Title: Party like a president : true tales of inebriation, lechery, and mischief from the Oval Office
Author: Brian Adams
Illustrations: John Mathias
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary: A president-by-president account of all the various vices the POTUS' were emboldened to.
Review: I love a good addiction story and to hear about all of the Presidents' various vices was a dream book. What's not to love? Booze, women, drugs, gluttony--what more could you want to know about our great country's leaders? The main reason I didn't give it the full five stars is it would have been nice to hear a little more dirt about some of them.
Time to write: 1:48
Showing posts with label alcoholism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcoholism. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Book review: Blackout: Remembering the things I drank to forget
Title: Blackout: Remembering the things I drank to forget
Author: Sarah Hepola
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Summary: Sarah's a blackout drinker. What's a blackout? A blackout is essentially an empty space in your mind where you don't remember what happened. Blacking out is not the same as passing out. Sarah would wake up in a strange bed (or her own bed) and have no idea how she got there. Sometimes there'd be a man in the bed with her and she'd have no idea who the guy was. Sarah decided she needed to get alcohol out of her life and come to terms with who she was without alcohol.
Review: I've always been a sucker for addiction stories. I watched Intervention for years and recently got sucked back into it. I have a fascination with understanding what led people to go down the path of addiction (or get dragged) and what motivates them to get better. This book was right up my alley. Sarah's accounts of her alcoholism and blackouts is raw and honest. It takes a lot of courage to share that she doesn't remember things. Highly recommended.
Time to write: 4:23
Summary: Sarah's a blackout drinker. What's a blackout? A blackout is essentially an empty space in your mind where you don't remember what happened. Blacking out is not the same as passing out. Sarah would wake up in a strange bed (or her own bed) and have no idea how she got there. Sometimes there'd be a man in the bed with her and she'd have no idea who the guy was. Sarah decided she needed to get alcohol out of her life and come to terms with who she was without alcohol.
Review: I've always been a sucker for addiction stories. I watched Intervention for years and recently got sucked back into it. I have a fascination with understanding what led people to go down the path of addiction (or get dragged) and what motivates them to get better. This book was right up my alley. Sarah's accounts of her alcoholism and blackouts is raw and honest. It takes a lot of courage to share that she doesn't remember things. Highly recommended.
Time to write: 4:23
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Title: The Girl on the Train
Title: The Girl on the Train
Author: Paula Hawkins
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Summary: Rachel commutes back and forth to London each day on the train. Her ride takes her past her old house where her ex-husband lives with his new wife and baby. Rachel lost her job but rides the train anyways. She also has a minor drinking problem. Anna is the new wife and is tired of Rachel's drunk phone calls and late night stalking.
Rachel likes to make up stories about the people who live in the houses that are on the train line. One woman in particular is Jess, who lives a few houses over from Rachel's old house. One day Rachel sees Jess with a man that isn't her husband. These women's lives begin to intersect when Jess (real name, Megan) disappears.
Review: This was a great book. I had my suspicions on certain characters but Rachel's alcoholism added a sad but great element to the story. Rachel knew that there was more that met the eye to what was going on but she couldn't remember anything because of her blackouts. None of these characters are what they seem, which makes the book so great.
Time to write: 4:04
Author: Paula Hawkins
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Summary: Rachel commutes back and forth to London each day on the train. Her ride takes her past her old house where her ex-husband lives with his new wife and baby. Rachel lost her job but rides the train anyways. She also has a minor drinking problem. Anna is the new wife and is tired of Rachel's drunk phone calls and late night stalking.
Rachel likes to make up stories about the people who live in the houses that are on the train line. One woman in particular is Jess, who lives a few houses over from Rachel's old house. One day Rachel sees Jess with a man that isn't her husband. These women's lives begin to intersect when Jess (real name, Megan) disappears.
Review: This was a great book. I had my suspicions on certain characters but Rachel's alcoholism added a sad but great element to the story. Rachel knew that there was more that met the eye to what was going on but she couldn't remember anything because of her blackouts. None of these characters are what they seem, which makes the book so great.
Time to write: 4:04
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