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Nice Girls Don't Drink - Stories of Recovery (Hardcover, New)
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Nice Girls Don't Drink - Stories of Recovery (Hardcover, New)
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With skill and compassion, Sarah Hafner, a recovering alcoholic,
elicits from 18 women their struggles and triumphs as they fight
addiction in a society where women are already given second-class
status. By interviewing a cross-section of women, Hafner makes
readily available the identification process found so helpful in
various recovery programs. These stories reveal the personal side
of a disease that afflicts approximately 10.5 million Americans
nearly half of them women, and directly affects many millions more.
Nice Girls Don't Drink invites us into the lives of women from all
segments of our society - rich and poor, gay and straight, women in
diverse ethnic groups and a variety of occupations. Housewives,
salesclerks, counselors, and artists are here together telling of a
disease that transcends the distinctions of class, education, and
culture. With courage, candor, and even flashes of humor, the women
recount the early influences that led to their addiction, often
including alcoholic or abusive parents; how alcoholism took over
their lives; crucial turning points; and the recovery that enabled
them to reclaim their dignity. The book guides readers to sources
of help, and lists the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and the
thirteen affirmations of Women for Sobriety. A monument to the
resilience of the human spirit, Nice Girls Don't Drink is a source
of inspiration not only for the female alcoholic, but for anyone
struggling to overcome an addiction or other handicap and live a
more complete life.
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