pavm

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone could recommend some reading to help me through my boyfriend's recovery process. I find fiction books to be the best for me to relate to and understand the lessons. Anything that reads like a text book just doesn't quite sink in with me.

I am currently reading The Shack and it's truly opened my eyes. Once I am done I would love another novel to start. Any suggestions?

Thank you!

FireSprite

I loved The Shack & only just read it for the first time a few weeks ago.

I don't know of any fictionally written books that deal with recovery or alcoholism, but I've found that I relate to biographies pretty wells sometimes.

"Drunkard" by Neil Steinberg was intriguing to me because he is a professional writer and wrote this biography a year after getting sober. It's pretty raw & told from the POV of the alcoholic (so it can be tough to read as a codie) but at the same time I found it to be a fair representation of the alcoholic mindset.

Katiekate

Drinking A Love Story, Can't remember the author.

pavm

Thank you! I will look them up!

LifeRecovery

Carolyn something, this one was interesting for me as it was written from an alcoholic womans perspective. I could relate to so much of her feelings, but not how she used alcohol. That created a lot of learning.

guulan

If you like or want to try Christian fiction , I suggest Frank Peretti and Max Lucado.

Edabisco

I think Carolyn Knapp is the name of the woman who wrote "Drinking: A Love Story."

BuffaloGal

Honestly, my favorite novel about alcoholism (although in a subtle way) is The Shining. Stephen King exactly captures the mindset of a functioning but sinking alcoholic: the self deception and aggrandizement, the tendency to squash self perception in and otherwise intelligent person... and the finer points of loving and distrusting an alcoholic parent and husband. Okay, none of us live in haunted hotels with AHs. But after reading it several times I realized that the true monster of the book is the father's alcoholism.