I picked up this book as a drinking alcoholic and put it down five days later as a sober alcoholic. I am in very early recovery (day ten today), and while I don't think it was the book that got me sober (it was more the other way round – I wanted to get sober so I read the book), I feel so grateful to Caroline for documenting her story. She was a stunningly honest, witty and clever writer. I so relate to her mix of self-loathing and self-aggrandisement – I think a lot of alcoholics have that in common.
I was devastated to hear she died. She had more books in her. I wish I could thank her for this one.
If anyone has other book recommendations, I'd love to hear them.