Wisdom from the Sunday 11th Step Meetings At the Wolfe Street Center in Little Rock
Geno W., with William G. Borchert
Hazelden Foundation
Review by David Palmer
The Eleventh Step: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
This book of meditations is a wonderful collaboration of two gifted men, the late Geno W. whose 11th Step meetings at the Wolfe Street Center in Little Rock during the 1980’s had a profound impact on hundreds of people in various stages of recovery, and Bill Borchert, also a recovering alcoholic, and a newspaperman, author and screen writer.
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My Name is Funky, and I’m and alcoholic
By Tom Batiuk
Published by Hazelden
Thirty-five years ago, Tom Batiuk (rhymes with “attic”), a high school art teacher, launched his Funky Winkerbean comic strip about an amiable character with a goofy first name and an assortment of quirky friends at Westview High.
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Celebrities Tell Their Real-life Stories of Eating Disorders and Recovery
By Gary Stromberg
and Jane Merrill
(Hazelden publishing)
Review by David Palmer
Supermarket tabloids regularly cover the addiction beat with heightened attention lately on eating disorders.
“Wasting Away. Stars Risking their Lives to be Thin” trumpets the front page of the National Enquirer supported by five pages of photos featuring rail-thin Nicole Richie, Keira Knightly, Sienna Miller and “manorexics,” Marc Anthony and Carson Daly.
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Why teenagers get in trouble and how four of them got out.
By David Marcus
(Houghton Mifflin)
Review by David Palmer
“Something began to churn inside Burns. It was a raw mixture of rage and fear and guilt—he didn’t know what to call it, but it was so intense that his heart pounded wildly. He felt dizzy. As he read, he lost count of how many sexual partners Mary Alice had during the month she’d kept the diary. Mary Alice herself couldn’t keep track.”
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From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance
Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
Health Communications, Inc.
January 2008 $14.95
Review by David Palmer
We humans are neurologically wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain, says author Dr. Tian Dayton, and this is another reason why we are prone to self medicate with a variety of addictions.
It’s also why, given a couple of months to get used to it, many of us stick with a 12-Step program. Because, to summarize the Steps, trusting God, cleaning house and helping others becomes a pleasurable experience.
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