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It's all about emotions

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This is a very touching book. It explains very good by the Authors own experiences, in which way addiction works. How addiction leads your thinking and than trying to numb all these overwhelming feelings with the favourit drug again and again. It makes me understand, how it works. A great book and a big thank-you to the Author Caroline Knapp for her enormously courage and energy. Which is in everyone, by the way.

Best in it's genre

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I'm always hesitant to read sobriety books that include promoting AA as the only way to stay sober and indeed Knapp was of the same opinion - even going to a meeting and deciding it wasn't for her for a number of years until going back. She doesn't 'bang the book' throughout and is quite honest about some of her compatriots who have recovered without AA. I have read many books on the addiction subject and where Frey's 'A million little pieces' is sensationalised, this strikes the reader as pure honesty. Knapp writes so well you begin to think of her as a heroine. She does not have the many crazy antics most alcoholics have gone through (although she is a lifelong drunk driver) but she is pointed enough to understand that for her, the cheating lieing and coverups is as bad as any car wreck This is a fantastic inspiring read.

Caroline Knapp - Thank You! We all love you...

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Caroline Knapp was a truly remarkable individual with so much love to give and share. In her short time after recovering from alcohol and other issues she was working through, she gave us her love, wisdom, strength, and hope in her written word. I have never read an author that has touched my soul like Caroline has. Everyday I think about her, her life, and her legacy. Caroline, even though you are not here in the physical form, you will always be with me in the spiritual form. When I re-read sections of her books, they tend to always be fresh, alive, and as if I have never read them before. God speaks and teaches us through people. Caroline, you have given me the two most important lessons for my own alcohol and emotional recovery - hope and love. I hope Caroline's twin sister, Dr. Rebecca Knapp, continues her sister's legacy by being a voice for Caroline's struggles.

looking in a mirror	Customer Rating:
If anyone has ever battled with alcohol or the thought of being an alcoholic this books reaches inside your inner thougts and gives to the strengh to carry on. It is the only book that has ever explained the way I felt when I gave up alcohol it is truly a love story with a happy ending. Truley inspiring.

So Clear

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"Drinking A Love Story" is a stellar novel that puts a real voice on addiction. More than just being about an alcoholic, it's about being a functional alcoholic which is so incredibly eye opening. While "A Million Little Pieces" and "Basketball Diaries" are very graphic about over the edge, in the gutter, can't function in society addicts; "Drinking: A Love Story" is even more compelling because it's about someone you could well know. "Drinking: A Love Story" equates favorably to the better books in the field, books like "Smashed", "My Fractured Life", and "Dry."