Review
"Good work." -- Stan Rowett, MA, MFCC, Academic Advisor, UCSB's Extension Alcohol and Drug Studies Program
"I shared my copy with a new, young client who just couldn't tell, even though he's had blackouts." -- Julie Bowden, co-founder, National Association for Children of Alcoholics
"The AA stuff is great. The tests are super." -- Alex Brumbaugh, co-founder, Project Recovery
"This book is good." -- Bob Trimble, MA, CADC
"is very down to earth." -- Penny Jenkins, Executive Director, Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction
From the Publisher
Unless the alcoholic is somehow able to overcome this denial, there is little hope that the problem drinker will get into recovery before he or she wastes years of living, destroys lifetime careers, devastates families, and even dies, never getting sober; nine out of ten alcoholics, still, today, die of their disease. Tom Chace's new book, Am I? Am I Not? An Alcoholic, offers a new solution to breaking through this wall of denial. Chace designed Am I? Am I Not? for the therapist, doctor, or family member to give to the person who is questioning his or her behavior around alcohol. The book is is relatively short and talks to the drinker in a friendly, conversational tone. Even a person who is actively drinking can read this book. Am I? Am I Not? is also available to counselors, treatment centers, and recovery houses at a special discount so they can give the book to their clients. Through a series of simple, foolproof, self-administered tests and a handful of reasonable definitions, the courageous and challenging Am I? Am I Not? is designed to unequivocally demonstrate to the questioning alcoholic that their problem with alcohol is real. Or they may find out that they don't have a problem with their drinking. The answer becomes apparent, one way or the otherabsolutely and positively. There is no hedging or quibbling. Chace is convinced that the answer will be an unqualified yes or no. In addition to the definitions and tests, Chace gives his readers an unthreatening introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous; a dozen exploded myths ("12 Denials"); and an extensive directory of phone numbers and addresses to many Twelve Step Programs in this country and throughout the world. What professionals are saying about Am I? Am I Not?
