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“Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review“Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.”—The New York Times “Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one.”—Newsweek

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Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. Copyright 1996 by Caroline Knapp

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Product details

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback (May 12, 1997)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780385315548

ISBN-13: 978-0385315548

ASIN: 0385315546

Product Dimensions:

5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

460 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#14,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Do you love a crisp Sauvignon Blanc? Know what goes best with Risotto? Enjoy Mimosas for weekend breakfasts? Bloodies at sundown on the deck of the Hunter 380? G&T's in the afternoon? Think VSOP Hennessy is the only civilized cognac? Believe it's always five o'clock somewhere? Congratulations, You may be a sophisticated functional alcoholic. As was Caroline Knapp for twenty years until she finally came to her senses and realized that she and her well-heeled family and friends were essentially drug addicts. The drug of choice was alcohol: legal, mass marketed, promoted to be the mark of sophistication."Holding one's liquor" was a test of maturity and distinction. It's ethanol and flavored water. It's addictive, and destroys careers, livers and lives. But it's a drug that makes corporations wealthy, and many are led to the slaughter to fill those coffers. Read her book, and a take long, objective look at the love of alcohol in a strong, clear light.

This is one of my favorite autobiographies. It really hit home for me. It made me look at my own drinking through another person's eyes. Caroline Knapp was a high bottom drunk and I could relate to that. She was high functioning. She was from Boston and wrote for the Boston Phoenix back in the day. No job losses, no messy scenes. But, oh, the feelings! Her description of how drinking felt like going into a room and pulling down the shades really reverberated with me. It's a great read. It's not preachy and it's entertaining. I usually struggle to get through non-fiction books, but I loved this one. It's one of those books I keep recommending. It's just a shame Caroline Knapp is no longer alive to write more wonderful books. Loved this book.

A brutal look at the horrible negative spiral alcohol can induce people to drain into. Knapp artfully and eloquently describes her descent into hell and the confused, bewildered state of mind which the true alcoholic lives in. While her relationship struggles are extremely demeaning and sometimes repetitive, anyone who has been down this road will identify with the long drawn out nature of the relationship issues which are caused by the active alcoholic.Many of us alkies have wondered if we drank because we had problems or we had problems because we drank. While I believe it's a little of both, Knapp makes a good case for the use of alcohol being the bedrock and origin of the secrecy and dishonesty which becomes completely interwoven with the negative end results alkies put themselves and others through.I thought the material covering her parents was a little overdone and long, but there is a lot to be gleaned from their difficulties, which so severely affected the author. I've read the book twice and gleaned different things from it the second time around. Very worthwhile.

I literally read this book on my iPhone because I could not put put it down, and my phone was most convenient during the day. The author describes her own experience of the darkest corners of her disease and her recovery from alcoholism. Recommended to all whose lives have been touched by addiction, which is likely 90+ percent of those reading this review. Very readable.

Towards the end of the book, the late Ms. Knapp remarks, "We live in an alcohol-saturated world; it's simply impossible to avoid the stuff." No kidding. I gave up drinking hard liquor in college back in the early 1980s because I drank it like it was water. Alcoholism runs in our extended family, and its affect on me was frightening as hell. After twenty years of not touching hard stuff, the bar in a hotel that my wife and two sons were staying had all-you-can-drink-free special for hotel guests. I thought, "What the hell." and drank three, very strong, large Tequila Sunrises in less than fifteen minutes. I would've drank more, but my caring wife brought it to my attention what was happening when I was half way through the third drink. Twenty friggin' years without a drop of hard liquor and here came the Caca Express to Liquored Oblivion. It was so easy to rationalize taking the drink and it was even easier to lose control. Never again.Unfortunately, Ms. Knapp's life took a darker path. Her memoir does give little snippets of alcoholism trivia, but it primarily describes her gradual descent into drinking hell. There is a little questionnaire on page 121 of the paperback edition that you may find helpful. Mercy, not only could this lady drink but she also was one heck of a writer. Despite being very intelligent and doing well in the business world, the author's life was a mess due to alcohol. Ms. Knapp was brutally sincere in her presentation, but her massive insecurities that permeate the memoir were getting on my nerves near the end of the story. My tolerance for reading about someone's self-destructive nature seems to be about 200 pages before I have visions of wanting to slap some sense into the author. For a career woman, she certainly didn't have a feminist mind-set. She allowed alcohol to be her excuse for rationalizing some pretty nasty, narcissistic actions. Despite the author's eloquent, cogent account, it's still difficult for me to see how someone could hide liquor bottles so they could sneak shots or drink practically every day and NOT think they have a major problem. I guess we humans can rationalize doing anything.I've talked with quite a few people over the years whose lives had been messed up because of alcohol. Some clearly saw that liquor was not an escape from their problems but actually contributed to their difficulties; others still live in denial. Drug use has been a part of civilization since cavemen probably ate fermented fruit. It'll never go away. The stuff is so prevalent, celebrated, and legions of people use it to self-medicate. Of course, the same could be said about hoovering junk food. 'Drinking: A Love Story' has smatterings of humor, but more often are events that felt like I was punched in the gut. The story about her half-brother Wicky made me nauseous. The major thing that helped me by reading Ms. Knapp's memoir was realizing that many stories people have told me or I've read over the years seemed very illogical in their actions but could be explained if liquor was involved. It never dawned on me to think of it in that way. It's breathtaking to consider how often alcohol is involved when issues such as date rape, murder, destroyed marriages, theft, and whatnot are the issue. You may find that Ms. Knapp's trials and tribulations will resonate for you and help you take the first steps towards living a better, happier life. That would be priceless. The book is never boring.

This book gave me a clearer understanding of alcoholism than attending any meeting I have found. Not only do I have a better understanding but I have been able to find forgiveness for those who made my life more difficult due to their addiction.

Caroline Knapp (RIP) exposes so much internal turmoil in an incredibly elegant writing style. I found myself reading and rereading passages because they were so poignant to my own feelings and life.She speaks broadly but directly on drinkers, and women, and you may come out understanding more about how her generation of women and drinkers at the very least. I believe it’s more than that and the experiences she describes are relatable.If you’re a woman, know any women, like drinking, or don’t drink, read this book.

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