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Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery

โœ Scribed by Erica C. Barnett

Book ID
100575154
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2020
Tongue
en-US
Weight
198 KB
Edition
3
Category
Fiction
City
Penguin Publishing Group 2020.
ISBN
0525522336

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โœฆ Synopsis

****"Barnett's prose style is brassy and cleareyed, with echoes of Anne Lamott." --Beth Macy, **The New York Times Book Review

"Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's** How to Murder Your Life." --Publishers Weekly**(starred review)**
A startlingly frank memoir of one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment
Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a taste for drinking to oblivion with her friends. In her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. Volatile relationships, blackouts, and unsuccessful stints in detox defined her life, with the vodka bottles she hid throughout her apartment and offices acting as both her tormentors and closest friends.
By the time she was in her...

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