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Maybe youve been leaning on alcohol too much totry to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Maybe you enjoyed a successfulDry January, so youre questioning alcohols role in your life.
Maybe youre in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Maybe youre a pretty moderate drinker, but you feel like booze just isnt your friend anymore.
Or maybe you just love a moving memoir.
At this point, Vargas started writing her memoir, and the result is this heartfelt book.
(Whitaker has previously written for SELF.)
Her account of what she remembers is savage; her fear over what she wont ever remember is terrifying.
When men are in a blackout, they do things to the world.
When women are in a blackout, things are done to them, Hepola writes.
The young girl ended up in the foster care system, where she was physically and sexually abused.
In one scene in the book, Brown describes losing her apartment and going on a four-day crack binge.
My eyes were sunk in my head.
My lips were burned and scabbed from the crack pipe.
You could see my ribs.
I had seen death before on other people.
But Id never seen it on me.
Today, shes a lawyer and motivational speaker who wants to show others that change is possible.
Engaging, readable, and honest, this book is like getting a hug from your best sober buddy.
Is it ever possible to be in full recovery?
(Khar has previously written for SELF.)
This is a deeply personal story of resilience, authorJennifer Pastilofftells SELF.
As much as its a recovery memoir, its a love story.
Through Erin Khars resilience, she bows out of a life of addiction and self-hate into a softer life.
In this book, youll recognize yourself, even if you dont struggle with addiction.
She bravely gives voice to so many of the things humans experience but are afraid to say.
Buy it:$17,amazon.com
