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Drinking: A Love Story
by Caroline Knapp
Knapp's 1996 memoir of high-functioning alcoholism, elegantly written and unsparing. Still the literary standard for the genre.
Read it if…
you want to understand high-functioning drinking from the inside.
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Skip it if…
you want a how-to.
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Three things you will actually use
- Functioning is not fine.
- Love and addiction share a grammar.
- Honesty is the first repair.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the double life.
Our verdict
The literary standard.
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