drinking: a love story?

[starfairy]

has anyone read drinking: a love story? I found that book to be very inspirational. also i wanted to know if anyone could recommend a book on helping to totally abstain from al. I did not relate to MWO (the forums are great, don't get me wrong) but i felt the book gave me false hope of moderation and I know that is not an option for me.

[startingover]

drinking: a love story?

Hiya Star,

Here is my latest reading list...
Augusten Burroughs - Dry,
Tom Sykes - What did I do last night?
Chris Prentiss - the alcoholism and addiction cure
Ann M Fletcher - Sober for good
James Frey - A million Little pieces.
Beachamp Colclough - Stop Drinking
Allen Carr - the Easy way to stop drinking..

All these I have found helped me...

[A Work in Progress]

drinking: a love story?

"Mindful Recovery" is excellent, and abstinence-based.

[startingover]

drinking: a love story?

who is that by Wip?

[A Work in Progress]

drinking: a love story?

Starts, the authors are Bien and Bien...

[startingover]

drinking: a love story?

Thanks Wippy, that'll be going in my Amazon wish list!

[angeleyes]

drinking: a love story?

Starfairy, I am currently reading "Turnabout", by Jean Kirkpatrick. She is the founder of the program Women for Sobriety, Inc. Her story makes mine seem like a walk in the park, she tells her story of severe alcoholism, and how she recovered, and now has dedicated her life to helping other woman beat alcohol addiction.

I also have her book "Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life, Self-Help for Women". I am assuming you are a woman, and these 2 books are directed specifically towards women and their needs.

If you can find either of these books, they are well worth the read, and if she can overcome what she overcame, I believe that anything is possible for the rest of us!

[5thaday]

drinking: a love story?

I would recommend 'Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction' by Jack Trimpey. In fact, you don't really have to even buy the book, as the crux of his approach is on the Rational Recovery website. Many people think Trimpey's solution is too simple, and as such cannot be true. I am not among such critics. It may be a tough pill to swallow, but Trimpey argues that we are solely responsible for acquiring, maintaining and ending our addictions, period. While I don't agree with everything Trimpey says, his approach makes the most sense from a purely rational perspective. Each time I read selections from his book I almost always achieve a significant AF period. And when I resume drinking, it is always for one of the fallacious reasons outlined in his book. The man tells it like it is.

On another note, I have read 'Drinking: A Love Story' but didn't like it very much. Just my opinion. It's too bad the author of that book didn't quit smoking cigarettes along with drinking, as she may still be alive.

[Lila]

drinking: a love story?

I loved that book Drinking A Love Story.
What is on my mind is that there is a HUGE market, and lots of money to be made by people who have had horrific life stories. So now I am skeptical, when there is an autobiography of someone who was you know, whatever, fostered, beaten, raped, inprisoned, sold into slavery, whatever and now is a successful author! I am even questioning Augusten Burroughs. I understand there may have been some libel action against him by the doctor he talks about in Running With Scissors.
I do, however, love a good survival book.
Thoughts anyone?

[CS04]

drinking: a love story?

I loved Drinking: A Love Story too. It is very sad, though, that she died of lung cancer at the age of 42.

[Lila]

drinking: a love story?

Yes, she smoked and had eating disorders as well. I do not think she embellished, I was just talking about what I think may be an industry...

[5thaday]

drinking: a love story?

Lila;506254 wrote: I loved that book Drinking A Love Story.
What is on my mind is that there is a HUGE market, and lots of money to be made by people who have had horrific life stories.

Indeed. I always thought it might be nice for a recovering boozehound who didn't have any other serious life problems to write an autobiography of how they gave up drinking. When you think about it, there are so many so-called 'functional alcoholics' out there (I count myself among them), who haven't had a bad life, haven't destroyed their careers by drinking, etc, yet recognize that their drinking very well might send them to an early grave. Maybe that should be my project for the new year!

[Aileen]

drinking: a love story?

Starfairy,

Happy Hours by Devon Jersild is also a pretty good one.

Aileen

[starfairy]

drinking: a love story?

thanks everyone for the great suggestions. i got Dry from the library yesterday. I have always been a fan of him anyways. no matter if it is embellished or not he is such a great writer and really makes it feel real. i took my girls to mcdonalds so they could play and i could read. i really got their happy meals worth. we were there for two hours and i found myself having to put the book down a couple of times because my eyes kept watering.

[j-vo]

drinking: a love story?

Drinking: A Love Story was excellent and very inspirational. She was an gifted writer. Yes, I was able to connect with her experiences. It's sad she died at the age of 42 from lung cancer, after she beat the beast. A lovely woman.