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by Caroline Knapp (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Quartet Books; New edition edition (1 Aug 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0704380501
  • ISBN-13: 978-0704380509
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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What makes Knapp''s account fascinating is her ruthless dissection of a picture-perfect middle-class family, her candid analysis of her high functioning journalistic career, and a weird elegy for the 1980s.'
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, 20 April 2004
By R. P. Sedgwick "Grim Rob" (UK) - See all my reviews
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A brilliant first hand description of what it is to be like to be afunctional alcoholic, someone who has a good job, a home, a boyfriend, andon the surface a perfectly normal and respectable life.
Caroline Knapp tells everything just the way it was, from the perspectiveof several years spent in Alcoholics Anonymous, sparing no embarrassingdetails of what happened along the way. Her aim is clearly to try and helpothers with her story, which is far more common (at around 10% of thepopulation) than most people's impressions of what an alcoholic is ordoes. She doesn't try and glamorise her drinking, and the book is sobrutally honest that I felt I almost knew her by the end of it!
Sadly a few years after writing the book the author died from anotheraddiction (lung cancer as a result of smoking), which make her mother'sfinal words on her death bed to Caroline (as revealed in the book)particularly prophetic.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So Clear, 18 May 2005
"Drinking A Love Story" is a stellar novel that puts a real voice on addiction. More than just being about an alcoholic, it's about being a functional alcoholic which is so incredibly eye opening. While "A Million Little Pieces" and "Basketball Diaries" are very graphic about over the edge, in the gutter, can't function in society addicts; "Drinking: A Love Story" is even more compelling because it's about someone you could well know. "Drinking: A Love Story" equates favorably to the better books in the field, books like "Smashed", "My Fractured Life", and "Dry."
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you think ... but doesn't preach, 21 Jan 2003
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Quite simply one of the most eye-opening books I have ever read. It is not a "self help" book, nor an advertisement for AlAnon, but a frank and very insightful glimpse into the world of the "high functioning" alcoholic.

Apart from those who have never touched a drop in theirs lives, I guarantee that there won't be a single person who doesn't at least identify with some parts of this book.

Caroline Knapp doesn't just tell us that the road she traveled is bad, what she does so well is to shine a light on that road, so we can see where we are, and where we are going, and make our own minds up. And she manages to do all this with great humour, and of course sadness.

I have never been able to say "That was a bad day, I deserve a drink" after reading this...without stopping to think what I am saying. It didn't stop me enjoying a drink, but it did make me realise the line between social drinking and alcoholism is so very faint, that I might just not notice crossing it. This book makes that line a little clearer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have ever read!
This book has to be the best book I have ever read. As a 32 year old woman there were so many issues Caroline had that I can completely identify with. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Caroline Knapp: A saviour for many years to come
I am more than 3/4 way through Caroline Knapp's book: Drinking, a love story. I am a 27 year old married mum of 1. I drink with friends, with family and on my own. Read more
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I'm always hesitant to read sobriety books that include promoting AA as the only way to stay sober and indeed Knapp was of the same opinion - even going to a meeting and deciding... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Caroline Knapp - Thank You! We all love you...
Caroline Knapp was a truly remarkable individual with so much love to give and share. In her short time after recovering from alcohol and other issues she was working through, she... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars looking in a mirror
If anyone has ever battled with alcohol or the thought of being an alcoholic this books reaches inside your inner thougts and gives to the strengh to carry on. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
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OK, I drink a lot, but I never actually worried about how much I drank or the way that I drank until I read this book. Read more
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