Dr. B.’s Book List

COLLEGE RECOVERY TEXTS

The Little Book of College Sobriety: Living Happy, Healthy, and Free by Susan Packard (2022)

Pregame: Alcohol, Addiction & Recovery through the Eyes of a College Student by Margaret King (2019)

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (2018)

Qualification: A Graphic Novel in Twelve Steps (2019)

Sobriety: A Graphic Novel by Daniel Maurer (2014)

MEMOIRS

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (2005)

Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff (2009)

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola (2016)

Blackbout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America by Jennifer Storm (2008)

Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston (2013)

Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Borroughs (2013)

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (1971)

Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster by Kristen Johnston (2013)

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict’s Double Life by Tiffany Jenkins (2019)

Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr (2010)

My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean by Amy Dresner (2018)

Parched by Heather King (2005)

Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome (2021)

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker (2019)

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand (2017)

The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown (2011)

The Recovery: Intoxication and its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison (2018)

This River: A Memoir by James Brown (2011)

SHORT STORIES/FICTION

Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson (2013)

Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher (1987)

The Basketball Diaries: The Classic About Growing Up Hip on New York’s Mean Streets by Jim Carroll (1987)

The Gin Closet: A Novel by Leslie Jamison (2010)

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (2008)

SHORT ESSAYS

“Behind the Cellar Door: Learning How to Drink, and How to Stop” by John Seabrook (2017)

“My Father’s Cellar” by John Seabrook (2018)

“Sleeping with Alcohol” by Donna Steiner (2000)

“They Take a Photograph of You When You First Get Here” by Kate Braverman (1998)

“Under the Influence: Paying the Price of My Father’s Booze” by Scott Russell Sanders (1989)

ESSAYS/ANTHOLOGIES

Beyond Rock Bottom: Escaping the Dark Hole of Addiction by Patty Lynn Smith and Grayson Michael Smith (2017)

Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture by Dwight B. Heath (2000)

Nothing Good Can Come From This: Essays by Kristi Coutler (2018)

Rock Bottom and Back: From Desperation to Inspiration by Susan D. Mustafa and Earl Heard (2016)

Under the Influence: The Literature of Addiction by Rebecca Shannonhouse and Pete Hamill (2003)

PLAYS

Bill W. and Dr. Bob by Samuel Shem (2013)

Blackout by Gary Lennon (1995)

Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian (1986)

The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Gurgis (2011)

People, Places & Things by Duncan Macmillan (2015)

RECOVERY LITERACY & RHETORICAL STUDIES

Alcoholic Thinking: Language, Culture, and Belief in Alcoholics Anonymous by Danny M. Wilcox (1998)

PHD to Ph.D.: How Education Saved My Life by Elaine Richardson (2013)

Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous: A Rhetorical Analysis by George Jensen (2000)

Talking Oneself Sober: The Discourse of Alcoholics Anonymous by Sean O’Halloran (2008)

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery by Beth Daniell (2003)

A Place to Stand: Politics and Persuasion in a Working-Class Bar by Julie Lindquist (2002)

addicted.pregnant.poor by Kelly Ray Knight (2015)

Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History by Prof. Frederick H. Smith (2008)

Recovery Allies: How to Support Addiction Recovery-Friendly Communities by Alison Jones Webb (2022)

Rum Histories: Drinking in Atlantic Literature and and Culture by Jennifer Poulos Nesbitt (2022)

The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous: From the Beginning by Audrey Borden (2006)

The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry by Lance Dodes and Zachary Dodes (2015)

BOOKS ABOUT 12-STEP RECOVERY & ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS HISTORY

101 Additional Cliches of Alcoholics Anonymous by Bob Tolin (2014)

101 Common Cliches of Alcoholics Anonymous: The Sayings the Newcomers Hate and the Oldtimers Love by Bob Tolin (2014)

As Bill Sees It by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

Came to Believe by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers: A Biography with Recollections of Early A.A. in the Midwest by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

More Lost Pamphlets of A.A. Between 1940 to 1951 by Carl Tuchy Palmieri (2016)

Pass It On: The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

Sober & Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender A.A. Members Share Their Experience, Strength, and Hope by Alcoholics Anonymous Grapevine (2014)

The Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann: The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous by Sally Brown and David R. Brown (2005)

The Book That Started It All: The Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous by Anonymous (2010)

The Lost Pamphlets, and Booklets, of A.A. between 1935 to 1939 by Carl Tuchy Palmieri (2015)

The Sarcastic Big Book: The Story of How Thousands of Well-Intentioned Men and Women Have Totally Screwed Up the Original Message by “Clay F.” (2019)

Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A. by William H. Schaberg (2019)