Drinking

A Love Story

By: Caroline Knapp

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

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.

©1996 Caroline Knapp (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Good for family of alcoholics to read too

Well written and informative. Provided good insight in to the habits and realities of an alcoholic.

Well written, interesting all the way through.

I'm not a drinker, but I've had alcoholics around me most of my life. This book gave me some insight into what is really going on inside them.

Highly recommend this book - drinker or not.

Beautiful, thoughtful And touching memoir

A beautifully written and narrated book that gets to the core of not only drinking but the universal need to escape emotional pain. I thoroughly enjoyed the breadth of the territory covered In the book, particularly self awareness and personal growth long buried by any addiction, whether it be drink, drugs or eating disorders.

Such a compelling book!

This book was amazing! I enjoyed the truth that came from it. As someone who experienced divorced due to my ex husband’s addiction to alcohol it helped me understand things that was never verbally expressed to me. I think this book is a critical read to those who desire an understanding on alcohol addiction

This is for you if you are in the early stages of recovery

Well written, honest, raw and resonates in a painful way. If you are in any stage but especially the early stages of recover, read this book!

One of my favorites

This is my 6th book on sobriety and it’s is one of my favorites! Her story is wonderfully told and creates an engaging environment that allows
You to relate on a gentle,non judgmental level. Highly recommend

Excellent!!!!

Reads as easy as a fun, fiction book but so many great lessons and facts included and learned along with the story. Highly recommend!

The reality of alcoholism

So powerful, I didn’t honk I would relate at first because she had such a good career and drank good wines in nice restaurants. Unlike me who when to bars and got drunk on cheap rum and ended up homeless.
But the feelings were the same and I soon came to see my own disease and recovery in her story.

greatbook and invite scary at times to think back on my own experience with alcohol and these nights mm

great eye oping and a flash back into who I used to be read this

Very good book if I could give 6 stars I would

If you drink and think your an alcoholic read this book. It sooo good and well written I thank the author for this book