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Stevens is a journalist, posting regularly on health and alcohol issues for online news services. Many popular alcohologists on air and on bookshelves have stellar credentials, but few have had to eat their own cooking. Stevens blends his stunning personal 86-proof-two-liters-a-day story with thorough research into alcoholism, sobriety, relapse and recovery.

A Founding Influencer of medical site HealthTap, the former mutual fund industry executive, Stevens blends wit, journalistic objectivity, blunt personal dialogue and no-nonsense business perspective in his three books, 2010's What the Early Worm Gets, 2013's Indie Book Awards Finalist and 2013 USA Best Books Awards Finalist, Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud, and 2015 USA Best Books Award ...more

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	Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: Relapse and the Symptoms of Sobriety 4.20 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Early Worm Gets 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adding Fire to the Fuel: Challenging Shame and the Stigma of Alcoholism it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Can't See the Forest With All These Damn Trees In the Way - The Health Consequences of Alcohol Use 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Oh-Crap Sunday: Addiction, Family, and the Holidays

holiday, drinking, help, addiction, intervention

The treatment discussion revs up between Thanksgiving Thursday and Cyber Monday
Real talk: If you put off the substance use discussion until the New Year, you might not have a chance to have the discussion. Addiction is a disease. People die. And they only can dig themselves deeper into destruction during the Holidays without help.
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