In this video, we discuss how to stop drinking alcohol, as Erica C. Barnett shares her story of recovery from alcohol addiction. We discuss her new book Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery. If you’re struggling with alcohol addiction or you’re on your road to recovery, then this video is for you! Thank you for being a part of this community and I hope you enjoy this. This is a story of an alcoholic's journey told in a way that's very engrossing. A fast read, engaging voice, quick witted. A journalist who battles alcoholism actually went back and used her reporter skills to research her memoir-resulting in a book that teaches you something about the process of alcoholism, treatment, relapse, and recovery.
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- Synopsis
- 'Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life.' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)A startlingly frank memoir of one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatmentErica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a taste for drinking to oblivion with her friends. In her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. Volatile relationships, blackouts, and unsuccessful stints in detox defined her life, with the vodka bottles she hid throughout her apartment and offices acting as both her tormentors and closest friends.By the time she was in her late thirties, Erica Barnett had run the gauntlet of alcoholism. She had recovered and relapsed time and again, but after each new program or detox center would find herself far from rehabilitated. 'Rock bottom,' Barnett writes, 'is a lie.' It is always possible, she learned, to go lower than your lowest point. She found that the terms other alcoholics used to describe the trajectory of their addiction--'rock bottom' and 'moment of clarity'--and the mottos touted by Alcoholics Anonymous, such as 'let go and let God' and 'you're only as sick as your secrets'--didn't correspond to her experience and could actually be detrimental.With remarkably brave and vulnerable writing, Barnett expands on her personal story to confront the dire state of addiction in America, the rise of alcoholism in American women in the last century, and the lack of rehabilitation options available to addicts. At a time when opioid addiction is a national epidemic and one in twelve Americans suffers from alcohol abuse disorder, Quitter is essential reading for our age and an ultimately hopeful story of Barnett's own hard-fought path to sobriety.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780525522331
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780525522324
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 07/07/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Erica C. Barnett
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs, Psychology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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Quitter A Memoir Of Drinking Relapse And Recovery
Release date: 07/07/2020
Genre: Nonfiction
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