Book Rx: Your Monthly Reading Prescription | “Drinking Games: A Memoir” by Sarah Levy
Rx: Drinking Games: A MemoirPrescribed by: Sarah LevyPrescribed for: Fans of Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate and for anyone who's read The Sober Lush by Jardin Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward.Side Effects: Uncomfortable feelings and a desire for more introspection than can be found on a list of New Year's resolutions.Directions: This memoir is at times funny, messy, overwhelming, gritty, and profoundly embarrassing. The author pulls no punches and makes no excuses for her behavior. Instead, she lays bares her soul in an effort to help others (and herself) understand just how her relationship with alcohol affected every facet of her life.
This novel reads like a journal of one woman's journey to sobriety, from sneaking beers in high school, to college binge-drinking, to an inability to watch “The Bachelor” without a bottle (or two) of wine in hand. Levy was a vodka-loving, blackout drinker who wound up in the hospital more than once. She lost friends, lovers, and co-workers. She was a smart, high-achieving, young woman who'd drag herself to the gym hungover on a regular basis. Levy also suffered from disordered eating and body dysmorphia, blaming her inability to form lasting relationships on external factors like the size of her designer jeans. This is the true story of a woman who buried her feelings in alcohol, assuming that her best self was that woman who was “the life of the party,” only to find herself “perpetually hungover and morally bankrupt” before she hit 30.Special Instructions: You're going to want to read this novel in one sitting, but force yourself to take it slow so you can see the humor, the pain, and the self-awareness that comes as you reach its satisfying conclusion. And because we love coffee, here are a couple of fun recipes that feature it as a main ingredient:Healthy Banana Coffee Smoothie by Coffeewise
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