Caroline Knapp died from cancer in 2002. She was 43. . Drinking: A Love Story came out in 1996.
She has inspired me endlessly and I know she has inspired many other people, so her legacy lives on.
For anyone old enough to remember Family Ties, Meredith Baxter's memoir, Untied, is fantastic. She talks about her decades long abusive marriage and descent into alcoholism while working on the TV show.
August, I loved Sarah Hepola's, Patrick Kennedy's and Elizabeth Vargas's books too. I will never forget Elizabeth Vargas's comment "I would not hesitate for a nanosecond to step in front of a bullet, to do anything, to give my life for my children....but I couldn't stop drinking for my children.".