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Turnabout: New Help for the Woman Alcoholic
Through Jean Kirkpatrick's own Thirteen Empowering Statements of Acceptance, women will undergo a journey of acceptance and awakening, leading them toward a fulfilling and addiction-free existence.
Paperback, 183 pages
Published
October 30th 1999
by Barricade Books
(first published 1990)
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I don't have the discipline to be an alcoholic. Which is why I read three or so alcoholic memoirs with such fascination this summer while I was on a diet to lose, among other things, a little bit of a beer belly. (And a chocolate belly. A red meat and white cheddar popcorn belly. Even a kill-the-whole salad bowl kind of belly.) It is utterly amazing, riveting how folks can persevere through hangover after hangover to land themselves in the kind of deep liver and sanity trouble that Kirkpatrick s...more
I had to read this for work. It was okay but a bit outdated. The concepts are good though and should be used for men and women.
Jean's Phd was in Sociology, she was a formidable woman who struggled with alcohol abuse, and spent 3 years in AA. She felt constantly undermined by the patriarchal male society structure, drank again, became sober and founded Women for Sobriety. Jean realized, "women needed esteem builder's rather than the shame they felt in AA. Jean believed women needed to feel empowered. Excellent book, secular in nature.
a bit dated but a good intro to Jean who the founder of Women For Sobriety.
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