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Barnett's prose style is brassy and cleareyed, with echoes of Anne Lamott. --Beth Macy, The New York Times Book Review

Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A startlingly frank memoir of one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment

Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a taste for drinking to oblivion with her friends. In her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. Volatile relationships, blackouts, and unsuccessful stints in detox defined her life, with the bottles she hid throughout her apartment and offices acting as both her tormentors and closest friends. By the time she was in her late thirties, Barnett had quit and relapsed again and again, but

Quitter A Memoir of Drinking Relapse and Recovery

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      Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
      Published 6 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9780525522348
      978-0525522348
      ISBN-10 0525522344
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      Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems Addiction and therapy

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      Book Synopsis
      Barnett's prose style is brassy and cleareyed, with echoes of Anne Lamott. --Beth Macy, The New York Times Book Review

      Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

      A startlingly frank memoir of one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment

      Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a taste for drinking to oblivion with her friends. In her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. Volatile relationships, blackouts, and unsuccessful stints in detox defined her life, with the bottles she hid throughout her apartment and offices acting as both her tormentors and closest friends. By the time she was in her late thirties, Barnett had quit and relapsed again and again, but

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