My Name Is Funky And I'M An Alcoholic (2399)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2007
Hazelden Information & Educational Services (Verlag)
978-1-59285-377-9 (ISBN)

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Using a story, this book chronicles the how a person's life is disturbed due to alcoholism, and how addiction treatment works. It includes a resource section for people seeking answers about alcoholism and how to find help.

In 1972, Tom Batiuk created a comic strip about high school student Funky Winkerbean and his pals. Today the characters are adults and the comic strip explores sensitive, real-life issues such as breast cancer, teen pregnancy, and addiction. "My Name Is Funky...and I'm an Alcoholic" chronicles the three-year plot line of Funky Winkerbean's slide into alcoholism and his eventual recovery. Readers see how Funky's marriage, friendships, and work begin to suffer as drinking takes center stage in this life. Readers also learn about how an intervention works when Funky's friends confront him and urge him to seek addiction treatment. Readers also get a glimpse into what happens in a treatment program, how Twelve Step meetings work, and just how easy it is to relapse. In the end, readers experience the promise of recovery by witnessing Funky's commitment to living one day at a time.Funky Winkerbean is syndicated in 400 newspapers with an estimated "pass-around rate" of 93 million readers daily. Its comic strip genre makes the sensitive subject of alcoholism approachable for readers of all ages and for a variety of audiences.
It includes a resource section for those seeking answers about alcoholism and how to find help.

In addition to Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk is the creator of two other nationally syndicated comic strips: John Darling, the adventures of a fictional talk-show host, and Crankshaft, based on an irascible school bus driver. Batiuk's comic strips have been collected in 22 full-length books. His focus on social issues such as alcoholism, teen pregnancy, and breast cancer has put him at the forefront of comic art history.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2007
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Minneapolis
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10	1-59285-377-3 / 1592853773
ISBN-13	978-1-59285-377-9 / 9781592853779
Zustand	Neuware