Drinking: A Love Story
Format: kindle
ASIN: B000FC1HSC
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Over the last month, I've gleaned a lot of odd looks from friends and coworkers when I tell them I've given up alcohol for Lent. Part of this is because they know me to be without religion. I blame my decision on Alain de Botton and his TED lecture "Atheism 2.0", in which he talks about the good p...
Very powerful memoir by a high-functioning alcoholic in which she relates her drinking history and her first couple years of sobriety. Knapp was an excellent writer, and a brave woman.
This is very well written and the story itself is engaging. It reads a little bit like gossip because it is so engaging - you want to know what will happen, it has its tawdry bits, its family drama. It's really a strong person who can pull herself out of this downward spiral, and at least in part it...