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Your alternator will not work as a starter, the belt is not strong enough, you not only would need to know at what rotation the alternator is in it's rotation to give it the correct a/c but you will need a variable a/c motor speed controller and the alternator is designed to put out 60 amps peek your starter can draw 5 times that, if you compare the size of wire in the alternator and the starter you will see that the starter is much heavier.
The better option, like has already been stated, is to make sure that your starter and battery and cables are all in good shape because stuff like this does not just die on a whim.
one tool to think about would be a scan gauge so you can keep track of your battery voltage, as a battery that is near the end of it's life will kill a starter much quicker, then call around to auto part stores and find your self a starter rebuild kit, it's going to be 1/10 the price of a rebuilt starter and is going to include all of the parts that go in to a rebuilt starter but you are most likely going to find that unless your car has a ton of miles on it that the starter is just fine, battery cable ends are the next weak spot, if they look coorded then replace the end or the whole cable.
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