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Drinking: A Love Story, is the powerful, truthful memoir of Caroline Knapp. In the novel, Knapp details her long, involved, and tortured love affair with alcohol. She describes the effect of alcohol on her relationships, emotions, and thoughts. The addictiveness of drink impaired her ability to grow emotionally and personally. Professionally, Knapp was smart, productive, and always willing to work. Personally, she was spiraling out of control from her drinking.

The entire novel is told through the point of view of Caroline Knapp, a successful writer who was also a raging alcoholic. In the memoir, Knapp explains her descent into alcoholism as well as her struggle to get better. Knapp explains that she was first introduced to alcohol by her father. Every night he would come home and drink to relax. At the time Knapp did not know that he father was leading a double life—he was trying to...
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