Diary Of An Alcoholic Housewife (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
I saw this book in a bookstore and it interested me. I hadn't seen a book written about a first hand account of someone trying to get sober. With shows like "Intervention" and "Celebrity Rehab" and the like, the whole subject of addiction and getting sober is fascinating. Wilhelmson explains the reason she wrote the book was because no other book she saw could answer her question, "Am I an Alcoholic?" Though she never really came out and said it, I think you get the sense that she understood that she was. This book is not an instructional book and if you are looking for information on the 12 steps, or the program of AA itself, you'll have to look elsewhere. What this book does do, is take an honest and unrelenting look at one person's journey of recovery.Wilhelmson states in the beginning that people she knows may not like what she writes about them. I can see why. Wilhelmson pulls no punches. She is honest, brutally at times. Although I admired her desire to admit her addiction and do what she can to get clean, I never once found myself empathizing with her. In fact, more often than not, I wanted to come to the defense of her family and friends. I'm not saying that I have not had frustrating thoughts about my loved ones from time to time, but I found myself wondering if she ever had positive feelings about some of the people in her life at all.Overall, I liked the book for its different approach on a subject we hear a lot about. I just had a hard time relating to the feelings and frustrations of the author. It wasn't what I expected it to be but it was a good and mostly easy read. I didn't think it was an actual diary which is what it is... at some points it's like "I get it, you don't drink and you're so happy you don't now. Your life is great now and your friends lives are shit". It did put an interesting prospective on the "perfect housewife" image. Every once and awhile I wish I could be one of those women that just drive their kids back and forth to some sports practice; partake in book clubs and lavish couples nights out. After reading this book I realized these bitches are drunk half of their day and hung over the other half. It made me laugh out loud quite a few times because this mom spoke the truth. I do wonder though, is she till sober? She only had intentions on being sober for a certain period of time. At the end of the book she was four and a half years sober...
What do You think about Diary Of An Alcoholic Housewife (2011)?
A good page turner! I enjoyed being on her journey of self-discovery.
—maitai
Honest diary of a woman who overcomes her drinking.
—Jackson
