Month. To get you think about the effects alcohol can have on our lives, I'm putting together a booklist of books that deal with the issue of alcohol. Maybe take some time this month to read at least one of them. :)
What's the big deal about drinking, anyway? -- I just wanted to be drunk
-- Drinking can't be a matter of life and death, right? -- If I don't
drink, I might as well stay home -- I think I'm having a problem.
Describes more than 150 safe, creative, and natural ways to find
contentment, pleasure, excitement, insight, or peace without the use of alcohol or drugs.
A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an
unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems
with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family,
is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she
temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and
acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam
corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and
asking for advice.
Maine high school senior Katie Martin is set to win a field hockey
scholarship until her life is derailed by drinking, a car accident, and
an angry classmate.
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