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Biographies of people in recovery
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Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life
by Devon Jersild
The author explores the forces that influence a woman's drinking and delivers a wake-up call to women who are in the dark about the effects of drinking.
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Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life : Self Help for Women
by Jean Kirkpatrick
Jean Kirkpatrick, founder of the pioneering international program Women for Sobriety, Inc., tells the story of her recovery from alcoholism. She has developed her own Thirteen Empowering Statements of Acceptance.
At amazon.com.
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Drinking: A Love Story
by Caroline Knapp
The autobiographical story of the late journalist Caroline Knapp.
Paperback, amazon.co.uk
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Healing and Hope: Six Women from the Betty Ford Center Share Their Powerful Journeys of Addiction and Recovery, with commentary by Betty Ford, and Preface by Rosalynn Carter
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Women Pioneers in 12 Step Recovery by Charlotte Hunter, Billye Jones, Joan Zieger, Hazelden Foundation
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Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood (Paperback)
by Koren Zailckas
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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship, Hardcover, by Gail Caldwell
Release date August 10, 2010
"Caldwell, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former chief book critic for The Boston Globe, met [Caroline] Knapp, a columnist with the Boston Phoenix, in 1996.
"Both women gave up drinking at 33 (Knapp's memoir is titled 'Drinking: A Love Story'); both had to overcome physical challenges in their youth, polio for Caldwell and anorexia for Knapp; both adored dogs and loved the water. Caldwell swam and Knapp rowed, and each taught the other her sport.
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"In addition to honoring Knapp's friendship, Caldwell also discusses her own battle with alcoholism and spends a good bit of time talking about a subject dear to both friends' hearts: dog-training."
--from review by Yvonne Zipp in Christian Science Monitor of August 11, 2010
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Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety, paperback, by Rachael Brownell
Product Description
Part recovery, part self-help, and all real, raw stories of waking up for the sake of your self and your children, Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore follows one mother's journey from cocktail mama to sober mama. The loving mother of twins and a newborn, Brownell used alcohol to maintain a sense of her adult self and be more than "just mommy." It didn't take long before her drinking spiraled out of control, consuming her life and marriage, and she realized that she needed serious help. Both heart-wrenching and inspiring, this is Brownell's true-life story, from the first thirty days to the year mark. Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore is not a book that preaches or simply takes the reader through the Twelve Steps. It provides hope and motivation to get into a program and balance your life as a mother and a recovering alcoholic.
Paperback, amazon.com
Kindle edition, amazon.com
iBookstore.apple.com: Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore -- Rachael Brownell
Paperback, amazon.co.uk
Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife by Brenda Wilhelmson
"Brenda Wilhelmson was like a lot of women in her neighborhood. She had a husband and two children. She was educated and made a good living as a writer. She had a vibrant social life with a tight circle of friends. She could party until dawn and take her kids to school the next day. From the outside, she appeared to have it all together. But, in truth, alcohol was slowly taking over, turning her world on its side.
Waking up to another hangover, growing tired of embarrassing herself in front of friends and family, and feeling important moments slip away, Brenda made the most critical decision of her life: to get sober. She kept a diary of her first year (and beyond) in recovery, chronicling the struggles of finding a meeting she could look forward to, relating to her fellow alcoholics, and finding a sponsor with whom she connected. Along the way, she discovered the challenges and pleasures of living each day without alcohol, navigating a social circle where booze is a centerpiece, and dealing with her alcoholic father's terminal illness and denial.
Brenda Wilhelmson's Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife offers insight, wisdom, and relevance for readers in recovery, as well as their loved ones, no matter how long they've been sober.
--from book description at amazon.com
Paperback, amazon.com
Kindle edition, amazon.com
Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism by George McGovern
The former U.S. senator describes how, in 1994, his daughter was found dead in a parking lot after passing out drunk and freezing to death, offering an intensely personal account of one woman's addictions and a family's struggle to help her while not ruining themselves in the process.
Paperback, amazon.com
Sober Truths: The Making of an Honest Woman by Jill Kelly, Ph.D.
"Old-timers in 12-step programs say that if you want to stay sober, you only have to change one thing: your whole life. Sober Truths: The Making of an Honest Woman recounts how one woman did just that. Her personal stories describe the journey she took as two decades of drinking and despair gave way to a richly rewarding sober life. Kelly's demons did not go quietly when she put the bottle down. Loneliness, anxiety, distrust of others--they were all still there. This memoir tells how she has learned to be with those demons and not drink, to let go of the jealous dramas of the past and embrace a new life of peace. Along the way, Kelly reinvents herself, becoming a visual artist, starting a successful business, and developing deep friendships and a satisfying spiritual life. At the same time, she faces the challenges of emotional eating and her sober ambivalence about sexual relationships."--product description at amazon.com
Kindle edition, amazon.com
Paperback, amazon.com
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A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps by Stephanie S. Covington
Paperback, amazon.com
Kindle edition, amazon.com
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A Biography of Mrs Marty Mann: The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous by Sally Brown and David R. Brown
Paperback, amazon.com
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Women Pioneers in 12 Step Recovery by Charlotte Hunter, Billye Jones, and Joan Zieger
Paperback, amazon.com
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