Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

2 reviews

blankcrayon's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I struggle sometimes with rating memoirs, because it’s someone’s life story and they have a lot invested in it. With this book, it felt like there were three books being written at the same time, which I didn’t care for. I could’ve done without the dissertation on literary figures and their alcoholism/recovery, and think the book would feel less discounted just as a personal memoir and reflection on AA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder

cconnelly's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide