I'm giving this book 4 stars, but with a caveat. There's no doubt that this book was well written. I finished it in 2 days. It was gripping, raw, and real. It's so honest that at times it's difficult to read. My problem with this book is that I don't believe it should have been written (or at least published) yet. Given her history of alcohol abuse and relapse, the focus on her son and how her choices put him in harm's way, and the fact that at the time of publishing she had been sober less time than when she had her relapse, it seems that the story is not yet complete. Or at least she has not had enough time to get a high level view of that period of her life. As her son gets older, this book will almost certainly come up at some point. I wonder what impact her actions could have on him if/when his friends or their parents come across her writing, especially if she relapses again. Again, I will give it 4 stars because I think it was well written. I just question her profiting on something so delicate. On "white-knuckling": "It implies a struggle clenching your fists so tightly as you're trying to hang on to your sobriety that your bones shine through your skin.""She's got a beautiful face but a shapeless, sloppy body that she drags along instead of walking it.""I was always floating and the gravity was pulling me down and then I touched the soft spot in my life and fell right through. And then it happened again. And again."
What do You think about Drunk Mom (2013)?
Painfully honest and candid. I've never encountered someone so good at breaking their own heart.
—Munchkin
it struck me on so many levels. beautiful in its intensity, harrowing in her honesty.
—mogadishuzac
Was an honest potrayl of life as a drunk. Although an easy read, I apreaciated it.
—VIKI
This book is too disturbing to "love", but I liked the narrative style.
—desiree
Compelling and uncomfortable at the same time.
—Ccadena2017
