alcoholism

"Forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where she bonds with a much older man, seventeen-year-old Natalie, a recovering alcoholic, confronts issues in her family and life as she tries to turn her life around."--OCLC.

After his mother and sister move out, thirteen-year-old Casey begins to realize that his father's drinking problem is more than he can handle and that the intervention his aunt suggests may be the best way to help.

Unhappy at home, Nancy and her friend Katie adopt punk lifestyles and find relief in cutting themselves, until Nancy is forced to confront her problems.

Presents opposing viewpoints about the causes and treatments of addictions to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.

Discusses the issues surrounding drug and alcohol dependence, including the role of drugs and alcohol in society and how addiction is treated.

"Provides basic consumer health information for teens about drug use, abuse, and addiction, including facts about illegal drugs and the abuse of legally available substances found in over-the-counter medications; describes drug-related health risks and treatment for addiction. Includes index and resource information"--.

Ivy has loved living with her best friend and being part of Prairie s lively, supportive family. But now Ivy s mom has taken her back, and the two are barely co-existing. Ivy tries to find solace in art, but her mother s public tantrums force Ivy to retreat further into herself. Fortunately some of the people who care most are able to pull Ivy out of her funk, and through the power of friendship and art, she slowly grows to understand that she can shape her own future.

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.

Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.

Ivy despairs when she has to leave her best friend Prairie's home, where she has been living, to move back in with her alcoholic mother. When Ivy's mother's behavior reaches a tipping point, Ivy must summon her strength and inner reserves to make the decision that is best for herself.