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Drinking

A Love Story

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Drinking

By: Caroline Knapp
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.

©1996 Caroline Knapp (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Addiction & Recovery Alcoholism Women Substance abuse
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By turns heart-rending and uplifting, this addiction memoir is a very strong example of the genre.

Heartbreaking and uplifting

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once I started reading this book it was very hard to put down. good one

Very captivating and intense with a few twists

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Absolutely beautifully written & heartfelt. I was particularly drawn to her analysis on alcohol & suppression of feelings

Beautifully Written

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Great listen. Really recommend this book. Fantastic writing and very insightful
Very good narration also





Worth the read

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What a great and powerful story, for anyone looking to get on the right path!

Amazing memoir!

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Honest insightful intelligent relatable. Loved the narration too. Would highly recommend to anyone starting down the path of an alcohol free lifestyle.

Brilliant!

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What a good way to spend those nights when I couldn’t quite get to sleep in my first days of quitting. Lovely voice for narration and so much to relate to.
A hopeful story that leads you into a positive experience.

Great Read for Early Sobriety

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Absolutely brilliant! A true representation of alcoholism and I felt like I was reading my story

Drinking, a love story

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I absolutely loved the narrator who brought this story alive. The story itself I for the most part enjoyed but found it disjointed and the timeline confusing at times. I am not sure I liked the author but at least she was honest.

Pretty Good

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A nicely written memoir. It has a fairly big focus on AA, although not in a pushy way, just how it helps her personally. Overall a good read and well narrated.

Thoroughly enjoyed

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