Raising the bottom : making mindful choices in a drinking culture

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.
Copyright: ©2017

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Includes bibliographical references, pages 253-254.

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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.

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Women Alcohol use United States
Women alcoholics United States
Alcoholism
Alcoholism Social aspects
Substance abuse
Controlled drinking

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Essays.

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