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Raising the bottom : making mindful choices in a drinking culture

Boucher, Lisa. (Author).

Summary: Presents a discussion of addiction as experienced by women, and the difficult road to recovery. Features essays from mothers, daughters, health professionals, and young women who share their stories of why they drank, how they stopped, and the joys and rewards of being present in their lives once they kicked alcohol to the curb.

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  • ISBN: 9781631522147
  • ISBN: 1631522140
  • Physical Description: print
    xvii, 255 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Berkeley, CA : SWP, She Writes Press, 2017.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references, pages 253-254.
Formatted Contents Note: Crazy is normal, right? -- Blessed break -- Early last call -- Raising the bottom -- I'm supposed to be happy. So why am I crying? -- Women and alcohol: It's complicated -- Flag's a-flyin' and I'm still lyin' -- What your kids say about you and your drinking -- One step at a time -- Heroin heartbreak: One mother's perspective -- Don't be a violet -- Out of the grave -- Doctors, nurses, hospitals, and health care -- Spirit in the rocks and wind -- Note to readers -- Model surgeon, kidnapped! -- All-American -- Hurry, drunk dial now! -- Who, me? Self-supporting? -- Saucy socialite -- Naughty in Nebraska -- Babies and booze -- I said I do (until I don't anymore) -- Just beer -- The gin stole the gems -- Twelve steps.
Subject: Women Alcohol use United States
Women alcoholics United States
Alcoholism
Alcoholism Social aspects
Substance abuse
Controlled drinking
Genre: Essays.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Raising the Bottom : Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
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Raising the Bottom : Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture

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Boucher's (Revelation) latest challenges women to ask themselves if they're drinking too much. Following up this question with her own story of recovery, as well as other women's experiences, the author demonstrates that alcoholism is a disease that doesn't discriminate by income level, education, or gender. Throughout the narratives, Boucher weaves in facts about drug and alcohol abuse as well as the day-to-day challenges of early sobriety. Contrary to the thinking that women have to lose it all before making changes, she hopes that, by reading her book, women can recognize and deal with their potential alcoholism early on. VERDICT Boucher offers recognition, empathy, and hope for family and friends and all women who have struggled with addiction. Highly recommended. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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