When people think of the 'typical' alcoholic, images of the
'fallen-down' drunk come to mind. Most do not think of professional
men and women with successful careers, vibrant families, and active
social lives. However, high-functioning alcoholics exist in great
numbers, are unseen, and suffer no less than their struggling,
failing counterparts. They include corporate presidents,
politicians, teachers, tradesmen, law enforcement officials,
lawyers, physicians, and even stay at home parents, who are by most
accounts successful. Even as they have created lives most people
would envy, the realities of alcoholism eventually strike, and
recovery is just as arduous for high-functioning alcoholics as it
is for lower functioning alcoholics. Benton reveals the extent of
the problem, the challenges in recognizing it, the warning signs,
and the methods for addressing it. Through research and interviews
with both addiction experts and sober high-functioning alcoholics,
she illustrates how, when, and why they become addicted, as well as
the reasons their alcoholism is so hard to admit, detect, cope
with, and overcome. Weaving her own story of alcoholism and
recovery into the text in the form of past journal entries and
reflective pieces, Benton takes us first hand into the lives of
high-functioning alcoholics.
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