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From binge to blackout : a mother and son struggle with teen drinking / Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann.

Title
From binge to blackout : a mother and son struggle with teen drinking / Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann.
Author
Volkmann, Chris
Publication
New York : New American Library, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Volkmann, Toren
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection wid
Description
xx, 410 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
A mother and son describe the son's transformation into an alcoholic over the course of his college years, discussing their denial as the problem grew and chronicling their family's struggle.
Subject
  • Volkmann, Toren
  • Volkmann, Chris
  • Alcoholics > United States > Biography
  • Alcoholics > Family relationships > United States
  • Teenage boys > Alcohol use > United States > Case studies
  • College students > Alcohol use > United States > Case studies
  • Binge drinking
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
Note
  • A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. A perfect start -- 2. The end at the beginning -- 3. Crying couch -- 4. My drink -- 5. Brewing a plan -- 6. You're all in denial -- 7. BingeDrinking, bingedrinkn, bingingdrunk, ingbigdrunkmingbimgdg -- 8. What I forgot to remember -- 9. Put on your beer goggles and don't ask why -- 10. I don't give a rat's ass -- 11. Dysfunctional R Us? -- 12. The start of (which?) God's nightmare -- 13. Party my face off -- 14. A few missed parties -- 15. Beer bong U -- 16. In descent -- 17. Progression without progress -- 18. Home sweet unsafe home -- 19. Nothing social about it -- 20. Calls from rehab -- 21. Visiting hours -- 22. Shattering my will -- 23. What to tell Grandma -- 24. Picking my poison -- 25. What parents can do -- 26. Halfway home -- 27. Dry run -- 28. Breaking the sober ice -- 29. Warning label -- 30. Sober : so be it.
  • 31. Power me up -- 32. A sip of clarity -- 33. Deadheading -- 34. La vuelta del Gringo -- 35. Moving on to gravy -- 36. Could you spare some change, please?
ISBN
0451219090 (trade pbk.)
LCCN
^^2006001495
OCLC
  • 63125861
  • SCSB-11373310
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library