Has anyone read, Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp?

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08-21-2012, 09:24 AM

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Lost3000

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Well you hear what you want you know. I'm sure I heard those things but I wasn't interested in listening!

Yeah, I know. I didn't like the whisperings so I tossed the book to the back of my bookshelves and drank away to smother out the whisper.

08-21-2012, 09:34 AM

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"Dry" is another great one, by Augusten Burroughs.

08-21-2012, 09:47 AM

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Burroughs just published another book, and I can't recall the title! I picked it up at the library and almost finished it in one setting. REALLY good.

08-21-2012, 09:50 AM

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I loved both "Drinking" and "Dry"-also "Lit" by Mary Karr

08-21-2012, 10:10 AM

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Yeah, I know. I didn't like the whisperings so I tossed the book to the back of my bookshelves and drank away to smother out the whisper.

Actually I do recall a vague feeling of guilt over my drinking appearing after I read that...probably had the same reaction as you

08-21-2012, 10:13 AM

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Actually I do recall a vague feeling of guilt over my drinking appearing after I read that...probably had the same reaction as you

Later on I began to feel empowered, if she could do it so could I. I learned that she died, and that made me stronger to quit. I didn't want to die a drunk.

08-21-2012, 10:26 AM

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lol, is every reply here from a woman?

Somebody needs to write "Drinking: A War Story", even things out a bit...

We've got Hemingway's "Islands in the Stream" for that. Every damned page it seems "he made a gin drink with plenty of ice and a few drops of bitters", "they had gin drinks with coconut water and a twist of lime" etc etc etc