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• The Recovering

  Intoxication and Its Aftermath

  Jamison, Leslie, 1983-

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  "Leslie Jamison’s book “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath” (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) travels through space and time; through science, memoir and myth; from the college apartment where she drinks alone, to the freezing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drinking

  a Love Story

  Knapp, Caroline, 1959-2002

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  "While Jamison’s book is a triumph of the addiction narrative genre, “Drinking: A Love Story” by Caroline Knapp (Dial Press, 1996) can be considered a predecessor." --Karena Tse

• The Trip to Echo Spring

  On Writers and Drinking

  Laing, Olivia

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  Another work that exists in conversation with “The Recovering” is “The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking” by Olivia Laing (Picador, 2013), which examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of such…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not Drinking Tonight

  a Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love

  White, Amanda,

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  For readers seeking relief of a different sort, Amanda White offers practical advice in “Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love” (Hachette Go, 2022). White’s book does not ask the question, “Are you an alcoholic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Early Sobrieties

  a Novel

  Deagler, Michael,

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  "This improvement can be slow, like it is for Dennis Monk, the funny and floundering protagonist of Michael Deagler’s debut novel “Early Sobrieties” (Astra House, 2024). For Monk, sobriety is best described not as redemption, but rather as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Smashing the Liquor Machine

  a Global History of Prohibition

  Schrad, Mark Lawrence

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  Readers interested in the hidden links between prohibitionism and other freedom movements, like abolitionism and suffragism, may enjoy the journey of Mark Lawrence Schrad’s “Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

  An American Slave

  Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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  In contrast, other writers have understood alcohol as a means of control in and of itself. In his autobiography “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” (Anti-Slavery Office, 1845), Frederick Douglass writes that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Naked Mind

  Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

  Grace, Annie, 1978-

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• The Sober Lush

  a Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--alcohol Free

  Ward, Amanda Eyre, 1972-

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• Blackout

  Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget

  Hepola, Sarah,

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• Drink

  the Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

  Johnston, Ann Dowsett

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• Drink?

  the New Science of Alcohol + Your Health

  Nutt, David J., 1951-

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• The Gangster's Guide to Sobriety

  My Life in 12 Steps

  Stephens, Richie • Altschuler, John • Krinsky, Dave

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• Drunk-ish

  a Memior of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

  Wilder-Taylor, Stefanie,

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• Soberful

  Uncover a Sustainable, Fulfilling Life Free of Alcohol

  Valli, Veronica

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• Lit

  a Memoir

  Karr, Mary

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• Impossible People

  a Completely Average Recovery Story

  Wertz, Julia,

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• Mrs D is Going Without

  A Memoir

  Dann, Lotta

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• Drinking Games

  a Memoir

  Levy, Sarah, 1989-

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• Sober Stick Figure

  A Memoir

  Tozer, Amber

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