A review by sarahetc
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp

4.0

Sobriety memoir. Interesting and not at all overwrought. Knapp's voice is straightforward, both telling and showing the romance and the destruction of her career as an alcoholic. She captures a few crucial themes: family history, the ability to identify and endure specific emotions, and the curious, crucial, nonstop acceptance that leads to and maintains sobriety. Contrasted with Mary Karr's Lit, this one is much more about getting sober as a life's work in an of itself than getting sober as just one more thing that makes you special.