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Enhance your library with some picks from MCPC. These books are available at Amazon.com or in bookstores.


	Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption by William Cope Moyers with Katherine Ketcham The author recounts his long struggle with alcohol and cocaine addiction, eventual long- term recovery, and ongoing work with Hazelden. The final chapters focus on the importance of treatment, addressing the stigma and stereotypes that keep people from getting help, and presenting the real face of addiction and recovery to policymakers and the general public. buy the book

	From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking by Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking is a joint memoir from the viewpoints of both mother and son that explores the epidemic of teenage drinking and the effect that it can have on a family. buy the book

	Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems -- Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded by Anne M. Fletcher Sober for Good presents the stories of people who formerly had drinking problems and how they got and stayed sober. Fletcher organizes the stories according to common themes and strategies. Many of the people in the book found sobriety through AA, but many others found alternative solutions. buy the book

	The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Conducting Community Forums: Engaging Citizens, Mobilizing Communities by Carol A. Lukas and Linda Hoskins Community forums are powerful tools for educating the public, building consensus, focusing action, and influencing policy. This book is intended to help community groups -- whether citizens, nonprofits, government, or business -- achieve their community building goals and make good use of their scarce resources. buy the book

	Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual." buy the book

	The Fix: America's Failed Drug War by Michael Massing The Fix makes a case for the return of the community-based drug treatment clinic model that was a cornerstone of U.S. drug policy under Richard Nixon. buy the book

	Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge our Misguided Drug Rehab System by Lonny Shavelson Hooked explores the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse, and argues for an integrated approach that treats the roots of drug abuse, not just the behavior itself. buy the book

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