Drinking: A Love Story

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by Caroline Knapp

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Did reading this book give you a better understanding of yourself or the writer or both?
Barbara It gives you a good understanding of being an alcoholic, whether that says anything about yourself only you will know. She does a really good job of d…moreIt gives you a good understanding of being an alcoholic, whether that says anything about yourself only you will know. She does a really good job of describing what it's like after you quit drinking too, the difficulties you still face. If I were an alcoholic I think I would find it helpful. I read a lot of addiction memoirs and they tend to end when it gets to the daily grind of maintaining sobriety but she delves a little bit deeper.
It is pretty alcohol-specific, most addictions have the same m.o. so the ending could help but the majority of the book is about the unique issues with alcohol. (less)
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Vivid protrait of drinking, glamorized. Good read?
Leah I think Caroline's book is one of the few that does NOT glamorize her struggle. As I said in my review... I think many memoirists now can't help but t…moreI think Caroline's book is one of the few that does NOT glamorize her struggle. As I said in my review... I think many memoirists now can't help but think about books like "Eat Pray Love", movie options, and Oprah's Book Club. When Caroline wrote this it was a different time and you can tell through her writing that this is really about sharing a story that needed to be let out. The world lost Caroline to lung cancer very young and in her best friend's novel about their friendship she is perhaps most proud that through even the darkest last days she maintained her sobriety. (less)
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