Agreeing to care for the baby that a terminally ill former girlfriend claims is his, recovering alcoholic Noel turns to a loving network of family and friends for help until a social worker attempts to place the baby in a foster home.

Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.

Christy is well on her way to becoming a lawyer, while Bonnie is in a healthy romantic relationship and has just married Adam. Through it all, they rely on their support system from AA.

A newly sober single mother tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley.

Bonnie must learn to adjust to a newly empty nest now that Christy has left for law school. More than ever she depends on the unconditional support of her friends from AA, whose lives are also changing.

This is a biography of Harold E. Hughes, a man of working-class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become Iowa governor (1963-1969) and U.S. Senator (1969-1974). A Democrat in traditionally Republican Iowa, he helped transform Iowa into a competitive two-party state. As governor, he reformed state government. As senator, he was an outspoken leader against the Vietnam War. He launched the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism with...