The Sober Diaries
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4.3 • 85 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The must-listen, hilarious memoir that tells you how to stop drinking and start living
Answers questions such as: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? What if my partner still drinks?
With a successful career and family life, Clare Pooley never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling, 'Am I an alcoholic?'
This is the bravely honest and hilariously funny story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze and then being given the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze and cancer-free, two-stone lighter and with a life that is richer and more rewarding than ever before.
(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Customer Reviews
Must read!
Great book! Funny but very respectable and relatable.
Helpful but narrator’s voice irritating
I had so looked forward to this book. I have recently become sober and this book had been in my list of quit lit to read. I listen to audiobooks on my long commute. While the content was very helpful, although her humerus quips became annoying, the narrator’s voice became unbearable. It was like she was reading a book to a child and would use different voices for different characters. Over time, the Scottish accent of the author’s husband and the child voices the narrator used for the author’s children became more than I could stand to listen to. I could not even finish the book.