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Blackout
- Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
- Narrateur(s): Sarah Hepola
- Durée: 7 h et 35 min
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Drinking
- A Love Story
- Auteur(s): Caroline Knapp
- Narrateur(s): Gabra Zackman
- Durée: 9 h et 5 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profoundly moving
- Écrit par Gillian le 2019-07-15
Auteur(s): Caroline Knapp
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Quitter
- A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
- Auteur(s): Erica C. Barnett
- Narrateur(s): Jean Ann Douglass
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
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A startlingly frank memoir, Quitter documents one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Related more to this story than memoires “Blackout” or “Drinking”
- Écrit par Whimsy Fai le 2022-01-03
Auteur(s): Erica C. Barnett
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Dry
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): Augusten Burroughs
- Narrateur(s): Augusten Burroughs
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. When Augusten is forced to examine himself, he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best
- Écrit par Sara Morrison le 2023-06-22
Auteur(s): Augusten Burroughs
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We Are the Luckiest
- The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
- Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
- Narrateur(s): Laura McKowen
- Durée: 7 h
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 270
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What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something - anything - else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Changed my life
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-02-03
Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
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The Sober Diaries
- How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living
- Auteur(s): Clare Pooley
- Narrateur(s): Karen Cass
- Durée: 10 h et 12 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 124
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 123
Like many women, Clare Pooley found the juggle of a stressful career and family life a struggle, so she left her successful role as a managing partner in one of the world's biggest advertising agencies to look after her family. She knew the change wouldn't be easy, but she never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day and spending her evenings Googling 'am I an alcoholic?'
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong in the beginning, peters out in the end
- Écrit par libragal le 2019-04-06
Auteur(s): Clare Pooley
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
- Discovering a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Alcohol-Free Life
- Auteur(s): Catherine Gray
- Narrateur(s): Catherine Gray
- Durée: 10 h et 14 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 138
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 136
Ever sworn off alcohol for January and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point' in just one drink? Welcome! There are millions of us. This inspirational, aspirational and highly relatable narrative champions the benefits of sobriety with a three-pronged approach combining the author's personal experience, factual reportage and contributions from expert sources and self-help advice for anyone who wants to reduce their alcohol intake or eliminate it completely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-10-08
Auteur(s): Catherine Gray
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Drinking
- A Love Story
- Auteur(s): Caroline Knapp
- Narrateur(s): Gabra Zackman
- Durée: 9 h et 5 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profoundly moving
- Écrit par Gillian le 2019-07-15
Auteur(s): Caroline Knapp
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Quitter
- A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
- Auteur(s): Erica C. Barnett
- Narrateur(s): Jean Ann Douglass
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 11
A startlingly frank memoir, Quitter documents one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Related more to this story than memoires “Blackout” or “Drinking”
- Écrit par Whimsy Fai le 2022-01-03
Auteur(s): Erica C. Barnett
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Dry
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): Augusten Burroughs
- Narrateur(s): Augusten Burroughs
- Durée: 8 h et 42 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 52
At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. When Augusten is forced to examine himself, he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best
- Écrit par Sara Morrison le 2023-06-22
Auteur(s): Augusten Burroughs
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We Are the Luckiest
- The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
- Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
- Narrateur(s): Laura McKowen
- Durée: 7 h
- Version intégrale
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 235
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 232
What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something - anything - else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Changed my life
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-02-03
Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
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The Sober Diaries
- How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living
- Auteur(s): Clare Pooley
- Narrateur(s): Karen Cass
- Durée: 10 h et 12 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 124
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 123
Like many women, Clare Pooley found the juggle of a stressful career and family life a struggle, so she left her successful role as a managing partner in one of the world's biggest advertising agencies to look after her family. She knew the change wouldn't be easy, but she never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day and spending her evenings Googling 'am I an alcoholic?'
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong in the beginning, peters out in the end
- Écrit par libragal le 2019-04-06
Auteur(s): Clare Pooley
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
- Discovering a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Alcohol-Free Life
- Auteur(s): Catherine Gray
- Narrateur(s): Catherine Gray
- Durée: 10 h et 14 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 138
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 136
Ever sworn off alcohol for January and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point' in just one drink? Welcome! There are millions of us. This inspirational, aspirational and highly relatable narrative champions the benefits of sobriety with a three-pronged approach combining the author's personal experience, factual reportage and contributions from expert sources and self-help advice for anyone who wants to reduce their alcohol intake or eliminate it completely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-10-08
Auteur(s): Catherine Gray
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Glorious Rock Bottom
- Auteur(s): Bryony Gordon
- Narrateur(s): Bryony Gordon
- Durée: 5 h et 39 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 6
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Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning mental health campaigner. She is also an alcoholic. In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic 20-year relationship with alcohol and drugs and explains exactly why hitting rock bottom - for her, a traumatic event and the abrupt realisation that she was putting herself in danger, time and again - saved her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good listen
- Écrit par AM le 2023-05-07
Auteur(s): Bryony Gordon
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Between Breaths
- A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
- Auteur(s): Elizabeth Vargas
- Narrateur(s): Elizabeth Vargas
- Durée: 5 h et 35 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reveals her alcohol addiction and anxiety disorder in a shockingly honest and emotional memoir. From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in Between Breaths, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety—which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served in Vietnam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great !!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2023-01-04
Auteur(s): Elizabeth Vargas
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Unwasted
- My Lush Sobriety
- Auteur(s): Sacha Z. Scoblic
- Narrateur(s): Julie McKay
- Durée: 6 h et 7 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 6
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The single glass of wine with dinner... the cold beer on a hot day... the champagne flute raised in a toast... what I'd drink if Hunter S. Thompson wanted to get wasted with me... these are my fantasies lately. Too bad I've gone sober. When Sacha Z. Scoblic was drinking, she was a rock star; the days were rough and the nights filled with laughter and blackouts. Then she gave it up. She had to. Here are her adventures in an utterly and maddeningly sober world... and how she discovered that nothing is as odd and fantastic as life without a drink in hand.
Auteur(s): Sacha Z. Scoblic
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The Sober Lush
- A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life - Alcohol Free
- Auteur(s): Amanda Eyre Ward, Jardine Libaire
- Narrateur(s): Eileen Stevens
- Durée: 6 h et 53 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 7
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In a culture where sipping "rosé all day" is seen as the epitome of relaxation, "grabbing a drink" the only way to network; and meeting at a bar the quintessential "first date", many of us are left wondering if drinking alcohol really is the only way to cultivate joy and connection in life. Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward wanted to live spontaneous and luxurious lives, to escape the ordinary and enjoy the intoxicating. Their drinking, however, had started to numb them to the present moment instead of unlocking it.
Auteur(s): Amanda Eyre Ward, Autres
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Quit Like a Woman
- The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
- Auteur(s): Holly Whitaker
- Narrateur(s): Holly Whitaker
- Durée: 10 h et 8 min
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We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some kind of magic elixir, though it is anything but.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every woman needs to read this book!
- Écrit par Candice Corbett le 2020-01-07
Auteur(s): Holly Whitaker
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Nothing Good Can Come from This
- Essays
- Auteur(s): Kristi Coulter
- Narrateur(s): Kristi Coulter
- Durée: 5 h et 49 min
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When Kristi stopped drinking, she started noticing things. Like when you give up a debilitating habit, it leaves a space, one that can’t easily be filled by mocktails or ice cream or sex or crafting. And when you cancel Rosé Season for yourself, you’re left with just summer, and that’s when you notice that the women around you are tanked - that alcohol is the oil in the motors that keeps them purring when they could be making other kinds of noise. In her sharp, incisive debut essay collection, Coulter reveals a portrait of a life in transition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely resonated with my younger self
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-11-09
Auteur(s): Kristi Coulter
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Wasted
- An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Tragically Flawed Treatment System
- Auteur(s): Michael Pond, Maureen Palmer
- Narrateur(s): Michael Pond, Maureen Palmer
- Durée: 11 h et 43 min
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Psychotherapist Michael Pond is no stranger to the devastating consequences of alcoholism. He has helped hundreds of people conquer their addictions, but this knowledge did not prevent his own near-demise. In this riveting memoir, he recounts how he lost his practice, his home, and his family - all because of his drinking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book
- Écrit par Maxime le 2021-10-06
Auteur(s): Michael Pond, Autres
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Drink?
- The New Science of Alcohol and Health
- Auteur(s): Professor David Nutt
- Narrateur(s): Professor David Nutt
- Durée: 6 h et 36 min
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From after-work happy hour to a nightly glass of wine, we're used to thinking of alcohol as a normal part of our daily lives. In Drink?, neuropharmacology professor David Nutt takes a fascinating, science-based look at drinking to unpack why we should reconsider our favorite pastime. Using cutting-edge scientific research and years of hands-on experience in the field, Nutt delves into the long- and short-term effects of alcohol. He addresses topics such as hormones, mental health, fertility, and addiction, explaining how alcohol travels through our bodies and brains....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic informative book
- Écrit par B le 2021-10-18
Auteur(s): Professor David Nutt
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My Fair Junkie
- A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
- Auteur(s): Amy Dresner
- Narrateur(s): Amy Dresner
- Durée: 7 h et 58 min
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In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie is an insightful, darkly funny, and shamelessly honest memoir of one woman's battle with all forms of addiction, hitting rock bottom, and forging a path to a life worth living.
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5 out of 5 stars
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honest, raw, inspiring
- Écrit par LAB le 2023-10-28
Auteur(s): Amy Dresner
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Push Off from Here
- Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Sobriety (and Everything Else)
- Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
- Narrateur(s): Laura McKowen
- Durée: 7 h et 34 min
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In Push Off from Here, McKowen delves deeply into each of her nine points: what they mean, how they work, and how every person can live them. She addresses topics such as the correlation between trauma and addiction, the importance of radical honesty, letting go of the illusion of control, the value of community, a reminder that healing is a continual process, and that the process is a gift. Whether you’re just starting out or have been sober for decades, McKowen instructs us to be kind to ourselves: Change is messy and progress is rarely linear, but we can always push off from here.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great messages
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-10-23
Auteur(s): Laura McKowen
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This Naked Mind
- Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness, and Change Your Life
- Auteur(s): Annie Grace
- Narrateur(s): Annie Grace
- Durée: 7 h et 28 min
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This Naked Mind offers a new, positive solution. Here, Annie Grace clearly presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence in all of us. Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink, this book will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture and how the stigma of alcoholism and recovery keeps people from getting the help they need.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Second Time's a Charm
- Écrit par Lisa M. le 2019-06-07
Auteur(s): Annie Grace
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Alcohol Explained
- Auteur(s): William Porter
- Narrateur(s): Nick Jermyn
- Durée: 6 h
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Alcohol Explained is the definitive, ground-breaking guide to alcohol and alcoholism. It explains how alcohol affects human beings on a chemical, physiological, and psychological level, from those first drinks right up to chronic alcoholism. This audiobook provides a logical, easy-to-follow explanation of the phenomenon and detailed instructions on how to beat it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great tool and reference
- Écrit par Nathan Burns le 2019-05-15
Auteur(s): William Porter
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A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure - the sober life she never wanted.
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure". She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened 21st-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead.
Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most - but getting yourself back in return.
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- Jennifer A
- 2021-07-16
yes! finally! something relatable
Maybe it's a tmi, but I felt this book deeply. Almost autobiographical. I'm so happy to have selected the audible version. Gripping, funny, engaging and heartbreaking. Enough to make a moderate drinker sober-curious.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-03-10
Not my favourite memoir
I read a LOT of 'quit lit' and memoirs on the subject of addiction/overcoming ones addiction. This one was difficult to finish. In fact I have not yet, and am not sure I will. Loved "quit like a women', 'drinking, a love story' and 'girl walks out of a bar'. If you are new to this genre, I suggest you start with one of these!
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- Cassandra V.
- 2020-01-19
Exceptional
Sarah has candid and clever writing style. I loved every minute of it! Thanks Sarah for sharing your story.
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- sleepyamie
- 2019-11-12
Powerful
A powerful, emotional story of a woman’s alcoholism and finding sobriety. A great read for support or if you know someone who may be going through something similar.
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- Andrew Collett
- 2019-01-29
Couldn't put it down!
Thank you for writing such a heartfelt and honest book about your struggles with alcohol. Your words have given me hope and strength.
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- Candice Corbett
- 2018-12-22
Great book
Sarah's story reminds me so much of my own story. The memory loses, the struggles, and finding a way out in the end.
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- Dayna Burnell
- 2023-08-07
authentic, honest, and raw
Sarah's recollection of her journey leading up to sobriety is powerful. I cried and struggled and laughed and just.... felt with her along the way. Excellent narration as well.
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- Pascal
- 2022-06-20
a good recovery book
as someone who has struggled with addiction to alcohol, I found this to be an interesting listen and a helpful reminder of the daily struggle of this affliction. the content was sometimes difficult to listen to in a powerful, impactful sort of way, but it was told in a very open and honest way that I appreciate.
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- B
- 2022-03-29
Great memoir, superb narration
Superb narration by the author adds another dimension to this memoir. You don't have to relate to the story to appreciate this book. At least you don't have to think that you might relate to appreciate it.
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- Lesley S.
- 2022-03-21
I could relate
I could relate to so much in this book. It helped me look at aspects of my drinking in a whole new light. If you are ready and open to this topic, I highly recommend this book.
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- W Perry Hall
- 2015-07-17
Blackout: A Knockout
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call [her] up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though." J.D. Salinger
I ran across this quote accidentally yesterday and thought of this book, which I've been holding off reviewing because it moved me so much that I felt like I couldn't do it justice. I think, though, that Salinger's quote is the highest compliment one can give an author of a memoir.
Through raw honesty and her wonderful way with words, Sarah Hepola has perfectly, poignantly and humorously captured the true essence of the hole in the soul I've seen in so many addicts/alcoholics. I was prepared to quote numerous passages from her book about "Martini math," and switching bodegas so no one of the guys would catch on to purchasing patterns, and her experiences with strangers when she was drunk (and could remember), but I think one best paints the picture for anyone considering buying this book, of her moment of finally "quitting":
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" [t]he need to hold onto booze was primal. Drinking had saved me. When I was a child trapped in loneliness, it gave me escape. When I was a teenager trapped by self-consciousness, it gave me power. When I was a young woman unsure of her work, it gave me courage. When I was lost, it gave me the path -- that way, towards the next drink and everywhere it leads you. When I triumphed, it celebrated with me. When I cried, it comforted me. And, even in the end, when I was tortured by all it had done to me, it gave me oblivion."
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Ms. Hepola finds sobriety at first, day by day and tough for maintaining optimism. Yet, she now sees that sobriety in her life's story is "not the boring part, it's the plot twist."
The audio version was particularly compelling because of Ms. Hepola's soft, though at times lively, voice and her gut-wrenching archival tape recording of herself at 13 discussing drinking and her experience with an 18-year-old boy, a statutory rape.
I hated to finish this book because it felt like a friend telling me her whole life story, sharing and stirring in me such raw emotions, and then ... I couldn't talk back.
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- Jonna Stout
- 2015-07-13
Starting Over
I was sober for 13 months and went back out. I started an IOP today and picked up my desire chip at lunch. I started the book yesterday and could not stop listening. I went in to group today with a clear purpose and full of hope. Thank you Sarah for your honesty. It reminded me yet again that we are not alone.
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- Phoenix Glass-Destruge
- 2017-09-13
If You're a Big Book Thumper
you'll probably love this book. It's basically a book-length Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meeting. Hepola is a journalist and an intelligent, thoughtful one at that, therefore, a decent writer, but her delivery is a bit wistful and precious. The first half of the book is your classic drunk-a-logue with a decent amount of introspection. The second half of the book feels like a long advertisement for A.A., slogans and all. It's as if Hepola lost her true self to the group identity of "the program". She stops using her own language to describe her experience and instead starts using the platitudes that hang on the walls of a 12-step hall, such as, "Let Go and Let God". If you're high on the recovery cloud, this book will undoubtedly resonate with you, but if you've progressed beyond A.A., it'll begin to sound regurgitated, as if you're sitting in a meeting that drags on and on.
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- Kara Hawker
- 2015-08-04
Story of my Life
Alcohol has always fueled my social interactions. In the past few years my drinking has become worse and my blackouts more frequent. Sarah expressed how it feels to not know when to make an exit. I'm glad she wrote about her journey and it makes me excited to start one of my own.
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- Robert F.
- 2015-12-10
Sarah : A Love Story, Not a Drinking Story
Would you consider the audio edition of Blackout to be better than the print version?
Yes--its like watching a movie in my head esp late at night like 3:00 AM in the morning. Sarah's living voice esp brings out the sneaky, sneaky way alcohol takes over one's life.
What other book might you compare Blackout to and why?
The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson. But it's like comparing apples and oranges since one is fiction but both are good. Jackson, whose long winded narrative style is too, too long--even preachy, and Sarah Hepola's writing: short and (if you can read between the lines) sweet and bitter.
Which character – as performed by Sarah Hepola – was your favorite?
Sarah with her, remorseless comments about her drinking self, steals every scene. She must choose either the exciting, brilliant in full cinematic color, writer who writes better when inebriated and does horribly, shockingly, embarrassing things when drunk and then completely forgets them . . . or everyday, daily Sarah Hepola-- in the mirror, ordinary Sarah Hepola. Which Sarah do you love?
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I savored each scene like a a meal so rich you can't eat it all at once. I'm waiting a reasonable interval maybe a year, so I can read it again.
Any additional comments?
Yes, one scene, early on in the book, where her boyfriend looks at her nude in the bathtub (after a heavy night of drinking for both) and finds her fat and unattractive made me gasp for her pain and the terrible loneliness of imagined love--and it is love story, not a drinking story.
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- Max
- 2015-09-06
Not bad
Not as funny or interesting as I had hoped based on reviews, bit it was genuine and somewhat insightful. Not a great listen, but not a bad one either.
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- Dee
- 2015-07-17
Awesome!!!
This was a great story! I enjoyed it. Funny, emotional!
I never write a review, as I should, because I do love a lot of books.
BUT this one was THAT great I chose to share!
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- piper
- 2015-06-29
Great memoir
"Blackout" is an intimate portrait of alcoholism that explores the nuances of female addiction in our culture of "empowerment." This is the most relatable description I've read of the vulnerability and stubbornness of alcoholism and of the hope and struggle of sobriety.
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- Scott Fowler
- 2015-06-29
Story that grips you and won't let go.
As a guy that has hone through the hell of addiction, the slamming into my rock bottom, and the slow journey to the sober man I am today, this story told from a female perspective is absolutely gripping. I could not stop listening even through parts that reminded me of my own dungeons. This is one of the best and most inspiring audiobooks I have ever heard, and every word is true.
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- Janet
- 2015-07-06
Really quite impressive
Any additional comments?
I purchased this audiobook with pretty low expectations. It seems that every month, there's another book released by a recovering alcoholic. But this one is actually entertaining, mostly because Hepola has a great sense of humor. While the book starts to drag toward the end once she attains sobriety (again, rather inevitable--when you've quit drinking, you have no more drinking stories, and all that's left is to philosophize about life for three chapters), I'd still recommend this one.
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