false <![CDATA[Drinking: A Love Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180626388m/1058478.jpg 73965 8 The roots of alcoholism in the life of a brilliant daughter of an upper-class family are explored in this stylistic, literary memoir of drinking by a Massachusetts journalist. Caroline Knapp describes how the distorted world of her well-to-do parents pushed her toward anexoria and then alcoholism. Fittingly, it was literature that saved her: She found inspiration in Pete Hamill's <i> A Drinking Life</i> and sobered up. Her tale is spiced with the characters she's known along the way. 1045053 1992 Drinking: A Love Story total:1254|5:359|4:470|3:321|2:75|1:16| 1254 4855 1763 198 5 3 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 13:09:53 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 09:23:27 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sat Apr 26 17:16:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 11:51:54 -0700 2008 Sadly the author's personality led her to various addictions including anorexia and smoking. This supports ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 18:04:06 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 18:19:08 -0700 2007 Inside Information
This book is so well written, and is so honest and informative, it is perhaps the most compelling (and useful) story about addiction I've ever read. Caroline Knapp, an Ivy-League educated columnist and editor, shares the story of her slide into alcoholism and her road to reco...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 12:37:17 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 07:38:13 -0700 2007

I just started reading this book, and it's really good. I have to say I'm wondering though at this point if I am a low-functioning human being who would have more success as a high-functi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Oct 27 08:51:14 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 14:21:58 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 14:24:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat May 03 07:55:06 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 19:00:42 -0700 2008
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"Trying to describe the process of becoming an alcoholic is like trying to describe air. It's too big and mysterious and pervasive to be defined. Alcohol is everywhere in your life, omnipresent, and you're both aware and unaware o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 14:54:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:58:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 12:40:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:40:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:04:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:23:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 11:20:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:16:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 09:54:47 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 06:50:52 -0800 2009
A little repetitive at times, but some interesting commentary on what it's like to be a young single woman with a career.]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 20 11:03:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:05:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 11:18:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 18:36:00 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:35:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 15:15:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 06:33:14 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:20:45 -0700 2009
This didn’t happen easily, or simply, but if I had to pinpoint it, I’d say the relationship started to fall apart the night I nearly killed my oldest friend’s ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Feb 26 05:28:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 05:33:15 -0800 2009 of what 'it' was really like to be in the midst of an addiction.
I knew Jim's account was far-fetched, for instance, but it didn't bother me because I thou...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1058478