Go the Distance: A True Story of a Father & Sons Road to Recovery (Paperback)

from Roseeast

This story of an alcoholic father and his son is written in a very 'folksy' and 'good ole boy' maqnner. The first fifty pagesrweiterated how marvellous the father was, how supportive and loving etc, until I felt like screaming at the repetition. The rest of this turgid memoir concerned the father...

from akowen

A heartwarming story about the love of a family and their experience working through the author's father's alcohol addiction. For those going through the dependency/recovery process with a loved one, this would be welcome reading; there is always hope that the addict will come out on the other si...

from readingfiend

Written by his son this is the story about a father's slide into alcoholism, through rehabilitation and back as a functioning member of society. While I do believe he was a great father, I found myself saying "stop already" in the description of all that he did for his sons while they were growin...

from Ani36ol

I loved this book about a son dealing with his father's alcohol addiction. It wasn't written in a very heavy manner so wasn't totally depressing. The only thing that got me was a little too much baseball as I'm not a fan, but still a great book.