June 30, 2019: Perspective Blog

June 30, 2019

Resource List for Jellnick’s Disease – Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

TED Talks:

·        Ann Dowsett Johnston

·        Clare Pooley

·        Claudia Christian (use of naltrexone)

·        Jolene Park (gray- area drinking)

·        Dr. Robert Lefever

Podcast: Recovery Elevator (Paul Churchill) (also a TED Talk called “I was duped by alcohol.”)

Books:

·        Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction by journalist Elizabeth Vargas  (See also on You Tube the excellent interview she does with Diane Sawyer)

·        Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol  by Ann Dowsett Johnston

·        The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley

·        Alcoholism: The Genetic Inheritance by Kathleen Whalen FitzGerald

·        Parched  by Heather King

·        Betty: A Glad Awakening  by Betty Ford, Former First Lady

·        Addiction and Grace  by Dr. Gerald May

Netflix:

·        Ask the Doctor (episode on alcohol)

·        The Truth About Alcohol

Websites and Articles

·        Mayo Clinic on Alcoholism

·        Canadian Government :Low Risk Guidelines for Alcohol Consumption

·        Globe and Mail article about Samuel C. Johnson ( November 2002, updated 2018) (The story of a CEO with functional alcoholism)

Next week: on to a new topic!

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Sarah Miller