alcoholism

This book defines alcoholism as a form of chemical dependency, describes the development of alcoholism in stages, discusses the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol abuse, and explains that alcoholism is a disease.

Twelve-year-old Feni has to adjust when the pregnant young daughter of an old friend of her mother's comes to stay with them.

Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has had to deal with her mother's alcoholism and stream of boyfriends all her life, but when her grandparents take custody of her brother, who has Down syndrome, Cynnie becomes self-destructive and winds up in court-mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

To escape a miserable existence taking care of her alcoholic mother, seventeen-year-old Zoe rents a room from an eccentric woman, but her earnings as a waitress after school are minimal and she must go to extremes to cover expenses.

As she starts seventh grade, twelve-year-old Hannah can no longer ignore her mother's increasingly erratic behavior caused by drinking.

Abused by an alcoholic father, twelve-year-old, withdrawn and timid, Dawn finds friendship and love in a sympathetic farmer and his beautiful horse Wildfire.

A teenage boy sees his best friend and fellow band member begin a relationship with a girl who consistently lies and drinks too much.

Compares and contrasts the potential harms and legalities of two popular recreational substances--marijuana and alcohol--discusses why marijuana is safer despite laws and social practices directing society toward alcohol, and also examines myths about marijuana.

A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.